Oct 23rd 2019
This Week in Google 531
Buried in Rubbermaid
Nitpicking the Pixel 4, Quantum Supremacy Confirmed
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This Week's Stories
- Google Nest Mini Unboxing
- Nitpicking the Pixel 4
- Why Soli radar is the Pixel 4's most important feature
- What we were promised with Soli vs what Google delivered
- Unlock Samsung Galaxy S10 with any thumbprint
- RIP Phone VR
- UK Pixel 4 in cereal boxes
- Google confirms it has reached quantum supremacy
- Elon Musk Tweets using SpaceX's Starlink satellites
- Google Fi gets "dual connect"
- Android slowly gets less fractured
- Remembering the Nexus
- Teasing the Motorola Razr
Picks of the Week
- Jason's Tool: Material Design 2019 awards last week: 4 apps to check out if app Design is your bag
- Jeff's Number: # of Uber riders who tip
- Stacey's Thing: I paid for Nike Training Club Premium and here's what I think
- Ant's Stuff: Triangulation was outstanding the last two weeks
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Links
- Jason got the Nest Mini today: UNBOXING
- Google Pixel 4 and 4 XL review: more than the sum of its sensors
- The Pixel 4’s 90Hz display only works at high brightness levels
- Pixel 4 requires gesture navigation and no G Suite accounts for ‘new’ Google Assistant
- Google can’t even get full RCS support for the Pixel 4
- Pixel 4 is lacking dual-band GPS at launch, but it's 'coming soon'
- [Update: Fix in coming months] Pixel 4's face unlock works when your eyes are closed
- Ivan Curic on Twitter: Soli... What was promised and what was delivered
- Google reportedly won’t sell Pixel 4 in India due to Motion Sense radar spectrum issues
- Samsung says fingerprint security fix is coming as early as next week - The Verge
- Banks around the world are removing support for the Galaxy S10 and Note10 from their apps
- Despite helping millions of people try VR, phone-based VR is all but dead, with Google shutting down Daydream and Samsung's Gear
- Microsoft’s DreamWalker VR turns your daily commute into a totally different one
- Google Cereal review: Feature-packed but lacking in basic nutrition [Gallery]
- Google AI Blog: Quantum Supremacy Using a Programmable Superconducting Processor
- Interview with Sundar Pichai on Google achieving quantum supremacy
- Elon Musk sends tweet via SpaceX’s Starlink satellite broadband
- Fi launches "dual connect," with both SIMs active on alternate networks for best connection
- Google details Project Treble’s impact on Android updates, highlights Pie adoption
- Motorola teases its foldable RAZR phone reveal for November 13th
- Chrome OS 80 to bring sideloading of Android apps to Chromebooks
- [Update: Rolling out more widely] Gmail's dark mode is here for some users (APK Download)
- Chrome 78 arrives with new APIs, dark mode improvements on Android and iOS
- Google Maps expands Waze-like crowdsourcing with new incident types
- Android Studio 4.0 w/ Jetpack Compose preview announced at Android Dev Summit
- [Update: Frozen 2] Google Home can now add sound effects and music to story time with certain children's books
- [Update: Video demo] Google rolls out Nest Hello seasonal chime themes, starting with Halloween
- Gmail Hooked Us on Free Storage. Now Google Is Making Us Pay
- Triangulation was outstanding the last two weeks
- I paid for Nike Training Club Premium and here's what I think
- 400 more employees to handle Popeye's chicken sandwich
- # of Uber riders who tip
- Material Design 2019 awards last week: 4 apps to check out if app Design is your bag