Smartphone Rorschach Test

Jason Howell returns from the Qualcomm Snapdragon Summit in Hawaii and Ron Richards and Huyen Tue Dao are not jealous at all, in fact they want to hear all about the exciting new technologies and new phones he saw there. That plus more Gemini insanity gets dealt with as we wind down Bugdroids in Bucket Hats month here on Android Faithful!

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00:06:39 - NEWS

• It's time to start talking Android 18 as Google just dropped the first hint about it...
• And we have the first official non-Pixel phone running GrapheneOS...from Motorola!
• It's a bold new future for F-Droid as they announce F-Droid 2.0
• PATRON PICK: Beware! Your Android phone will no longer protect you from walking into a pole

00:33:00 - HARDWARE

• Jason reports on the cool phones he saw at the Qualcomm Snapdragon Summit from Xiaomi, Oppo, Motorola and more!
• Thanks to our interview last week, people went hunting for the Googlebook easter egg. Oh and it looks like Chromebooks will be moving to Googlebooks after all!
• Details and specs have emerged for the Motorola Wide Foldable
• Bigger batteries are becoming the norm, like on the new Honor Magic 9 Pro Max

01:00:58 - APPS 'n SOFTWARE 'n STUFF

• Gemini can now make phone calls. Yes, phone calls. Can't make this stuff up.
• And now Google Messages wants to chat with you. And there's a bug in Google Messages that might be ruining your photos!
• Adobe brings Premiere to Android!

01:17:17 - COMMUNITY FEEDBACK

• Chris Barrett wants to know if the iPhone Duo will have an impact on foldable apps?
• Zip is dealing with the finality of Assistant going away in favor of Gemini on Android

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