Epic's Victory Royale Versus Google

The moment you've all been waiting for, Jason Howell returns to Android Faithful and has a big announcement as he joins Huyen Tue Dao, Mishaal Rahman and Ron Richards for a JAM PACKED episode filled with Android news!

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Featured in this episode:

NEWS

• The Beeper Mini roller coaster continues
• Epic wins over Google in court - what does it all mean?
• Google introduces Gemini, their next step in AI and it's coming to the Google Pixel 8 Pro
• Details on the December Pixel drop from Google, plus what's coming in Android 14 QPR2 beta
• Be careful with your password manager
• Patron News Story Pick: Google Messages looks to be adding the ability to edit messages soon!

HARDWARE

• The ROG 8 phone is coming to CES from Asus
• OnePlus shipped a OnePlus 12 with a literal bug in it

APPS

• Details of One UI 6.1 from Samsung have leaked
• Some Android phones can send medical info to 911
• Google Podcasts is shutting down in April 2024, and you can migrate to YouTube Music
• Google adding dedicated ‘Weather’ shortcut to app grid on Pixel, FINALLY

COMMUNITY

• Charles from San Antonio wants to know when his Pixel Fold will get the beta features released?
• Rob Schertzer from moist Vancouver writes in about the death of Google Play Movies & TV
• More Chrome tab counts from Eric from Michigan and Ibo

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