Android Summer

We're kicking off summer...no, we're kicking off ANDROID Summer as Jason Howell, Huyen Tue Dao and Ron Richards get ready for a wild, green summer of new phones and operating systems with bumpy rollouts!

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00:05:43 - NEWS

• This just in! T-Mobile is the best mobile carrier in the U.S. Can you believe it?
• Drama update for the timeline on the Google Developer verification process
• Looking for something to do with your old smartphone? Have you thought about turning it into a data center?
• PATRON PICK: If not a data center, here's 5 other things you can do with your old Android phone

00:38:48 - HARDWARE

• Jason reviews the Motorola Edge 2026
• Lots of Nothing news as the CMF Phone is dead due to RAM Prices, the 4(B) Phone gets teased, and they're back dreaming up phones that will never get built
• Finally, the Google Home Speaker gets an on-sale date and a price! June 25th and $99!
• The OnePlus 16 might go bezel-less - where have we heard this before?

01:04:49 - APPS 'n SOFTWARE 'n STUFF

• Android 17's rollout has been...not so smooth as some users have lost 5G support, and other users lost touch input, and some other users lost their widgets.
• But hey, it's not all bad news with Android 17. They quietly added support for LHDC Audio!
• Looks like Google is also working on something called "Audio Memory" which likely will improve music recognition but could also listen to your conversations...but you know, in a good way. Maybe? We hope
• So you like to sideload apps, but how do you handle updates. Well, here's a solution!

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