{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/649f5be290e2100011cf6c40/69e83812289eeb2c7b626daf?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Android vs Apple Loyalty","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/649f5be290e2100011cf6c40/1776825214642-0fd80c21-cf10-4b6c-8cb3-312b7eddbf35.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>The gang is all back together as Florence Ion has an announcement for Jason Howell, Ron Richards and Huyen Tue Dao and the Android Faithful family!</p><p><br></p><p><em>Note: Time codes subject to change depending on dynamic ad insertion by the distributor</em></p><p><br></p><p>00:05:54 - NEWS</p><ul><li>Who is more <a href=\"https://www.sellcell.com/blog/smartphone-loyalty-survey-2026/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">loyal? iOS users or Android users</a>? The results may surprise you!</li><li>A huge update for <a href=\"https://android-developers.googleblog.com/2026/04/build-android-apps-3x-faster-using-any-agent.html\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Android Developers as the Android CLI and Skills</a> introduce ways to build even faster</li><li>PATRON PICK:<a href=\"https://www.androidpolice.com/gemini-on-android-auto-is-so-chatty-and-rubbish-people-are-switching-back-to-google-assistant/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"> Google Gemini is rolling out to Android Auto</a> and the response is not great</li></ul><p><br></p><p>00:39:00 - HARDWARE</p><ul><li>No really, the <a href=\"https://9to5google.com/2026/04/17/samsung-says-galaxy-z-trifolds-limited-run-is-now-completely-sold-out/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Samsung Galaxy Z Trifold is really sold out</a> this time. Samsung means it. But the<a href=\"https://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_galaxy_z_trifold_2_new_hinge_thinner_design-news-72435.php\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"> Trifold 2 is coming </a>and it will be thinner!</li><li>What exactly is <a href=\"https://www.androidauthority.com/pixel-glow-3658443/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Pixel Glow </a>and how will it light up future <a href=\"https://9to5google.com/2026/04/16/pixel-glow-laptop/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Google laptops and phones</a>?</li><li>The <a href=\"https://9to5google.com/2026/04/16/oneplus-watch-4-ready-for-global-debut-in-leaked-packaging/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">OnePlus Watch 4</a> preps for a global launch, but...really?</li><li>Meanwhile in China, they unveiled the <a href=\"https://www.gsmarena.com/this_is_the_oneplus_ace_6_ultra-news-72365.php\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">OnePlus Ace 6 Ultra</a> which could be the <a href=\"https://www.androidauthority.com/oneplus-ace-6-ultra-gaming-handheld-3658845/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">gaming device</a> we laughed at in last weeks' After Hours</li><li>And yet, it looks like <a href=\"https://www.androidcentral.com/phones/oneplus/oneplus-may-be-exiting-europe-market\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">OnePlus is shutting down operations in Europe</a>?</li></ul><p><br></p><p>01:01:45 - APPS 'n SOFTWARE 'n STUFF</p><ul><li>The <a href=\"https://android-developers.googleblog.com/2026/04/the-fourth-beta-of-android-17.html\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">4th Beta of Android 17</a> is here and it may be light but it has an <a href=\"https://9to5google.com/2026/04/16/android-17-easter-egg-beta/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Easter Egg</a>!</li><li><a href=\"https://blog.google/innovation-and-ai/products/gemini-app/personal-intelligence-nano-banana/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Google Gemini amps up Nano Banana with Personal Intelligence</a> to let you make even more, possibly creepy, personalized images</li><li><a href=\"https://www.androidcentral.com/phones/nothing-phones/nothing-launches-warp-to-share-files-between-android-and-macos\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Nothing made an app to help transfer files too</a> between Macs and Android! It's called Warp and it went away but now it's back.</li></ul><p><br></p><p>01:13:01 - COMMUNITY</p><ul><li>Mark Zip remembers we had apps to transfer files over a decade ago!</li><li>Brad writes in with tales of repairing Pixel A devices successfully</li><li>Raven reminisces about the Google Pixel 5 phone but in white.</li></ul>","author_name":"Subrilliant LLC"}