This Week in Google 507

This Week's Stories

•  Google I/O Highlights
•  Pixel 3A Unboxing
•  Nest Hub Max > Google Home Hub
•  AR Walking Directions in Google Maps
•  Google Leans into Helpfulness vs Privacy
•  Project Euphonia: Speech-to-text for People who are Hard to Understand
•  Trouble in Chromebook Land
•  AR Coming to Google Search
•  Next-Generation Google Assistant
•  Changes to Android Auto
•  Assistant Speeds Up
•  Google Maps Gets Incognito Mode
•  Android Q Preview
•  Protest Plane Over Google I/O
•  Project Mainline Wants to Fix Android Stratification
•  Google Kills "Works With Nest" and IFTTTT Functionality
•  Verizon Killed Tumblr, Wants to Sell
•  Solitaire Goes to Video Game Hall of Fame
•  Arya Stark's New App for Creatives
•  Windows is Getting a Linux Kernel
•  What the Microsoft Hololens Demo Fail was Supposed to Look Like

Picks of the Week

• Kevin's Pick: Hacking Diabetes
• Jeff's Number: New York Times Crossword Puzzle
• Leo's Tool: Chatterbox - the smart speaker that kids build and program

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Links

• Google Fights Back – Stratechery by Ben Thompson
• Google Pixel 3A review: a $399 phone with a great camera - The Verge
• Google unveils the Google Nest Hub Max, a 10-inch smart display with a built-in camera that can act as an indoor security camera
• Android Q: an exclusive first look at dark mode, better gestures, and an impressive new accessibility feature
• protest banner flies over I/o
• You can cancel alarms on Google Assistant just by saying ‘Stop’ without ‘Hey Google’ command
• Every new Google Assistant feature announced at I/O 2019
• Google Lens can translate foreign language text in photos and read it back to you
• Google's Sundar Pichai says privacy can't be a 'luxury good' - CNET
• Google Maps and search are getting an Incognito mode
• Google demonstrates Project Euphonia, effort to personally understand the speech-impaired
• Android Studio has an easier Chrome OS install and a recommended Chromebooks list (but NO Pixelbook or Pixel Slate on the list!)
• Google details Project Mainline: Updating Android modules via Google Play
• Google is adding time-lapse mode to every Pixel camera
• Android Auto is getting a ground-up redesign this summer
• Google launches new video series: SEO Mythbusting
• Google’s latest AI art project turns your face into a ‘poem portrait’
• Why you should thank a teacher this week, and always
• Google adds 53 brand new non-binary emoji exclusively to Pixel devices running Android Q
• Verizon is looking to sell Tumblr after squandering its potential - The Verge
• World Video Game Hall of Fame inducts Super Mario Kart, Mortal Kombat, Solitaire, and Colossal Cave Adventure | VentureBeat
• Behind the Scenes of the Microsoft Build Hololens Moon Landing Demo – Variety
• Windows 10 Is Getting a Built-in Linux Kernel
• Game of Thrones star Maisie Williams opens her Daisie app to all creatives - CNET
• Google Discontinues ‘Works With Nest’ Program, Tightens Smart Home Privacy Rules
• Chatterbox: the smart speaker that kids build and program
• Stacey's dog
• 15th weinberger and me
• Hacking Diabetes