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Andy sysadmins his brain; parts of the Android 11 developer preview released last week aren’t previews at all, and how on Earth is Sweyn Forkbeard going to influence my life when 11 ships? Reviewers say the “S” in Galaxy S20 Ultra stands for “schadenfreude,” and just as moral watchdogs warned us, a Google Doodle leads to Poetry. This episode of Material is sponsored by: Pingdom: Start monitoring your website performance and availability today, and get instant alerts when an outage occurs or a site transaction fails. Use offer code MATERIAL to get 30% off. Offer expires on January 31, 2021. Linode: Cloud Hosting & Linux Servers. Get a $20 credit. Links and Show Notes: Support Material with a Relay FM Membership Android 11's 'Gabeldorsche' Bluetooth stack name explained - 9to5Google Everything new in Android 11 Developer Preview 1 [Gallery] - 9to5Google Personal Safety - Apps on Google Play Samsung Galaxy S20 Ultra review: shutter bug - The Verge Leaked video reveals new Surface Duo ‘peek’ feature - The Verge Sir John Tenniel's 200th birthday My Bloody Valentine - Google Play Music Barnabe Googe - Poems by the Famous Poet - All Poetry The Story Behind 30 Rock’s Leap Day Episode

Andy does this one solo for reasons that have nothing to do with the fact that Flo's baby was due this week! The first developer preview of Android 11 drops! Google Play Store starts enforcing tougher limits on ad-blighted apps! The T-Rex game goes 3D and Andy thinks this mean the dino has taken the red pill! And! Andy lied earlier because Flo TOTALLY had her baby! This episode of Material is sponsored by: Pingdom: Start monitoring your website performance and availability today, and get instant alerts when an outage occurs or a site transaction fails. Use offer code MATERIAL to get 30% off. Offer expires on January 31, 2021. Linode: Cloud Hosting & Linux Servers. Get a $20 credit. Links and Show Notes: Support Material with a Relay FM Membership Android Developers Blog: Turning it up to 11: the first Developer Preview of Android 11 Google is cracking down on Android apps that track your location in the background - The Verge T-Rex Run 3D Dreams PS4 - T-Rex Dinosaur Chrome Game in 3D - PlayStation 4 Gameplay | EpicLBPTime - YouTube

Flo and Andy fiddle with Android TV boxes while the Essential Phone burns. Then they talk about Samsung Unpacked, and marvel in hopeful disbelief that new Galaxy Z Flip could be the first folding phone that can't be reviewed with an economical “LOL NO.” A Googler is fired for her activism, and speaks freely of the environment for trans people at the company. Finally, although it's too soon to get excited about the new OS Google's developing, the Brooklyn Botanical Gardens is plenty excited about the weed it's been named after. Bonus: the word “Poopie” is uttered without apology. This episode of Material is sponsored by: Linode: Cloud Hosting & Linux Servers. Get a $20 credit. Health IQ: Insurance for the Health Conscious. Save up to 41%. Take the quiz now to see if you qualify. Links and Show Notes: Support Material with a Relay FM Membership Samsung Galaxy Z Flip first look: folding glass changes everything - The Verge Is Google a Good Place to Work as a Trans Person? Weed of the Month: Pigweed - Brooklyn Botanic Garden

Andy's waiting for his Walkman to arrive and Flo's hoping she has at least another week before the baby is here. We talk all the juicy details of Google's Q4 2019 earnings call, along with what happened during the Great Google Photos Data Swap of 2019. We'll also reminisce about the days of one-hour photo processing thanks to Google Photos' new print subscription service, and we're wondering how artist Simon Weckert procured so many different Android smartphones for his Google Maps exhibit. This episode of Material is sponsored by: Linode: Cloud Hosting & Linux Servers. Get a $20 credit. Ahrefs: SEO Tools & Resources To Grow Your Search Traffic. Get a 7-day trial for just $7. Links and Show Notes: ~ 25:00: Google held its Q4 2019 earnings call, and it was juicier than usual Alphabet shares fall as Google misses on sales, YouTube revenue disappoints Alphabet also revealed that it’s paid $80b to developers to date ~ 48:00: Google informed recent users of Google Takeout that their videos might have been sent to random strangers due to a glitch Google Maps Hacks Support Material with a Relay FM Membership

Flo and Andy report on why Google backtracked on its search engine redesign before diving into the viability of the company's "Going Green" initiative. We'll then squee for a bit about Google I/O this spring, and encourage you to try out the latest digital wellbeing experiments. Put your phone down! (After you listen to our podcast, of course.) This episode of Material is sponsored by: Pingdom: Start monitoring your website performance and availability today, and get instant alerts when an outage occurs or a site transaction fails. Use offer code MATERIAL to get 30% off. Offer expires on January 31, 2021. Linode: Cloud Hosting & Linux Servers. Get a $20 credit. Booz Allen: Integrate. Innovate. Get it done with Booz Allen. Links and Show Notes: ~ 25:15: Kate Brandt, Google's Sustainability Officer pledges that the company will become "carbon negative" Congress urges Google to act against "dangerous climate misinformation" on YouTube Google is trying to poach Amazon's climate-protesting employees ~ 43:30: Google I/O dates for 2020: May 12-14 at the Shoreline Amphitheater in Mountain View Google Research introduced "Meena," a human-like chatbot "that can chat about anything" ~ 1:03:30: New Google digital wellbeing experiment has you put your phone in an envelope that limits its use to just phone calls Support Material with a Relay FM Membership

Andy learns about Android's TalkBack Accessibility mode at the worst possible time, while Flo appreciates that her co-host knows how to dress like a Trillion-Dollar Company. The two dive into the controversial design changes of Google's search results, Sundar Pichai's call for regulation of artificial intelligence, and why Google "gets away with so much." We'll also touch upon new rules proposed by the San Francisco Pride organization to cut back on corporate pride, and we'll run through the latest details of Microsoft's software plan for the foldable, Android-based Duo tablet. This episode of Material is sponsored by: Linode: Cloud Hosting & Linux Servers. Get a $20 credit. Booz Allen: Integrate. Innovate. Get it done with Booz Allen. Health IQ: Insurance for the Health Conscious. Save up to 41%. Take the quiz now to see if you qualify. Links and Show Notes: Flo's article on Accessibility features in Android 10 ~ 25:15: Google’s latest user-hostile design change makes ads and search results look identical Google CEO calls for regulation of artificial intelligence ~ 51:20: Why Google Gets Away With So Much With Google’s old guard gone, CEO Sundar Pichai has a chance to reset culture San Francisco Pride members pass an amendment banning Google and YouTube from Pride parade ~ 1:15:20: Microsoft’s software plan for the Android-based Duo is surprisingly realistic Support Material with a Relay FM Membership

Flo and Andy cash in their yellow card immediately with a conversation on Silk Stalkings and Columbo in Kanji. (We're already Gympie-Gympie Bush influencers—when do we become vintage TV influencers?) Then, we'll tackle why Alphabet's Chief Legal Officer, David Drummond, stepped down from the company, as well as the implications of Google having unfettered access to your medical records. We'll also muse a bit about Samsung's new mid-range phone made for "industrial" industries. This episode of Material is sponsored by: Pingdom: Start monitoring your website performance and availability today, and get instant alerts when an outage occurs or a site transaction fails. Use offer code MATERIAL to get 30% off. Offer expires on January 31, 2021. Linode: Cloud Hosting & Linux Servers. Get a $20 credit. Booz Allen: Integrate. Innovate. Get it done with Booz Allen. Links and Show Notes: Columbo in Kanji ~ 23:15: Alphabet’s Chief Legal Officer Stepping Down Amid Investigation ~ 39:50: Inside Google’s Quest for Millions of Medical Records ~ 56:20: Samsung’s new mid-range phone looks awesome Support Material with a Relay FM Membership

It's another week of the Material podcast, and Flo is incredibly tired. Andy tells the tale of how he lost his Pixel 4 review unit and then found it again—it's a relatable parable. Afterward, we talk about how Chrome OS is strutting its stuff at this year's CES. We'll also run through Google's latest updates for the Assistant, and we offer Sundar Pichai a little advice on tweeting. This episode of Material is sponsored by: Pingdom: Start monitoring your website performance and availability today, and get instant alerts when an outage occurs or a site transaction fails. Use offer code MATERIAL to get 30% off. Offer expires on January 31, 2021. Linode: Cloud Hosting & Linux Servers. Get a $20 credit. Booz Allen: Integrate. Innovate. Get it done with Booz Allen. Links and Show Notes: ~ 33:20: Google and Intel partner up to foster powerful, high-end Chromebooks Samsung Galaxy Chromebook ASUS Chromebook Flip C436 Lenovo goes cheap Google blog about Chromebooks at CES ~ 59:15: A More Helpful Google Assistant For Your Everyday Life ~ 1:17:10: Sundar tweets and people respond Support Material with a Relay FM Membership

Flo rang in the new year by boring her friends with a Google Photos slideshow, while Andy worked on curating the perfect media library. We discuss the year's first major Google news story: a politically-tinged blog post from the company's former Head of International Relations on how Google's policies have morphed over a decade. We'll also take a stroll through the Google Graveyard as of 2019, and YouTube creators finally have a tool to help protect them from content-match copyright claims. This episode of Material is sponsored by: Booz Allen: Integrate. Innovate. Get it done with Booz Allen. Ahrefs: SEO Tools & Resources To Grow Your Search Traffic. Get a 7-day trial for just $7. Health IQ: Insurance for the Health Conscious. Save up to 41%. Take the quiz now to see if you qualify. Links and Show Notes: ~ 43:00: I Was Google’s Head of International Relations. Here’s Why I Left ~ 1:07:15: What we can learn from a decade of dead Google projects Google Graveyard: These Google Services Will Disappear In 2020 Support Material with a Relay FM Membership

What better way to spend the day after a significant holiday than listening to Andy and Flo? Andy starts us off with frustration over Google Play Music's much-too-obvious descent into cessation. Then, an update on what's happening with Google overseas. We'll also reel in some realism regarding the salaries of your favorite executives, and take a look at Android's end-of-the-year platform numbers—brought to you by the heralded technology company, PornHub. This episode of Material is sponsored by: Pingdom: Start monitoring your website performance and availability today, and get instant alerts when an outage occurs or a site transaction fails. Use offer code MATERIAL to get 30% off. Offer expires on June 30, 2020. Linode: High-performance SSD Linux servers for all of your infrastructure needs. Get a $20 credit. Kensington: The Professionals Choice. Find the right docking solutions for your organization today. Links and Show Notes: ~22:30: France fines Google for abusing ad dominance ~35:27: Sundar Pichai’s title bump also includes a rise in compensation Google’s Larry Page gave $400 million in Christmas donations. Not a penny went straight to charity ~1:03:10: Google no longer provides Android Platform Distribution statistics, but PornHub has our backs Support Material with a Relay FM Membership