We wrap up 2024 for Android Faithful with a great interview with Shahram Izadi - VP & GM, AR/XR at Google about the new Android XR platform. That plus Huyen Tue Dao, Mishaal Rahman, Jason Howell and Ron Richards share their best and worst of Android for 2024. It's been a hell of year for Android, and we wouldn't want it any other way!
00:44:07 - Google rolls out Gemini 2.0 as they enter the "Agentic Era"
00:49:54 - Project Astra opens up the waitlist for users to get access to the new platform
00:51:22 - Want Gemini on your Nest Home device?
00:54:37 - Samsung Galaxy Unpacked is coming in 2025 and the date has been leaked
00:56:55 - PATRON PICK: Google rolls out a redesign to Discover HARDWARE
01:08:44 - Huge news as Google chooses a MediaTek modem for the Pixel 10 APPS
01:11:10 - The Epic Games store is coming pre-installed on millions of Android devices in Europe and Latin America
01:13:51 - YouTubeTV gets another price increaseBEST AND WORST OF 2024
01:20:33 - The Android Faithful share their best things from Android in 2024:Ron: Google's insane pace of updates across Android and related platformsMishaal: Google's commitment to the future of the Android platformHuyen: The Pixel 9 SeriesJason: Project Astra
01:29:19 - The Android Faithful share their worst things from Android in 2024:Ron: The cancellation of the Pixel Tablet 2Huyen: Continued overemphasis on jamming in AI-featuresMishaal: Uncertainty about the future of certain Google and Qualcomm products given litigationJason: The DOJ/Google Antitrust rulings might bring big changes to Play Services and more.
