MobileViews Podcast 254: Mother’s Day, Google I/O & Microsoft Build

In this podcast, Jon Westfall and I discuss:

1. Mandarin Chinese robo-calls in parts of the US
2. Project Crostini for Chromebooks. Run Linux applications on a Chromebook in a container
3. Google I/O

   Google Assistant on smart displays (similar to Echo Show/Spot)

   New Google Assistant more human sounding voices available now

   Google Duplex – amazing but raising issues of ethics and weaponization

   Android P with gesture navigation

   Google Smart Compose in Gmail – the new Microsoft Clippy?

   Android Things (IOT)

4. Microsoft Build

   Your Phone – sync iPhone or Android to Windows 10 – things MacOS can do now with iPhone but not Android

   Cortanna & Alexa – meh

   Timeline – meh

5. Interesting: With some banks, Apple Pay re-activates very quickly after a credit card is reported stolen.

Available via Google Music Podcasts and Apple iTunes.