DroidCon NYC and Android 15 Updates

It's a classic episode all about Android as we welcome back Florence Ion to take a trip to hardware leak city with Jason Howell and Ron Richards!

Hey! We'll be at Droidcon NYC this September!

Also hey! You can get Android Faithful merch for up to 40% off at Threadless!

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NEWS

• 0:05:47 - Big day for Android with the release of Android 15 and the September feature drop
• 0:20:53 - The date has been set for the Samsung Developer Conference!
• 0:24:03 - Patrons picked hearing about how Google Messages will handle media with RCS

HARDWARE

• 0:29:27 - The Motorola Edge 50 Neo is here and the colors are fantastic
• 0:33:47 - We enter LEAK CITY with the Oppo Find X8 with a similar looking feature to the iPhone 16
• 0:37:13 - The Samsung Galaxy Z Fold Special Edition gets new dimensions
• 0:39:51 - Exciting news of Huawei's TRI-FOLD Foldable coming September 10
• 0:42:53 - Xiaomi checks in with a leak of a button-less phone
• 0:47:00 - As we leave Leak City we get news of the Pixel 9A's modem

APPS

• 0:53:01 - Gemini brings new features to your inbox
• 0:55:24 - After demos, Circle to Search gets new features
• 0:59:15 - Google adds live translation for Translate to foldables

COMMUNITY

• 1:01:20 - VinkyPoo from the Netherlands has a tip for fingerprint scanning
• 1:02:48 - Dustin shares Fi pricing
• 1:05:00 - Damon is back on Android!
• 1:08:12 - Baldwin asks to revisit the chain link fence

Thanks to Florence Ion for joining! Read her at Gizmodo and listen to Material!

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