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…. …. >>> WHAT’S UP, EVERYBODY. WELCOME TO ANOTHER LIVE BROADCAST OF “ENGADGET.” I’M DEVINDRA HARDAWAR. I’M JOINED BY BEN. >> HELLO. >> AND CHERYLYNN. >> WHAT UP? >> WE’RE A LITTLE LATE. CHERYLYNN YOU’RE DOING A LITTLE EXERCISING IN THE MORNING. >> I AM PREPARING FOR THIS THING, SO THIS MORNING I HAD A MORE INTENSE PREP. >> GOOD MORNING. I SAW A BUNCH OF FOLKS, I SAW DHRUV KARMOKAR. >> TURB1NE, AND LANCE. >> OKAY. WE HAVE A WHOLE BUNCH OF PEOPLE AND SO MUCH STUFF TO TALK ABOUT. THIS WILL BE A FAST-MOVING COMPRESSED EPISODE. I WANTED
TO SHOUT OUT ONE LISTENER. DANIEL DIAZ IN PUERTO RI W SHARED HIS BATTERY BACKUP SETUP, SOLAR POWER. I THINK WE HAVE SOME PHOTO POWERS TO SHARE. BEN, I BELIEVE YOU CHATTED WITH DANIEL. >> YES. HOW IS THIS FOR A STREAM WATCHING SETUP? POWER WAS OUT IN PUERTO RICO DUE TO T LAST HURRICANE. THIS IS NOT IAN, THIS IS PRIOR TO THAT. BUT HAS A SOLAR ARRAY UP. THIS SOLAR ARRAY IS APPARENTLY FEEDING INTO AN ANKOR POWER BANK, PERIN A ROUTER CONNECTED TO THE INTERNET CONNECTED TO THE iPHONE. HOW IS THAT FOR A STRETCH WATCHING SETUP?
>> FOR OUR LISTENERS, THIS IS THE STANDARD WITH WHICH YOU WILL BE JUDGED BY. DANIEL DIAZ IS USING ALL OF HIS AVLABL POWER TO WATCH US. HE’S STAYING SAFE. I
CINGP THE EAST COAST, I’M IN ATLANTA. MAYBE WE’LL SEE A LITTLE RAIN. EVERYBODY ALONG THE EAST COAST, GOOD LUCK. I KNOW IT’S NOW A TROPICAL STORM. IT’S NOT HURRICANE SCALE ANYMORE. BUT STILL, A LOT OF RAIN AND FLOODING. IT’S ROUGH. LET’S GET TO IT. IS EVERYBODY GOOD TO GO MM-HMM. >> OKAY. >> YES. >> FOR NEW FOLKS, WE CAN’T ALWAYS CHAT WITH YOU, IF YOU LEIGH COMMENTS, MAYBE BEN CAN FEED INTO THE SHOW. WE CAN DO Q&A BETWEEN SEGMENTS. >> LONG-TIME VIEWERS KNOW WHAT WE’RE ABOUT TO DO. WE’RE GOING TO DO A SYNC. I’LL COUNT
DOWN FROM THREE. AT THE END OF THREE, EVERYBODY WILL MAKE A SOUND. SNAP, CLAP. CHAT, YOU CAN DO THAT ALO WITH US. MAYBE FIVE SECONDS OF SILENCE, THEN WE’LL GET INTO THE SHOW AFTER THAT. SO, COUNTING DOWN FROM THREE, TWO, ONE — I’LL LET YOU KNOW WHEN THE SILENCE IS OV. >> OKAY. SILENCE IS OVER. LET’S GET ON WITH IT. >> LET’S GET TO IT. LET’S GO IN THREE, TWO, ONE. WHAT’S UP, INTERNET. WELCOME BACK TO “ENGADGET.” I’M SENIOR EDIT, DEVINDRA HARDAWAR. >> I’M DEPUTY EDITOR OF REVIEWS — NO. >> WHAT CHERYLYNN IS IS TIRED.
>> LET’S START AGAIN. >> LET’S GO AGAIN. WE’RE ALL TIRED. BEAR WITH US, FOLKS. WHAT’S UP, INTERNET. WELCOME BACK TO “ENGADGET” PODCAST. I’M SENIOR EDITOR, DEVINDRA HARDAWAR. >> I’M DEPUTY EDITOR CHERYLYNN LOW LOW. >> TODAY, THERE’S WAY TOO MUCH GOING ON. THIS WEEK, THIS MONTH, EVERYTHING. CHERYLYNN IS STILL REELING FROM WE HAVE AMAZON NEWS, SOME NEWS FROM GOOGLE, WHICH DARE TO HAVE AN EVENT THE SAME DAY AS AMAZON AND CHERYLYNN HAS ALSO REVIEWED THE APPLE WATCH ULTRA. WE’LL CHAT ABOUT THOSE THINGS. STAY TUNED FOR THAT. SUBSCRIBE TO US OiTUNES OR WHEREVER YOU GET PODCASTS. LEAVE
US A REVIEW, DROP AN EMAIL. YOU CAN ALSO JOIN US ON THE LIVESTREAM ON OUR YOUTUBE CHANNEL THURSDAYS, TYPICALLY AROUND 1:30 EASTERN. WE’RE A LITTLE LATER TODAY. YOU CAN SEE WHERE THE EXACT TIMING FOR THE EPISODE IS IF YOU SUBSCRIBE TO US ON YOUTUBE. OKAY. I FEEL LIKE WE GO THROUGH MANY, MANY PRODUCT EVENTS. FOR SOME REASON IT IS THE AMAZON EVENT THAT I ALWAYS DREAD THE MOST. >> REALLY? >> YEAH. LET ME GIVE LISTENERS A LITTLE BACKGROUND. TYPICALLY MOST OTHER COMPANIES GIVE US A GLIMPSE OF THE NEWS. WE CAN PREPARE, WRITE STUFF, GET READY.
AMAZON DOESN’T DO THAT. >> WELL, THERE’S ALSO — DON’T FORGET, THERE’S APPLE. >> THERE’S ALSO APPLE. >> BUT WE CARE MORE ABOUT APPLE PRODUCTS. THEY MATTERORE THAN THE NEXT KINDLE FIRE OR THE NEXT FIRE, YOU KNOW, STREAMER OR SOMETHING. >> I THINK WHAT IT IS, IS MORE THAT THERE’S SO MUCH MORE IN TERMS OF LEAKS. THERE’S SO MANY MORE CREDIBLE LEAKS FOR APPLE, WE CAN BETTER PREPARE FOR AN APPLE EVENT THAN. >> YEAH. BASICALLY THERE’S MAYBE LACK OF INTEREST IN THE LEAKERS. THERE WERE SOME THINGS THAT POPPED UP. >> MM-HMM. >> WE HAVE TO SIGN
UP TO BASICALLY WATCH THE AMAZON EVENT. A SPECIAL LINK FOR MEDIA TO WATCH WHILE AMAZON LIVE BLOGS IT. IT’S A WHOLE SCRAMBLE TO GET EVERYTHING DONE. IF WE SOUND TIRED, IT’S BECAUSE WE JUGGLED THAT, DEALING WITH SO MUCH STUFF. THEY TYPICALLY DROP A TON OF NEWS IN A SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME. IT’S ALWAYS A SCRAMBLE. THIS SEASON, BECAUSE I THINK THEY HAVE MULTIPLE SOTIME I THINK THE BIGGEST THING IS A NEW KINDLE THAT THEY ANNOUNCED THE KINDLE SCRIBE. IT IS A KINDLE THAT YOU CAN WRITE ON. >> YEP. >> I FEEL LIKE THAT IS —
THAT’S SOMETHING. IT’S A BIG KINDLE. A -INC DISPLAY, BASICALLY AS BIG AS AN iPAD. ONE SIDE IS GO FOR HOLDING. IT COMES WITH THE STYLUS THAT YOU CAN JOT NOTES DOWN ON OR ANYTHING. YOU CAN DO ANYTHING. YOU CAN DRAW, WRITE. IT WILL START AT $340. I LOOKED AT THIS THING, I W LIKE, MAN, REMARKABLE AND — REMARKABLE, THE TABLET COMPANY, ANY OTHER COMPANY THAT HAS AN E-INK TABLET WITH A STYLUS, YOU’RE DEAD. UNFORTUNATELY, AMAZON IS KIND OF THE KILLER COMPANY. WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THIS? >> MY FIRST QUESTION WAS, IS THERE AN KRON
BOARD ATTACHMENT OR SLOT FOR THAT STYLUS? >> MAGNETICALLY. THERE IS A LOOP. I SAW SOMETHING LIKE IT JUST ATTACHED TO THE SIDE. YOU’RE RIGHT. UNLESS THE STYLUS SLIDES IN SOMEWHERE, YOU’RE PROBABLY GOIN. >> YEAH. I MEAN, THE IDEA IS THERE. THIS IS AN E-INK TABLET TO WRITE ON. KIND OF A COINCIDENCE LAST YEAR SAMSUNG DID AWAY WITH THE NOTE LINE. THIS YEAR WE GOT A KINDLE SCRIBE. NOTE TAKERS WILL NEVER BE LEFT BEHIND.WEAVE REMARKABLE. IT HAS BEEN AROUND FOR A LITTLE BIT. CARVING A NICHE FOR ITSELF IN THE TABLET SPACE WITH THE STYLUS AND EVERYTHING.
I HAD THE PLEASURE OF PLAYING WITH ONE. I DON’T KNOW. I JUST LOVE IT. >>T’S NICE. >> THE LATENCY — GO AHEAD. >> IT’S NICE. I THINK THE REMARKABLE DESIGN IS SLEEKER AND LOOKS CLEANER THAN AMAZON’S KINDLE DESIGN. I KIND OF HATE THE WAY ALL OF AMAZON’S PRODUCTS LOOK. UNLESS THEY GET TO THE EXPENSIVE KINDLES, THEY’RE ALL CLUNKY. NOT AS POLISHED AS I LIKE THEM TO BE. THE REMARKABLE 2 IS $279. CHEAPER THAN THIS KINDLE. BUT I BELIEVE — I BELIEVE THERE IS A — THERE’S A SUBSCRIPTION. A $3 A MONTH SUBSCRIION TO GET TO
THEIR CLOUD STUFF. EVERY TIME I LOOKED AT THAT TABLET, I’M LIKE I DON’T WANT TO DEAL WITH A SUBSCRIPTION TO THIS COMPANY THAT MAY NOT EXIST IN A FEW YEARS AND I MAY BE STUCK WITH A TABLET THAT DOESN’T FULLY FUNCTION. ARE YOU EXCITED ABOUT AN E-INK ITING TABLET? >> I USED THE GALAXY NOTES WHEN THEY WERE BASICALLY LITTLE E-INK TABLET NOTEPAD THINGS. THERE’S A LOT THAT HAS TO BE FIGURED OUT HERE. DOES AMAZON HAVE GOOD HANDWRITING RECOGNITION? GOOD PALM REJECTION? THERE’S A LOT OF QUESTIONS WE DON’T HAVE ANSWERS FOR. I’M EXCITED BY THE IDEA.
I’M JUST NOT SURE THE EXECUTION WILL BE THERE. ALSO HOW — HOW MUCH DO I WRITE THINGS DOWN NOWADAYS? I DON’T KNOW ABOUT Y’ALL — I DON’T DOE IT THAT MUCH. I HAVE THE URGE TO. >> I THINK A LOT OF US HAVE JUST STOPPED HANDWRITING. I TAP MORE. IF I’M OUT REPORTING SOMEWHERE, I’M TAPPING NOTES ON MY PHONE. I’M RECORDING AUDIO. >> I’M JUST VOICE RECORDING AND TRANR TRANSCRIBING. >> OUR PHONES HANDLE MOST OF IT. I DO MISS HANDWRITING. I DO MISS SCRIBBLING. I TRY TO HAVE A REPORTER’S NOTEBOOK THAT I RARELY USE. I
FEEL LIKE IF I WAS IN SCHOOL ESPECIALLY FOR KIDS IN COLLEGE WHO WANT A BIGGER INTERFACE FOR READING BOOKS AND WAN TO JOT DOWN NOTES, BECAUSE I DID ALWAYS LIKE THAT WITH PHYSICAL BOOKS IN COLLEGE, THIS COULD BE BETTER THAN A STANDARD E-READER. >> YEAH. >> AT THIS POINT, IF YOU WANT TO DO THIS, GET AN ACTUAL TABLET. A TABLET WITH A STYLUS. >> LE THE APPLE iPAD PENCIL THING. THOSE LOOK GOOD. AND YOU’RE NOT RESTRICTED TO CERTAIN COLORS. I DO WONDER WHAT THE BUILD AND SIZE AND WEIGHT OF THIS IS. MAYBE MORE A LIGHTWEIGHT
TABLET. THE REMARKABLE WAS WELL BUILT. YOU COULD TAKE IT ANYWHE WIT YOU. THERE’S OTHER THINGS OUT THERE LIKE A ROCKETBOOK. >> NEVER HEARD OF IT. >> THE ROCKETBOOK STARTED OFF AS A BOOK THAT YOU COULD MICROWAVE AND ERASE THE MARKS YOU LEFT ON IT. NOW YOU CAN WRITE ON IT. ERASE IT, REUSE IT. IT’S ENVIRONMENTALLY MORE FRIENDLY. WHATEVER YOU WRITE ON IT, YOU CAN SCAN TO THE CLOUD OR WHATEVER. THE WHOLE IDEA OF WRITING THINGS DOWN, I CITY LOVE IT. I THINK OF IT AS A WAY TO ORG FIZ MY HUGEOR ORGORGANIZE MY THOUGHTS. THE
IMPORTANT THING IS HOW DO YOU KEEP THOSE NOTES, STORE THEM, DIGITALLY SEARCH THEM? >> AND WHEN I HANDWRITE NOTES, I WANT TO — I TYPICALLY WRITE MORE IN CURSIVE THAN IN PRINT. MY CURSIVE NOTES ARE REALLY FAST JOTS. ALMOST LIKE DOCTOR’S WRITING. IF I LOOK AT IT, I COULD READ IT. MOST OTHER PEOPLE LOOKING AT MY CURSIVE MAY NOT BE ABLE TO. UNFORTUNATELY, OCR AND COMPUTERS CANNOT DEAL WITH CURSIVE. UNLESS YOU’RE PRINTING DOWN, YOU’RE KINOF SCREWED. >> I LOVE CURSIVE. SOME OF THEM PICK IT UP. MOST OF THE TIME CURSIVE TRIPS PEOPLE UP. >> QUESTION
FROM TURBINE, THIS IS NOT ANDROID, RIGHT? RIGHT. IF YOU’RE AN EXISTING KINDLE USER, THIS MAY WORK FOR YOU. YOUR BOOKS ARE ALL STORED IN THE AMAZON LIBRARY. THAT’S GENERALLY BEEN STABLE FOR ME. THE ONLY ISSUE PEOPLE HAVE HAD WITH AMAZON IS COMICOLOGY. I KNOW SOME FRIENDS WHO LOST BOOKS THEY BOUGHT BEFORE THEY BOUGHT COMICOLOGY. SO THEY HAVE TO GET THINGS REINSTATED. AMAZON’S CLOUD SEEMS OKAY. THIS ISN’T ANDROID. THERE ARE KINDLE APPS THAT THEY HAVE TO ACCESS SOMETHING. MAYBE YOU COULD GET IT THAT WAY. >> LIKE YOU CAN STORE YOUR NOTES AND ACCESS THEM THROUGH YOUR
PHONE. >> ONE OF MY FAVITE KINDLE THINGS, YOU CAN GET AN EMAIL ADDRESS AND YOU CAN FORWARD ANY EMAIL, ARTICLE OR BOOKS. ANYTHING TO YOUR KINDLE ADDRESS. I USED TO HAVE — IF THEN THAT — >> IF ELSE — IF THIS, THAN, THAT. >> I USED TO SET UP ROUTINES, IF I SAVED SOMETHING TO POCKET, IT WOULD GET PUSHED TO MY KINDLE. THERE’S LOTS OF WAYS TO MOVE THE DATA AND UTILIZE IT. I THINK THIS IS COOL. MAYBE TOO EXPENSIVE. >> I KNOW. CAN’T WAIT TO GET OUR REVIEW UNIT IN. WE’LL SEE. >> I KNOW
YOU WERE ALSO EXCITED — WHICH IS FUNNY. YOU WERE EXCITED ABOUT AMAZON’S HALO RISE, THE BEDSIDE SLEEP TRACKER, EVEN THOUGH YOU’RE THE PERSON WHO HATES SLEEP GADGETS. >> CAVEAT BEING, I HATE SLEEP GADGETS THAT I HAVE TO WEAR TO BED. I LOVE GETTING SLEEP INSIGHTS, BUT I HATE WAKING BULKY WATCHES TO BED. THIS IS LIKE A POTENTIALLY GOOD IMPLEMENTATION, RIGHT? LET’S START BY SAYING AMAZON IS NOT THE VERY FIRST COMPANY TO DO SOMETHING LIKE THIS. GOOGLE ALREADY INTRODUCED, LIKE, SLEEP SENSING VIA RADAR ON THE NEST HUB SMART DISPLAY. IT’S A BEDSIDE SLEEP TRACKER. GOOGLE’S THING
IS MORE OF A SMART DISPLAY WITH THIS FEATURE BUILT IN. AMAZON’S HALO RISE IS A DEDICATED DEVICE BUILT TO TRA Y BED. >> IT IS ALSO A WAKEUP LIGHT. >> YEAH. >> IT HAS NO CAMERAS, NO MICROPHONES, AND IT USES A CONT CONTACTLESS OR NONCONTACT MOTION SENSOR TO LOOK FOR PATTERNS IN YOUR BODY MOVEMENT WHILE IN BED. AND DECIPHER IF YOU’RE ASLEEP — ALSO, WHAT SLEEP ZONE YOU’RE IN BASED ON YOUR RESPIRATORY RATE. COOL. EVERY MORNING YOU CAN SET A SMA GLOW. >> THE SOUNDS OF ANGELS AND YOU WILL AWAKE FULLY REFRESHED. BUT IT’S ALSO
LIKE A CLOCK. YOU CAN SEE THE TIME. IT ALSO HAS SENSORS ON IT TO DETECT WHAT YOUR ENVIRONMENT IS LIKE. IF YREDROOM IS TOO COLD OR HUMID OR TOO BRIGHT, IT WILL THEN IN THE MORNING TELL YOU — MAYBE AFTER SOME TIME, IT WILL BE LIKE YOU SLEPT BETTER WHEN IT WAS COLDER AT NIGHT. HEY, YOU SLEPT FOR LONGER, YOU ENTERED MORE REM SLEEP WHEN IT WAS MORE HUMID IN THE NIGHT. I THINK HONESTLY THIS IS ALL IN THEORY. WE DON’T KNOW YET WHETHER IT WORKS AS ADVERTISED. I CALLED DIBS ON REVIEWING THIS ONE. MY
MANAGERS CONCERNED FOR MY WELL-BEING. >> MAYBE DON’T. >> HE’S LIKE DON’T RUSH TO REVIEW THIS. MAYBE THIS IS SOMETHING I WILL DO MORE LONG-TERM. I’M EXCITED. FINALLY I MIGHT BE ABLE TO TRACK MY SLEEP WITHOUT WEARING SOMETHING TO BED. I’M FULLY AWARE THERE’S MATTRESS SENSORS OUT THERE THA I COULD USE. SOMEHOW A MATTRESS SENSOR FEELS A LITTLE MUCH. >> YOU DON’T WANT ANYTHING TO FEEL — I WOULDN’T WANT TO FEEL THE MATTRESS SENSOR. >> TOTALLY THE PRINCESS AND THE PEA. I’M THAT PRINCESS. >> ONE THING I WILL SAY, I DON’T KNOW — THIS IS A
COOL IDEA, IF IT WAS A COMPANY FROM OTHER THAN AMAZON. I’M MORE LIKE WHAT ARE YOU DOING WITH THIS DATA? WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO SELL TO ME AFTER THIS? I SEE YOU’RE TAKING A LONG TIME TO GET TO SLEEP. HERE’S SOME SUBSCRIPTIONS TO THE SLEEP PILLS THAT PEOPLE HAVE. >> SURE. >> SOMETHING LIKE THAT. HERE’S A BOOK TO HELP YOU RELAX. I HEAR EXERCISE IS A GREAT THING TO HELP YOU GET SE SLEEP. HERE’S THE AMAZON EXERCISE DEVICE. IT’S A COMPANY THAT I THINK IS COMICALLY BAD AT SOME OF THE STUFF AND ALSO I
HAVE ECHOS IN A LOT OF ROOMS IN MY HOUSE BECAUSE I FIND IT CONVENIENCONVENIENT, WON’SHUT UP. I DON’T KNOW IF YOU HAVE THIS PROBLEM. >> I USED TO. >> IF I ASK IT A QUESTION, IT IS LIKE BUY THE WAY, DID YOU KNOW – SHUT UP. I ASK IT TO PLAY WHITE NOISE OCCASIONALLY IF THE BABY IS SLEEPING IN THE ROOM WITH US.BE NOISE THAT I DECEMBER NATURALLY NEED, BY THE WAY, YOU LIKE OUR FREE WHITE NOISE, WOULD YOU LIKE TO PAY FOR BETTER WHITE NOISE? >> OF COURSE THEY ASK THAT. >> I’M LIKE SHUT
UP! I JUST WANT WHITE NOE. >> MY FAVORITE IS WHEN IT GLOWS, THERE’S THE NOTIFICATION THING. WHAT’S UP? WHAT DO YOU HAVE TO TELL ME? BY THE WAY — >> I WAS LIKE, YOU RANG TO TELL ME THAT YOU CAN RING? BY T WAY, DID YOU KNOW, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH. SOME OF MY FRIENDS HAVE ECHOS AT HOME. THEY FIND IT HELPFUL TO TRACK AN ORDER FOR GROCERIES AND REFILLS. >> VERY ANNOYING. >> I DON’T NEED A NOTIFICATION TO TELL ME YOU CAN DO THINGS. SO I UNPLUGGED IT. >> YOU TESTED AND YOU WROTE ABOUT THEIR
FITNESS TRACKER THAT WAS ALSO THEIR MOOD TRACKER. DOES THAT THING STILL EXIST? IS IT STILL HAPPENING? >> HALO — THE HALO BAND INITIALLY WAS THAT SCREENLESS THING THAT WOULD DETECT YOUR TONE. LAST YEAR, THEY UNVEILED THE BAND, WHICH BASICALLY LOOKED LIKE FITBITS.WE DIDN’T REVIEW T CHEAPER FITBITS, COOL. IT WASN’T THE MOST HIGH PRIORITY THING. I DON’T KNOW AMAZON MADE A BIG PUSH OTHER THAN ON PRIME DAY WHEN IT WAS LIKE HEY, GET OUR CHEAP FITNESS TRACKERS FOR CHEAPER. THE TONE DETECTION FTUREAS KIND OF WEIRD. IT WASN’T VERY INSIGHTFUL. >> IMMEDIATE PUSHBACK. >> EVERYONE IS LIKE
WHAT ARE YOU DOING? >> WHEN I TESTED IT OUT, IT WAS LIKE YOU’RE NOT TELLING ME — >> YOU’RE BREAKING ALL OF OUR SPSOR SPONSORS. >> HALO IS LIKE I GIVE UP. AS A REFRESHER, YOU WOULD GET, YOU KNOW — THE THING WOULD DETECT YOUR TONE THROUGHOUT THE DAY. LISTEN TO, LIKE — TELL YOU, YOU SOUNDED SARCASTIC. YOU SOUNDED HAPPY. BUT IT WOULDN’T HAVE ANY VOICE RECORDINGS FOR YOU TO REFER BACK TO. IT USED THE MICROPHONE TO DETECT YOUR TONE, BUT IT DIDN’T RECORD ANYTHING. SO WHEN I WOULD LOOK BACK AT THE END OF THE
DAY AND BE LIKE I WAS SASSY AS HELL IN THE MORNING, REALLY HAPPY IN THEAFTERNOON. WHAT HAPPENED? I CAN’T — THERE’S NO DATA TO TELL ME WHAT HAPPENED. SO THAT WAS WHEN I TESTED IT TWO YEARS AGO. NOW I HAVEN’T SINCE. WHY DO I NEED SOMEONE TO POLICE MY TONE OR TELL ME — >> ESPECIALLY AMAZON. MAYBE WE NEED A HOLISTIC DEVICE. I’VE BEEN DOING THE NOOM APP FOR TRACKING WHAT I’M EATING. >> IT’S THE METABOLISM ONE, RIGHT? >> NOOM CAUGHT A LOT OF FLACK. >> THEY DID. >> WE HAVE ALL THESE SERVICES THAT DO
DIFFERENT THINGS. WHAT YOU WANT IS SOMETHING THAT WILL HELP YOU, BY THE WAY, LET ME HELP YOU SLEEP. HEY, KEEP TRACK OF YOUR CALORIES AUTOMATICALLY. HOW IS THIS STUFF MAKING YOU FEEL? MAYBE YOU SHOULDN’T HAVE A BURGER FOR LUNCH BECAUSE YOU FEEL LETHARGIC AFTERWARDS. YOU NEED ONE DEVICE OR ONE PLATFORM TO KIND OF UNIFY ALL THAT STUFF. WE DON’T HAVE THAT. >> THAT’S WHAT SOME COMPANIES ARE TRYING TO DO. LIKE APPLE AND GOOGLE, I’M SURE THEY’RE TRYING TO DO THAT. >> THEY DO IT GREAT FOR EXERCISE, BUT NOT FOR FOOD ACKING. >> THEY HAVE FEATURES.
DON’T GIVE THEM IDEAS. THEY’LL BUY MYFITNESSPAL OR SOMETHING. >> HALO RISE, A BEDSIDE SLEEP TRACKER, AND CHERYLYNN, THAT’S APPARENTLY GOOD. >> YOU KNOW ME. IT’S SPOOKY SEASON. I LOVE EVERYTHING CREEPY. >> WE HAVE A BUNCH OF OUR AMAZON PRODUCTS. THERE’S A NEW ECHO STUDIO THAT HAS IMPROVED SPATIAL AUDIO PROCESSOR. I LIKE THE FIRST. I BOUGHT ONE OF THOSE. IT’S IN MY KITCHEN. THE 360 DEGREE SOUND IS PRETTY GOOD. IT DOES A GOOD JOB MAKING YOU SOUND LIKE YOU’RE NOT LISTENING TO A SPEAKER OR A BUNCH OF SPEAKERS IN ONE PLACE. IT EXPANDS THE SOUND. WHICH
IS SIMILAR TO WHAT APPLE IS DOING WITH THE HOME POD. SOUNDS PRETTY GOOD FOR WHAT IT IS. I LE GOOD SPEAKERS. GETTING IMPROVED SOUND. ECHO DOTS ARE GETTING EURO MESH WIFI TECH BUILT IN. THAT’S SUPER COOL AND INTERESTING. >> TO POINT OUT THAT GOOGLE ALREADY DID THAT. YE YES. >> SURE. BUT IT’S NICE TO HAVE T OPTION FOR BOTH PLATFORMS. YOU’RE EITHER, YOU KNOW, IF YOU’RE GOING FOR A SMART HOME ASSISTANT, YOU HAVE TO STAY WITHIN THE ECOSYSTEM. >> I WANTED TO POINT OUT THE ECHO STUDIO COSTING $200, IMPRESSIVE. >> GOOD DEAL. I THINK THAT’S
WHY I ENDED UP GETTING IT, AND I THINK I BOUGHT IT ON SALE. THE ECHO STUDIO AS A CENTER SPEAKER THAT YOU WANT TO THROW MUSIC TO, TK , SOUNDS INCREDIBLE. >> DON’T SAY THAT WORD. >> WHATEVER. OTHER THINGS. AMAZON ANNOUNCED THEIR FIRST QLED FIRE TV WHICH LOOKS LIKE, YOU KNOW — LAST YEAR THEY ANNOUNCED THE FIRE TV OMNI LINE, NOW BUMPING UP TO QLED, IT IS LCD TECH WITH QUANTUM DOTS. GIVES YOU BETTER COLOR, BETTER ACCURACY. THESE LOOK NICE. $800 FOR A 65-INCH, $1,100 FOR A 75-INCH. NOT BAD, WHEN IT COMES FOR TV STUFF,
WAIT FOR SALES OR BUY A KNOWN BRAND. I WOULD TRUST TCL MORE THAN ANY OF THESE AMAZON THINGS. JUST, YOU KNOW, BE AWARE THERE. THERE IS A NEW FIRE TV CUBE, WHICH I WROTEUP. IT’S ANOTHER CUBE. IT’S A SLIGHTLY ROUNDER CUBE. THAT’S KIND OF THE BIG THING. IT CAN TALK TO YOUR CABLE BOX SO YOU CAN ISSUE ALEXA COMMANDS IF YOU HAVE ONE OF THOSE. THERE’S A VOICE REMOTE PRO, WHICH DOESN’T COME WITH THE FIRE TV BE. I GOT THEM TO CONFIRM THAT. THEY ANNOUNCED THE NEW REMOTE. THE REMOTE IS ANOTHER 35 BUCKS. IT HAS
MORE BUTTONS. YOU CAN TELL ALEXA TO BE LIKE HEY, WHERE IS MY REMOTE. THE REMOTE WILL START MAKING NOISE IN CASE YOU DROPPED IT UNDER THE COUCH. I THINK THAT’S COOL. >> I THINK MAYBE WE RECORD A BIT FOR THIS SECTION OF THE PODCAST TO WARN PEOPLE TO MUTE THEIR SPEAKERS IF THEY’RE LISTENING BECAUSE — >> OKAY. >> THAT’S NE. WE SHOULD DO THAT. >> IT’S FINE. WE’RE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT THIS FOR A WHILE. >> WE’LL SAY THE WORD, YOU KNOW, YOU MIGHT WANT TO MUTE YOUR SPEAKERS. I CAN IMAGINE IF I DID
NOT HEADPHONES ON, I WLD MUTE MY SPEAKER. >> ARE NEW FEATURES FOR ALEXA THAT ARE MORE INTO IMPROVED CLOTHING. >> SHOPPING, THAT SORT OF THING. OF COURSE EVERYTHING IS FOR SHOPPING. EVERYTHING IS ABOUT COMMERCE. AMAZON JUST WTS YOUR MONEY. ANY WAY IT CAN MAKE ITS ASSISTANT BETTER AT DOING THAT, IT WILL DO. >> IT WILL DO. YEAH. ALEXA IS GROWING. THE ASTRO ROBOT IS GETTING SOME UPGRADES FOR HOME AND BUSINESS. IT CAN KEEP AN EYE ON YOUR PETS WHILE AT WORK. OR BASICALLY ACT LIKE A SECURITY SENTRY IN YOUR OFFICE. THIS WAS RELEASED FOR $1,500.
IT’S ON SALE NOW FOR $1,000. IF YOU WANT AN ’80s-ESQUE ROBOT CRAWLING AROUND YOUR HOME, AT’S THING. I FEEL LIKE THIS IS SOMETHING YOU WOULD WANT, CHERYLYNN. >> IT’S CUTE AS HELL. I SAW, LIKE, A DIFFERENT ROBOT RECENTLY THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE FOR PETS, I GUESS, IT WOULD DISPENSE TREATS, SNACKS. AT FIRST I MISSED THE MEMO THAT IT WAS FOR PETS. I WAS LIKE, MY GOSH, A ROBOT THAT WOULD FOLLOW ME AROUND AND DISPENSE TREATS? YES. NO, IT’S FOR DOGS AND CATS. >> AFTER THE TREATS YOU WERE IN YOUR MOUTH. WAIT, NO. >> NO.
I HAVE YET TO TASTE A DOG TREAT. >> WE ALL MADTHAT MISTAKE. >> PROBABLY HAVE. I PERSONALLY WANT TO HAVE AN ASTRO IN MY HOME, THAT’S FOR SURE. I — OTHER THAN BRINGING ME TREATS AND CARRYING THINGS AROUND FOR ME, I DON’T KNOW WHAT ELSE I WOULD DO. I DON’T NEED A SECURITY SENTRY. >> YOU DON’T NEED IT MAYBE SOMEBODY WITH AN OFFICE OR A HOME. I’M LIVING IN A HOUSE IN ATLANTA NOW. I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT’S GOING ON IN THE BASEMENT OR THE FIRST FLOOR IN WE’RE UPSTAIRS. >> I COULD JUST GET THE
SENTRY — THISSTRO FOR MY BUILDING. MY NEIGHBORS WOULD APPRECIATE IT. WE’RE ALWAYS SNOOPING. >> YEAH. >> THAT’S WHAT YOU DO AS NEIGHBORS. AGAIN, I DO NOT — I DON’T WANT AMAZON TO HAVE THAT — WHAT’S ASTRO DOING? WHAT IS ASTRO SITTING AROUND T HOUSDOIN WHY IS IT BLINKING? >> WHY IS IT SCANNING MY HOME? WHY IS IT LOOKING THROUGH MY PANTRY? >> EXACTLY. >> WHAT IS IT DOING NOW? THIS IS A COMPANY I CAN’T TRUST. WHEN WE TALK ABOUT A LOT OF THESE PRODUCTS, I CAN TST AMAZON TO HAVE AN ECHO SPEAKER IN MY HOUSE
BECAUSE I LIKE VOICE COMMANDS FOR STUFF. A LOT OF THAT INFORMATION, NOT SUPER BIG DEAL. BUT FULL ABLE TO WALK AROUND MY HOUSE WHEREVER, ESPECIALLY AFTER WE’VE SEEN EVIDENCE OF AMAZON WORKERS SAVING ECHO VOICE LOGS. COULD BE USING THEM BADLY. I DON’T TRUST THIS COMPANY. I FEEL LIKE THEY HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO. ASTRO ROBOT, NOT A HUGE FAN. I MAY HAVE TO END UP TESTING THIS. WE’LL S HOW IT GOES. THERE’S SOME STUFF WITH BLINK. BLINK IS ADDING ITS FIRST WIRED CAMERA. RING IS GETTING DETECTION ON THE SPOTLIGHT PRO. I DO LIKE
SPOTLIGHTS. AGAIN, FOR OUTSIDE MY HOUSE HERE. I SET UP ARLO CAMERAS ALL AROUND. IT CATCHES THINGS. THERE’S A RACCOON THAT LOVES TO WALK UP IN THROUGH MY BACKYARD AND INTO MY DECK AND STARTS POKING AROUND. IT’S GOOD TO KNOW FOR THAT. WE HAVE A FENCEDYARD, SO THERE ARE COYOTES IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD, DEER, MOUNTAIN CATS, A BEAR. SOMETIMES GOOD TO KNOW WHAT IS HAPPENING AROUND YOU. THAT COULD BE GOOD FOR THE RING, SPOTLIGHT PRO. WE TALKED ABOUT THE WIFI EXTENDERS. ECHO AUTO GETTING REDESIGNED. ONE OTHER THING THAT’S INTERESTING. THEY DID ANNOUNCE A POWER OVER ETHERNET EURO
DEVICE. IF YOU HAVE ETHERNET AROUND YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS, PLUG THAT THING IN. I DON’T KNOW IF Y’VE SEEN A POWER OVER ETHERNET DEVICE. I USED TO DEAL WITH IT IN I.T., IT FEELS LIKE MAGIC. I JUST PLUG IN THE ETHERNET, THAT’S ALL. >> THE POWER DRAW IS THROUGH THE ETHERNET BLE. >> IT FEELS LIKE MAGIC TO ME. THERE’S A WHOLE BUNCH OF OTHER EURO DEVICES FOR BIGGER HOMES. IF YOU HAVE A BIG PLACE, IT’S COOL. I FEEL LIKE THE BIG TAKEAWAY IS THE KINDLE SCRIBE IS A REALLY INTERESTING DEVICE. THAT’S MY TAKEAWAY FROM AZON.
I HOPE TO PLAY WITH ONE SOON. DID ANYTHING LEAP OUT AT YOU? >> WHAT LEAPT OUT AT ME, THE BIG SURPRISES WERE FRONT-LOADED. YOU AND I ALREADY TALKED ABOUT THE KINDLE SCRIBE. I THOUGHT THE HALO RISE WAS INTERESTING. EVERYTHING ELSE SEEMED INCREMENTAL OR COPYING OTHER PEOPLE. BUT IN A WAY THAT — HERE’S MY TAKEAWAY. LAST YEAR OR TWO YEARS AGO, OUR TAKEAWAY FROM THIS EVENT, WAS THAT THEY JUST DO EVERYTHING OTR PPLE HAVE DONE AND MAKE IT CHEAPER. BUT THIS YEAR, MAYBE EVEN LAST YEAR, THIS YEAR MORE THAN LAST, I FEEL LIKE THEY’RE DOING DIFFERENT
THINGS. I WILL KEEP REMINDING PEOPLE THAT OTHER PEOPLE HAVE DONE IT. KINDLE SCRIBE, TAKING OVER REMARKABLE. HALO RISE COPYING GOOGLE. ASTRO ROBOT, MORE UNIQUE. WE HAVE NOT SEEN UPDATES ABOUT THE ECHO FRAMES OR THE ECHO RING. THE FINGER RING, NOT THE CAMERA RING. FINGER RING. >> PHRASING. >> GOOGLE HAD AN EVENT. I BET YOU CAN’T PHRASE ANYTHING THEY DID BADLY. >> I THINK I SURE CAN. >> KNOWING YOU. I WAS BUSY WITH A REVIEWHING WHAT ARE THE HIGHLIGHTS? >> IT WAS NOT FUN. YOU KNOW, APPLE — AMAZON’S EVENT BARELY WRAPPED UP AT 1:00 P.M., AND
GOOGLE STARTED RIGHT ON THE DOT AT 1:00 P.M. I HAD TO JUMP OVER AND START COVERING. THIS WAS GOOGLE’S SEARCH ON EVENT 2022, IT’S FOCUSED ON GOOGLE PRODUCTS LIKE SEARCH, MAPS, NEWS, THINGS THAT HELP PEOPLE EXPLORE THE WORLD AND ABSORB INFORMATION. GOOGLE FOR THE LONGEST TIME, AND STILL IS, THE WAY WE MAKEENSE OF THE WORLD. THE WAY WE FIND OR LEARN THINGS. I HATE TO GIVE THEM THIS MUCH CREDIT, BUT THAT’S KIND OF — >> WHAT THEY’VE DONE. >> YEAH. THIS IS WHAT WE DO NOW. ANYTHING THEY ANNOUNCED AT THIS EVENT, USUALLY IT HAS A
GREAT IMPACT ON HOW WE LEARN. THERE’S A LOT OF UPDATES COMING TO SEARCH. I THINK ONE THING THAT WAS INTRIGUING WAS THEY MADE IT EASIER TO FIND SEARCH RESULTS FROM FORUMS LIKE REDDIT. >> GREAT. I DON’T HAVE TO GO TO REDDIT. >> EXACTLY. I FIND THAT AN INTERESTING UPDATE. SORT OF RELATED TO THAT TOPIC IS THAT GOOGLE IS ALSO KIND OF GOING TO CHANGE THE WAY SEARCH RESULTS LOOK. WITH MORE OF A FOCUS ON SOURCES LIKE SHORT-FORM VIDEO. THINK YOUTUBE SHORTS OR VERTICAL VIDEO SOURCES LIKE TIKTOK. I KNOW WE DON’T LIKE IT. BUT YOU HAVE
TO THINK ABOUT THE GENERATION THAT’S GOING TO TIKTOK FIST FOR INFORMATION. >> BUT THERE PROBABLY NOT GOING TO GOOGLE TO FIND THE STUFF. >> YEAH. WHO ARE YOU TARGETING WITH THIS? I GUESS THEY’RE TRYING TO HELP OLD PEOPLE LIKE ME UNDERSTAND THERE’S A TIKTOK SOURCE FOR THIS. I DON’T KNOW. >> SURE. >> BUT IT’S GOING TO LOOK DIFFERENT. GOOGLE WANTS TO MAKE IT EASIER FOR YOU TO SEARCH FOR THINGS. PART OF THIS UPDATE IS WHEN YOU’RE TYPING KEY WORDS INTO THE SEARCH BAR, IT WILL START WITH THESE LITTLE BADGES OR BUBBLES WITH SUGGESTED — THE
AUTO COMPLETE SUGGESTION, BUT MORE OPTIONS THAN JUST A LONG LT OF AUTO COMPLETE. OH, IF YOU TYPE IN THE WORD BROWNIE, IT MIGHT BRING UP BLONDIE OR SOMETHING. OTHER RELATED CATEGORIES OF THINGS. YOU COULD SEE THAT AS COMING OUT IN THE COMING MONTHS AS AN UPDATE TO SEAR. WHAT I THOUGHT JUMPED OUT AT ME WERE SOME CHANGES COMING TO MAPS. LET’S START WITH NEIGHBORHOOD VIBE. >> VIBE CHECK. >> I DON’T EVEN KNOW WHERE TO START WITH THIS. I WAS FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO BE BRIEFED A LITTLE BIT ONHIS FEATURE. NEIGHBORHOOD VIBE, WHEN YOU’RE EXPLORING A NEW
PLACE OR ANY PLACE ON GOOGLE MAPS, YOU WILL START SEEING THESE LITTLE COLORFUL ZONE TYPE THINGS. AS YOU SCROLL, THE PHOTOS AND VIDE WIL POP UP ABOUT THAT AREA TO TELL YOU WHAT’S POPULAR THERE. >> THAT’S COOL. >> IT’S BASED ON GOOGLE’S I GUESS POSTS THAT PEOPLE CONTRIBUTE TO GOOGLE MAPS. THE DATA THAT GOOGLE HAS THAT TELLS THEM WHAT PLACES A ME POPULAR ARE LIKELY TO SURFACE. THERE’S SOME HUMAN MODERATION. YOU WON’T BE LIKE — IF THERE’S A BIG PLANET OR SOMETHING THAT HAPPENS TO BE VERY POPULAR BECAUSE BOTS DECIDED TO GIVE IT UPVOTES OR
SOMETHING, THERE’S M NOT LIKE COME BADDED BY — SIMILAR TO NEXT DOOR VIBES. I’M LIKE, I GET THAT YOU WANT TO CHECK OUT A NEIGHBORHOOD’S VIBE BEFORE YOU GO. BUT, LIKE, HOW — FIRST OF ALL, NOTHING CAN REPLACE THE REAL THING. GOOGLE IS NOTRYINTO DO THAT. >> WHAT DO YOU MEAN THE REAL THING? >> VISITING A PLACE. >> IT’S MORE ABOUT PREPARING — YOU’RE DRIVING AROUND. YOU’RE IN A NEW TOWN WHAT IS THIS CORNER OF TOWN LIKE? THAT IS USEFUL. >> SO THIS IS SOMETHING YOU WOULD FIND HEFUL. YEAH. >> I WAS STRUGGLING TO SEE
WHY. >> BUT, LIKE, I DON’T GO ANYWHERE. >> I DO, BUT I NEVER THOUGHT I WOULD NEED SOMETHING LIKE THAT. I’LL GET TO WHERE THIS FEATURE MAKES MORE SENSE IN A LITTLE BIT. I’M LIKE, OKAY, WHAT IS THE TENDERLOIN GOING TO LOOK LIKE. >> AGAIN, THAT’S SOMETHING, OH, NEW PERSON NEW TO SAN FRANCISCO, HAS NEVER BEEN THERE BEFORE. OKAY. THAT’S INTERESTING. >> NEVER KNEW. >> NEVER KNEW. >> I DON’T KNOW. >> CAN ITEPLACE THE SMELLS? MORE FEATURES COMING TO GOOGLE MAPS INCLUDE UPDATES TO IMMERSIVE VIEW AND LIVE VIEW. IMMERSIVE VIEW IS THIS FEATURE WHERE IN
THE PAST IT WAS KIND OF RESTRICTED TO SPECIFIC BUILDINGS OR SPECIFIC LANDMARKS. YOU GET THERE, AND IT WILL BE- IT WILL SHOW YOU AN A.R.E./VRE VIDEO OF WHAT THAT PLACE LOOKS LIKE SO YOU CAN EXPLORE. IMMERSIVE VIEW WILL EXPAND TO MORE LANDMARKS. IT WILL BE COVERING 250 LANDMARKS GLOBALLY. THE LIVE VIEW FEATURE ALSO GETS A SEARCH FUNCTION, SO YOU CAN USE LIVE VIEW NOW. LIVE VIEW IS WHEN YOU USE THE AR, YOUR CAMERA VIEW FINDER TO SEE WHAT’S AROUND YOU AND GET DIRECTIONS OVERLAID ON THE REAL WORLD TO TELL YOU TO TURN LEFT HERE WITH
A BIGRROW IN FRONT OF YOU. NOW YOU CAN USE THAT TO SEARCH FOR THINGS LIKE ATMs, RESTAURANTS, BATHROOMS, THAT SORT OF THING. SEE WHAT’S LITERALLY NEAR YOU. FINALLY, THIS IS WHA I’M MOST EXCITED ABOUT. GOOGLE IS MAKING UPDATES TO FOOD SEARCHING. >> OKAY. >> HI. I HOPE YOU’RE HUNGRY. >> YES. THIS ONE WAS INTERESTING. I — THE COMPANY — GOOGLE OFFERED ME AN EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEWITHHEIR VICE PRESIDENT AND GENERAL MANAGER OF LOCAL — >> WAS MR. GOOGLE LIKE CHERYLYNN, YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT FOOD? >> WE HEAR YOU LIKE FOOD. THIS PERSON USED TO — W
A FORMER SURVIVOR CHAMPION. HE WON “SURVIVOR” COOK ISLANDS, THE CONTROVERSIAL SEASON WHEN THEY SEPARATED EVERYBODY INTO TRIBES BASED ON RACE.HE ASIAN. YES. COOL. HE WON THAT SEASON, REPRESENT. I WAS SURPRISED THAT I GOT TO TALK TO HIM. HE LED A LOT OF — HE’S DONE A LOT OF THINGS IN HIS LIFE. HE’S BEEN A SMALL BUSINESS OWNER. HE OWN A BUNCH OF FRANCHISE OUTLETS IN THE CALIFORNIA BAY AREA. NOW HE WORKS AT GOOGLE. I KNOW. JUST A LOT. READ MY WHOLE ARTICLE FOR THE FULL STORY. BASICALLY GOOGLE IS ADDING FEATURES TO MAKE IT EASIER TOFI
WANT. YOU LOOK AT THIS WEIRD — NOT WEIRD, BUT FOREIGN-LOOKING PASTRY THAT YOU DON’T KNOW WHAT IT’S CALLED. YOU CAN USE THE AR — THE LENS THING TO IDENTIFY THE PASTRY BUT ALSO IN THE SAME THREAD OR SAME SEAR FIND A PLACE NEAR YOU THAT SELLS THAT THING. SO IT WILL IDENTIFY THE DUMPLINGS AND TELL YOU, THE PLACE NEARBY HAS THESE CRABMEAT TU DUMPLINGS. >> THIS IS ALL STEPPING TOWARDS GETTING THERE. I CAN IMAGINE MAYBE THE GOOGLE ASSISTANT COULD BE A GOOD ASSISTANT SOME DAY AND BE LIKE I’M IN THIS NEW NEIGHBORHOOD. AT’S GOOD FOR
LUNCH? DUMPLINGS SOUNDS GOOD? SOUNDS GOOD. MAYBE IT COULD BE SOMETHING LIKE THAT. WE LOOK AT THIS STUFF AND WE GO WHO WOULD USE ANY OF THIS. IT’S GOOGLE LAYING THE GROUND WORK FOR BASICALLY, YOU KNOW, INDEXING THE ENTIRE WLD. DIRECTING US TO GO TO GOOGLE. MAPS IS STILL THE THING. >> I KNOW. >> WHEN I GO TO A NEW PLACE, IF I’M LOOKING FOR THINGS NEARBY. IF I’M LOOKING FOR RESTAURANT REVIEWS, I HIT BOTH MAP A YELP. >> OKAY. >> I FEEL LIKE GOOGLE IS TRYING TO MAKE US STOP GOING TO OTHER SERVICES TO FIGURE
OUT THIS INFORMATION. >> I KNOW. I HIT MAPS MOR THAN YELP. I BARELY HIT YELP ANYMORE. >> A LOT OF COUNTRIES DON’T TOUCHELP AT ALL. >> THE COMPANY ALSO ADDED A NEW FEATURE WHERE YOU CAN FILTER BY SPICE LEVEL FOR THE FOOD. GREAT FOR ME. I’M A SPICY GIRL. ANOTHER NEW FEATURE, THEY’RE UPDATING THEIR DIGITAL MENUS FOR RESTAURANT LISTINGS. THEY WILL USE MORE MACHINE LEARNING AND AI TO IMPROVE THOSE. SOME OF THOSE — >> THE STUFF IS A MESS. >> IT’S KIND OF A MESS. SO THEY ARE IMPROVING IT AND FINALLY IT’S JUST — SOY.
I — WAIT, WHAT IS THE LAST THING? >> I’LL POINT OUT, I TEND TO USE GOOGLE MAPS. ONCE YOU HAVE KIDS, ALL YOU’RE DOING IS SEARCHING FOR PLAYGROUNDS AND PLACES TO BRING YOUR KIDS BASICALLY. GOOGLE MAP RECOMMENDATIONS ARE LITTLE PLACES THAT DON’T POP UP AND SHOW UP ON A LARGE PHYSICAL MAP. I DID FIND A CUTE PARK THAT I HAD NO IDEA ABOUT. IT WAS FIVE MINUTES AWAY. HAS A NICE LAKE AND PLAYGROUND. I FOUND THAT BECAUSE OF GOOGLE RECOMMENDATIONS. SOMETIMES THOSE THINGS DON EVEN POP UP WHEN YOU’RE DOING A GOOGLE SEARCH. SEARCH DOESN’T ALWAYS
HIGHLIGHT EVERYTHING. >> RIGHT. >> YOU KNOW, THAT LITTLE AI ENGINE HELPED US FIND A NEW PARK THAT WE’LL GO TO QUITE A BIT. >> YEAH. SO RELATED TO THAT, T LAS THING THEY ANNOUNCED ON THE FOOD FRONT, THE NEIGHBORHOOD VIBE FEATURE I TALKED TO Y’ALL ABOUT IS COMING TO THESE RESTAURANT LISTINGS AS WELL. THEY WANT YOU TO UNDERSTAND BETTER A RESTAURANT’S VIBE. IS IT GOOD FOR A FIRST DATE, GOOD FOR FAMILIES? SO WHEN YOU GO TO A RESTAURANT LISTING NOW, GOOGLE IS DOING SOME OF THAT CURATION TO SHOW YOU WHAT THE ATMOSPHERE IS LIKE AND
COMBINING IT WITH MORE POPULAR REVIEWS THAT HIGHLIGHT THINGS ABOUT THE ATMOSPHERE AND VIB VIBE. >> I WANT MORE OUTDOOR PHOTOS. I DON’T WANT TO EAT INDOORS. NO MATTER HOW — WHAT OUR SAFETY LEVEL IS, UNTIL WE’RE ALL VACCINATED AND LEVELS ARE MUCH LOWER, I WILL NOT FEEL SAFE EATING INDOORS. I NEED TO KNOW, DO YOU HAVE SEATING OUTSIDE? THE BACK? WHAT IS THE SITUATION HERE? CAN I BRING MY FAMILY HERE SAFELY? THAT’S AN INCONSISTENT THING ON GOOGLE MAPS. I HOPE THEY GIVE US MORE. IT WOULD BE BASICALLY THE RESTAURANT’S RESPONSIBILITY TO SHOW US WHAT’S THERE.
>> IT’S A BALANCE. IAD CONVERSATION ABOUT SUPPORTING LOCAL BUSINESSES, HOW GOOGLE CAN DO THAT. THAT’S FOR ANOTHER TIME. >> OKAY. THANK YOU FOR THE GOOGLE UPDATE. ANYTHING YOU WANT TO MENTION BEFORE WE BREAK? >> I’M GOOD. >> OKAY. >> SEGMENT END AT 39 BASICALLY. I’M GOING BACK UP. HELLO TO DB, DUDE NAME CHARLIE. I SAW JONATHAN ANDERSON SAID HI. ALI SAID THESE SUGGESTIONS ARE TO MAKE YOU BUY MORE STUFF. YEAH. HOW ELSE DOES THE WORLD FUNCTION? CAPITALISM. >> I THINK MORE ABOUT WHAT IS THE VALUE I GET FROM THESE THINGS GOOGLE EXTRACTS FROM US. FOR
MAPS, HEY, THERE’S A WHOLE GENERATION OF KIDS OUT THERE WHO DON’T REMEMBER THE WORLD BEFORE GPS, AND BEFORE YOU COULD HIT UP GOOGLE MAPS TO FIGURE OUT WHERE THINGS WERE. IF YOU WERE ON THE MAP QUEST GENERATION, THE HORRORS. >> PRINTOUT MAP QUEST. KEEP IT IN YOUR CAR. >> I WILL HAPPILY GIVE UP A LITTLE BIT OF DATA TO HAVE — JUST LET ME KNOW WHERE I’M GOING. GIVE ME GOOD GPS AND GOOD INFORMATION ABOUT WHERE I’M GOING. GIVE ME HOURS FOR A STORE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. IT’S ALWAYS A GIVE AND TAKE. I THINK
GOOGLE IN GENERAL HAS BEEN GIVING US MORE USEFUL STUFF THAN A COMPANY LIKE AMAZON. >> I KNOW. SPEAKING OF AMAZON, WHEN WE WERE HAVING OUR AMAZON DISCUSSION, SOMEONE SAID EXCITED THAT THE PRICE DOESN’T EXCEED 150. UNFORTUNATELY, IT’S $340. DB SAID IT COMES WITH A BEZOS PEN. YEAH. YEAH. PEN, MISSING A COUPLE LETTERS AFTER THAT. HELLO TO CHARLIE WHO SAYS THE SAMSUNG GALAXY TABLET IS NOT BAD AT RECOGNIZING HANDWRITING. HANDWRITING’S WRITI TECHNOLOGY IS EXCELLENT. >> EVEN FOR CURSIVE. >> IT’S PRETTY GOOD. >> I WISH IT COULD PRINT FASTER. >> I CAN’T. >> AT THAT POINT, I
CAN TAP OUT SOMETHING SO QUICKLY ON MY PHONE VERSUS — >> PART OF THE PROBLEM IS THAT I WRITE SHORTHAND. SOME OF US LEARNED SHORTND TO BE FASTER. SMH, THE NEXT GENERATION WON’T KNOW WHAT SHORTHAND IS. >> THEY’LL FIGURE OUT THEIR OWN. >> BUT WE — THE SHORTHAND THAT HAS BEEN TAUGHT AND PASSED DOWN FOR GENERATIONS IS NOT GOING TO EXIST. >> THAT’S THE ST OF THING LIBRARIANS WILL KNOW. >> GOOD POINT, CHARLIE. OMAR. YOU WILL NERVE LET THESE DEDICATED SLEEP TRACKING DEVICES IN YOUR ROOM. >> THASFAIR. >> FOR ME, I DON’T KNOW THAT MY
SLEEP DATA IS THAT PRECIOUS. I’M NOT DOING — I KNOW Y’ALL ARE DOING WILD THINGS IN YOUR SLEEP, I’M NOT. I’M GOOD. >> THERE’S OTHER THINGS. PEOPLE ARE LIKE WHAT IF YOU’RE HAVING NIGHTLY ACTIVITIES IN YOUR BEDROOM. WHAT IS THIS THING LOOKING AT? >> NIGHTLY ACTIVITIES? BOARD GAMES? >> TURN IT OFF. >> I DON’T KNOW. I’M NOT DISCOUNTING APPLE MAPS. WHEN APPLE MAPS FIRST CAME OUT, REMEMBER, THIS IS A RATIVELY NEW PRODUCT COMPARED TO GOOGLE MAPS AND OTHER SERVICES. WHAT WAS THE — THE ONE NOKIA, I LIKED IT. MAP COMPANIES HAVE BEEN AROUND FOREVER. APPLE
MAPS IS RELATIVELY NEW. APPLE MAPS, WITHIN THE FIRST COUPLE YEARS WHEN I WOULD SAY WHERE ARE DUMPLINGS IN NEW YORK? IT SENT ME TO CHINA. THAT’S HOW SMART APPLE MAPS WAS. >> EXACTLY. >> I’M SURE IT’S BETTER NOW. >> I WAS USING APPLE MAPS RECENTLY, I HAD NOT INSTALLED GOOGLE MAPS,UT EVERY DAY I REGRET THAT DECISION MORE. APPLE MAPS IS BETTER NOW, SURE. BUT I REACHED A POINT WHERE I DON’T TRUST IT. THE INTERFACE TAKES SOME ADJUSTING. EVERY TIME I’M LOOKING UP DIRECTIONS, I’M TRYING TO WALK, EVERY TIME IT GIVES ME THE DRIVING DICTIONS. >>
MAPS ARE A PARTICULAR THING. YOU DON’T WANT TO GET LOST. SOME PEOPLE ARE ANXIOUS DRIVERS. I DON’T WANT TO HAVE TO DEAL WITH, OH, I SENT YOU TO AN ABANDONED WAREHOUSE. NOW I’M GOING TO HAVE A CAR FULL OF KIDS AND I NEED TO FIGURE OUT WHERE THIS RESTAURANT IS. THAT HAS HPENE TO ME WITH APPLE MAPS. TO APPLE’S CREDITS, THE VISUALS ARE BETTER. THEY ARE CUTE. THEY LOOK NICE. THE DRIVING VIEW IS MUCH BETTER THAN GOOGLE’S. THEY CAN DO A LOT. YEAH. >> DID YOU SEE THAT MJ GRAPHICS CREATIONS SAID TRY USING PAPER MAPS
DRIVING THROUGH BALTIMORE? >> MY FIRST TIME HAVING A CAR WAS AROUND COLLEGE TIME. IT WAS LIKE 2005. >> THE BIG ES. >> YEAH. I DIDN’T USE GPS THEN BECAUSE THEY WERE EXPENSIVE. I COULDN’T AFFORD IT IN MY CAR. IT WAS BEFORE SMARTPHONES. WE USED PAPER MAPS. I REMEMBER THAT WORLD. >> QUICK SHOUT OUT TO ANYONE THAT’S IN SINGAPORE OR SINGAPOREAN. INSTEAD OF DOING THAT, I USED TO BE LIKE, PIEKJ — YOU NAME ALL THE EXPRESSWAYS. THE 139 TO THE INTERSTATE 10. YOU GUYS REMEMBER THOSE THINGS, RIT?WESED TO CHANT THESE THINGSS DIRECTIONS. >> WE HAD TO
REMEMBER SO MUCH MORE AND NOW OUR DEVICES HANDLE THAT FOR US. WE HAVE LIMITED TIME. WE HAVE TO MOVE. WE HAVE TO BE OUT OF HERE BY NOON. >> YEAH. OKA OKAY. >> THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTIONS. LET’S MOVE ON. OKAY. WE HAVE SOME REVIEWS TO TALK ABOUT. CHERYLYNN YOU HAVE BOTH — YOU REVIEWED THE APPLE WATCH ULTRA. YOU REVIEWED THE FBIT SENSE 2? I DON’T REMEMBER THIS HAPPENING. THE APPLE WATCH ULTRA REVIEW, I’M STILL WRITING, BUT THE VIDEO IS UP. IT ZEROS IN ON THE HIKING EXPERIENCE. >> SPEAKING OF SUV, WE DUMPED YOU IN
THE MIDDLE OF A FOREST, RIGHT? >> I DON’T KNO TT THAT WAS THE PLAN. BUT I TRIED TO STAY AS OUTSIDE OF THE PLANNING PROCESS AS I COULD SO WHEN I GOT THERE, I WAS TRULY DISORIENTED. BRIAN BEAT ME UP AND THREW ME IN THE MIDDLE OF THE WOODS. LEFT ME THERE TO DIE. NO. BRIAN FIGURED OUT WHATRAIL WE WERE TAKING. I WENT ALONG FOR THE FUN OF IT. IT WAS AWESOME. NOW THAT I SPENT MORE TIME WITH THE WATCH, NOT JUST HIKING, BECAUSE ME, WHEN I WAS HIKING WITH BRIAN, I WAS IN AN EXTREMELY
GOOD MOOD. I WAS LIKE THIS IS GREAT. SO EVETHIN I THINK I THOUGHT ABOUT THE WATCH THERE WAS THROUGH ROSE-TINTED GLASSES. >> HOW LONG OF A HIKE WAS THIS? 15 MINUTES IN, I’M EXERCISING. >> NO. NO. YOU KNOW ME BETTER THAN THAT. SO THE HIK THAT BRIAN HAD PICKED, THE TRAIL WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A 2, 2 1/2 MILE, MAYBE 3-MILE HIKE. BECAUSE WE KEPT GETTING DETOURED AND, YOU KNOW, TURNED AROUND — >> HE IS CARRYING CAMERA GEAR. >> YEAH. I WAS HOLDING A GOLD PRO, WHICH IS NOTHING. WE KEP GETTING TURNED AROUND. IT WAS
MORE LIKE FIVE MILES LONG. >> THAT’S GOOD. >> WE TOOK ABOUT TWO HOURS BECAUSE WE WERE STOPPING TO TAKE VIDEOS. WE WERE PLAYING HIDE AND SEEK. >> OKAY. >> THERE IS A BLOOPER VIDEO THAT I WANTED TO SHOW PEOPLE. >> CORPORATE SANCTIONED HIDE AND SEEK. >>HERES A FEATURE ON THE ULTRA CALLED THE SIREN — IT IS A SIREN. IT USES THE — THE TWO ON-BOARD SPEAKERS TO, YOU KNOW, PLAY VERY LOUD DISTRESS SIGNALS IN CASE YOU’RE LOST OR IMMOBILE. >> OR IF YOU FIND A BEAR AND YO. >> INTERESTING. I DIDN’T KNOW YOU DO THAT
WITH BEARS. THE ONLY BEAR I RAN INTO WAS BRIAN. >> WOW. >> HE’S NOT A BEAR. NO. BUT I HID BEHIND A TREE AND HAD HIM TRY TO FIND ME BASED ON THE SOUND THE WATCH WAS PLAYING. HE MANAGED TO FIND ME. GRANTED — >> IMAGINE THAT. >> I DIDN’T HIDE VERY WELL. HE WALKED AWAY FROM ME AND I WENT TO HIDE. HE DID FIND ME. IF YOU WATCH THE VIDEO, YOU’LL SEE THAT’S WHAT WE DID. THE PART LEFT OUT OF THE VIDEO IS BECAUSE I WAS HOLDING THE GOPRO WHILE HE HELD THE MAIN CAMERA.
I WAS HOLDING IT WHEN I WENT TO. ONE PART OF THIS CLIP DIDN’T MAKE IT INTO THE FINAL VIDEO WHERE I GO — I THOUGHT I FOUND A GOOD HIDING SPOT. I SQUAT. I LOOK, GOD! I’M RIGHT IN FRONT OF HIM! I HID RIGHT IN FRONT OF HIM. I HAD TO RUN AWAY WITH THE GOPRO. >> YOU ARE THE KID W KEP FAILING AT HIDE AND SEEK. >> I WAS. >> DID BRIAN BRING HIS DOG? >> NO, NO. BRIAN DID NOT BRING ZEN. ZEN IS THE DOG STAR OF “ENGADGET.” SO, DURING THAT HIKING, WE DID
TEST A LOT OF THE FEATURES THAT WERE COMPASS-BASED, LIKE WAY FINDER, BACKTRACK — >> YOU SAID YOU WERE GETTING LOST. I THOUGHT THE WATCH WAS SUPPOSED TO HELP YOU FROM GETTING LOST? >> IT’S NOT. BECAUSE IT’S NOT LIKE YOU’RE LOADING A TRAIL ON TO THE WATCH D IT SHOWING YOU WHERE TO GO. IT’S MORE LIKE — THIS IS A LEASH ALMOST. A SAFETY LEASH. A SAFETY NET. OKAY. IF YOU — >> IT’S LAYING BREAD CRUMBS. >> EXACTLY. IT’S HANSEL AND GRETEL. IT’S DIGITAL BREAD CRUMBS. I DID TURN IT ON, IT DID TAKE ME AFTERWARDS, WHEN
WE WERE DONE WITH THE HIKE. IT GUIDED ME BACK IN THE SAME DIRECTION WE CAME. THAT FEATURE WORKS. IT’S JUST NOT MEANT TO — I ENVISION IF YOU ARE LTN THE WOODS, BUT YOU WANT TO GO BACK TO A SPECIFIC SPOT ON YOUR TRAIL AND NOT GO ABOUT THE ENTIRE TRAIL — IMAGINE YOU HAD BEEN MEANDERING, TAKING MULTIPLE TURNS LEFT AND RIGHT. YOU DON’T WANT TO TAKE THAT SAME PATH AGAIN — >> YOU CAN LAY WAYOINT ON THE TRAIL. >> YEAH. EXACTLY. THAT’S THE FEATURE. SO WE SET A WAY POINT TO THE PARKING LOT AS
WELL AS A CREEK. WE USED THE PARKING LOT WAY POINT AT THE END TO NAVIGATE BACK, WHICH WAS ONLY 450 FEET AWAY. WE COULD HEAR CARS ZOOMING BY AT THAT POINT. THE WATCH DID A GOOD JOB AT THAT. THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS, BATTERY DRAIN BECAME KIND OF AN ISSUE. I THINK IT WAS TAPPING THE GPS SO MUCH. I STARTED THE DAY AT 91%. BY THE END OF OUR TRAIL AND SHOOT ACTUALLY, IT WAS AT 50%. >> REALLY? >> WHICH IS VERY DIFFERENT FROM MY EXPERIENCE WITH WATCH ULTRA AND DAILY USE. IN DAILY USE, IT WILL EASILY
GET ME TO THREE DAYS ON ONE CHARGE. WHICH IS WILD. IT’S TRACKING SEVERAL WORKOUTS A DAY. I’M AT A POINT WHERE I WORK OUT MORNING AND AFTERNOON. IT’S PROBLEMATIC. >> IS THIS THE CELLULAR WATCH OR — >> NO. JUST A REGULAR GPS WATCH ULTRA. >> WAIT, I THOUGHT ALL THE WATCH ULTRAS HAD CELLAULAR. >> I DIDN’T SET UP THE CELLULAR. BUT IT IS CONNECT THE TO M PHONE. >> WERE THERE PLACES WHERE YOU HAD NO INTERNET AND IT WAS STILL DOING STUFF? >> WHAT DO YOU MEAN, NO INTERNET? >> IF YOU HAD NO CELLULAR —
>> WE DIDN’T LOSE SIGNAL. WE NEVER DID. WE WERE PRETTY SAFE. BUT THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN NICE. IT WOULD HAVE BEEN A NICE WAY TO TEST OUT THE FEATURES. THE EMERGENCY S.O.S. FEATURES ARE NOT AVAILABLE UNTIL NOVEMBER. THE POINT I WAS TRYING TO MAKE IS THAT SOME OF MY EXERCISES INCLUDE OUTDOOR WALKS AS WELL. THE GPS ALSO COMES IN ON THAT. MY OUTDOOR WALKS ARE ONLY ONE TO TWO MILES. IF YOU’RE A LONG-DISTANCE RUNNER, THERE’S THE DUAL FREQUENCY GPS WHICH IS SUPPOSED TO BE MORE ACCURATE IN PLACES WITH A LOT OF BUILDINGS LIKE MANHATTAN. I
READ SOME OF THE OTHER REVIEWS OUT THERE WHERE PEOPLE TESTED IT FOR SPECIFIC USES LIKE RUNNING IN A CITY. IT SEEMS TO DO VERY WELL. LOOK, I HESITATE TO CALL THIS THE WATCH THAT EVERYONE SHOULD GET. I THINK THERE’S A LOT OF PEOPLE FOR WHOM THIS — >> AT THAT PRICE? >> EXACTLY. $800. OH, MY GOSH. ANYONE THAT FOLLOWS ME ON TWITTER WILL KNOW HOW PISSED OFF I AM AT THE APPLE WATCH ULTRA. HIT ME WITH A ROCK. I DON’T WANT TO WEAR THIS TO BED TO TEST THE SLEEP TRACKING. IT’S VERY BIG. 49 MILLIMETER
CASE. TITANIUM, BUT IT’S HUGE. THE TRAP THAT I WORE FOR THE FIRST FEW DAYS WAS THE OCEAN BAND, IT WAS THE ONE WITH THE TUBULAR GEOMETRY, IT IS BASICALLY A BUNCH OF STRAWS GLUED TOGETHER. IT’S A LITTLE BULKY, BUT STILL NOT AS CRAP AS GALAXY 5 PRO. I SWITCHED OUT TO THE ALPINE LO. THE SLIGHTLY SPINNE E THINNER O. THAT’S WAY MORE COMFORTABLE. I’VE BEEN WEARING IT WITH THE FITBIT SENSE 2. STILL THIS IS NOT SOMETHING I WILL WEAR TO BED BUT I WILL BECAUSE I HAVE TO TEST IT. THE THING THAT TRULY UPSET ME
ABOUT THE APPLE WATCH ULTRA, AND WE’LL MOVE ON AFTER THIS, OKAY. SO THE WHOLE DESIGN OF THE CASE IS FOR OUTDOOR AND RUGGED USE. PART OF THIS CASE IS LIKE, YEAH, EXTEND IT TO PROTECT THE SCREEN SO YOU DON’T HAVE THE ROUNDED CORNS OF THE SCREEN. THEY ADDED A BUMPER TO THE RIGHT EDGE — >> I HIT MY WATCH ON THINGS ALL THE TIME. >> IT’S GOOD FOR YOU. THEY ALSO MADE THE GROOVES ON THE DIGITAL CROWN A LOT COARSER. THE CROWN IS BIGGER. AND THE DOCK BUTTON ON THE RIGHT IS BIGGER AND IS RAISED
UP HIGHER FROM PREVIOUS APPLE WATCHES. THEN THERE’S THE ACTION BUTTON ON THE LEFT, WHICH YOU CAN CUSTOMIZE TO DO ANYTHING. LORD, T NUMBER OF TIMES I HAVE ACCIDENTALLY PUSHED INTO NEGOTI ANY OF THESE THINGS. I USE WORK GLOVES TO TEST THESE OUT. THEY WORK SO WELL WHEN YOU’RE ARIN GLOVES. WHEN YOU’RE NOT, THE PLACEMENT OF THE ACTION BUTTON, ANY TIME I NEED TO PUSH THE DIGITAL CROWN TO GO BACK A PAGE, I USE MY THUMB ON THE OTHER SIDE TO BRACE IT, BUT I KEEP BRACING IT ON THE ACTION BUTTON. DEPENDING ON WHAT YOU SET
THE ACTION BUTTON TO DO, FOR ME, I’VE BEEN CREATING WAY POINTS THROUGHOUT MY HIKE. OH. DROPPED IT. AFTER THE VIDEO WAS SHOT, I SET IT TO, LIKE, SET A HIKING WORKOUT. AND I SHARE MY FNESSLUS — MY APPLE FITNESS PLUS STUFF WITH CHRIS VELASCO. FORMER FRIEND OF “ENGADGET.” IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY, I’M RANDOMLY STARTING HIKES BY ACCIDENT. HE KEEPS GETTING NOTIFICATIONS I’M GOING ON HIKES. NO. NO. I’M NOT. THESE ARE ZERO-MINUTE 2-CALORIE HIKES. THIS IS THE ONE THAT PISSES ME OFF THE MOST. BECAUSE THE BUMPER AND THE BUTTONS THAT HAD HOUSES, THE CROWN
AND ACTION BUTTON ARE SO RAISED, THEY ARE SO EY TO DEPRESS, WHEN I DO MY WORKOUTS NOW, I KEEP PAUSING THE EXERCISE BY ACCIDENT. I’LL BE HALFWAY THROUGH MY 45-MINUTE WORKOUT, I LOOK AT MY WATCH, 9 MINUTES PAUSED. >>WORKOUTS ARE ONLY USEFUL IF YOU HAVE DATA FROM IT. >> EXACTLY. IF I CAN BRAG ABOUT IT. >> IF YOU CAN BE ON THE LEADERBOARD. >> SO FAR I AM SECOND IN MY ENTIRE CLASS. I AM SECOND IN THE CHALLENGE. I’M SECOND PLACE. TRACKING TO STAY INECON PLACE. >> APPLE — OTHER THAN THESE ANNOYANCES, YOU SEEM TO
LIKE IT. >> YES. UNFORTUNATELY. TO BE CLEAR, THIS IS QUITE A BIG PROBLEM. BUT IT IS ALSO SOLVABLE IF I PUT THE WATCH ON THE OTHER SIDE. ACCIDENTAL BUTTON TRIGER IS A PROBLEM. BUT EVERYTHING ELSE, IT’S A FULL-FEATURED APPLE WATCH. YOU HAVE THE BASIC APPLE WATCH EXPERIENCE, THE COMPASS, WAY FINDER, EMERGENCY S.O.S. ERE’ THE LONG BATTERY LIFE. THE BATTERY LIFE IS INCREDIBLE. AGAIN, WHEN I’M NOT TAKING IT OUT ON A HIKE AND USING THE GPS ALL THE TIME, IT LASTS ME THREE DAYS EASY. I THINK 60 HOURS IS ALMOST ON THE NOSE SORT OF ESTIMATE.
IT’S 48 AND CHANGE. >> HOW BRIGHT DOES THE SCREEN FEEL? THIS THING CAN HIT 2,000 — EYE SEARING. A LITTLE WATCH LIKE THAT? >> I SEE YOU HAVE NOT WATCHED OUR VIDEO. >> I HAVE NOT. WHY WOULD I WATCH OUR VIDEOS? >> YES. YES. WE GOT TO A CREEK, UNDER DIRECT SUNLIGHT, LOOKING AT THE SCREEN. IT’S VERY READABLE. PART OF IT IS THE BRIGHTNESS OF THE SCREEN. ANOTHER PART OF IT IS APPLE HAS BEEN SO CONSISTENT TO USE BLACK BACKGROUND, BIG LETTERING, BRIG LETTERS. IT’S DESIGNED FOR VISIBILITY. IT’S EASY TO SEE EVEN IF DIRECT SUNLIGHT.
THE BRIGHTNESS DOESN’T HURT. I HAVE NOT HAD MY RETINAS SEARED UP IN THE THEATER OR IN MY BED. >> I FEEL LIKE THIS COULD BE THE PROLIFERATION OF SMART WATCHES AND IT ME CINEMA GOING VERY ANNOYING BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE NOT NICE ABOUT THAT. A LOT OF THEM ARE NOT SMART ENOUGH TO DIM WHEN YOU’RE IN A DARK ROOM OR PEOPLE ARE NOT TAKING THEM OFF. >> YEAH. SO I WANT TO QUICKLY SHOUT OUT THAT I’M ALSO TESTING THE FITBIT SENSE 2 AT THE SAME TIME. NOW I SEE WHY EVERYTHING ON FITBIT OS, WHY I HATED
IT BEFORE. I DON’T WANT TO TALK TOO SOON. I THINK I NEED TO DO SOME TROUBLESHOOTING TO FIGURE OUT WHY SOME OF THESE ANNOYANCES ARE HAPPENING. BUT THE FITBIT SSE 2 IS THE COMPANY’S HIGHER END SMART WATCH. IT DOES EVERYTHING. IT LOOKS NICE. THEY REDESIGNED THE ENTIRE CASE AND EVERYTHING. >> THAT’S A NICE DESIGN. >> IT IS. THE PROBLEM IS EVERYONE I’VE TOLD ABOUT THE FITBIT SENSE 2, THEY’RE LIKE WHY IS FITBIT STILL MAKING A SMART WATCH WHEN PIXEL WATCH IS RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER. >> PIXEL WATCH MAY NOT BE EXERCISE ORIENTED. >> THERE MAY
BE SOME EXERCISES. THE DESIGN IS DIFFERENT. WHEN I’M CONFRONTED THROUGH A QUESTION AND WITH MY EXPERIENCE WITH THE FITBIT WATCH SO FAR, THERE’S SOME STUFF ON IT SO DUMB. WHY IS YOUR UI LIKE THIS?>>OU M CONSUMER PRODUCTS? >> THIS IS NOT GOOGLE. IT’S FITBIT STILL. FITBIT BY GOOGLE. >> YEAH. >> I FEEL LIKE THIS PRODUCT MIGHT HAVE BEEN IN THE WORKS SINCE BEFORE THE MERGER. YBEHAT’S WHY IT STILL EXISTS. >> ARE PEOPLE MORE EXCITED FOR THE PIXEL WATCH? I FEEL LIKE GOOGLE IS A BRAND WHERE I WON’T TRUST YOUR FIRST GEN PRODUCT. >> MORE THAN
WHAT PRODUCT? >> MORE THAN FITBIT. >> YEAH I DON’T KNOW THAT PEOPLE WHO LIKE FITBIT ARE ALSO FANS OF GOOGLE. I DON’T KNOW THERE’S A COMPARISON TO BE MADE THERE. I JUST STRUGGLE WITH THE FITBIT SMART WATCH THAT IS NOT A GOOGLE SMART WATCH. OS IS KIND OF LIMITED. >> THIS IS NOT ANDROID, THIS IS THE FITBIT THING. EXACTLY. I HAVE SPECIFICS ON WHY. BUT I CAN’T REMEMBER OFFHAND. I SAY JUST STAY TUNED FOR MY MORE DETAILED IMPRESSION. THE EMBARGO LIFTED THIS WEEKI J. >> THIS IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS WHERE THE PIXEL WATCH IS
COMING, WHY DID FITBIT RELEASE THIS AT ALL? GUYS, YOU ARE JUST WASTING TIME HERE. YOU’RE WASTING EFFORTS, UNLESS IT’S JUST FOR THE FITBIT FANS. IT SEEMS LIKE A BAD REASON TO DO THIS. ONE QUICK QUESTION FROM THE CHAT. DID YOU TRY PUTTING ON GLOVES TO TRY THE CROWN? >> ABSOLUTELY DID. YES. IT’S IN THE VIDEO. CHECK IT OUT. PLEASE CHECK OUT THE VIDEO. WATCH THE STYLE. >> PLEASE. I DO LIKE MORE EXPERIENTIAL VIDEOS. ALL OF OUR VIDEOS, WE ALSO DO OFF OF SCRIPTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. >> THIS WAS UNSCRIPTED. >> CHERYLYNN, OH NO. >>
WE DIDN’T GET THE FIRST WAVE OF REVIEW UNITS, SO WE WERE LIKE HOW COULD WE BE DIFFERENT? THE ANSWER WAS UNLEASH UNSCRIPTED CHER INTO THE WOODS. >> WITHOUT THE DOG. >> UNLEASH ME A TT’S HOW WE GET A DIFFERENT VIDEO. BUT Y’ALL WATCH IT AND LET ME KNOW WHAT YOU THINK. >> WE’LL KEEP AN EYE OUT FOR THE PRINT, THE WRITTEN REVIEW SOON. >> EXACTLY. >> THIS THING — IT LOOKS COOL, BUT I’M ALSO LIKE — I THINK I WILL BE FIND WITH THE SERIES 8. >> YEAH. >> WHICH HAS THE CSH SENSING. A LOT
OF THINGS. >> EXACTLY. >> I WISH THE APPLE WATCH ULTRA WAS MORE PRACTICAL. BUT IT’S SO PRETTY. >> I THINK I’M STILL GOING TO KEEP WEARING THIS AS OPPOSED TO THE SERIES 8. >> IT LOOKS COOL. >> IT’S EYE CATCHING. EVERYONE WILL KEEP ASKING ME, IS THAT THE WATCH? THEY WON’T KNOW THE NAME. IT’S LIKE A CONVERSATION STARTER. >> WE MADE FUN OF DESK JOCKEYS WHO WOULD BE GETTING THE APPLE WATCH ULTRA. I FEEL LIKE WITHIN A YEAR I’LL BE IN DANGER OF BEING ONE OF THOSE. I SPENT $800N A WATCH, I SHOULD GO OUTSIDE
AND BE IN NATURE. >> IT’S A VERY ASPIRATIONAL DESIGN. >> ON MY WAY TO STARBUCKS SO I DON’T GET LOST. >> TO FIND THE BATHROOM AGAIN? CLEAN BATHROOM NUMBER ONE. CLEAN BATHROOMUMBE TWO. >> I REVIEWED THE SONOS SUB MINI. SOMETHING WE’VE BEEN WAITING FOR A LONG TIME. THIS IS A $429 SUBWOOFER THAT PAIRS WIRELESSLY WITH SONOS’ WIRED SPEAKERS. THAT’S IMPORTANT. I’LL TALK ABOUT THAT IN A MINUTE. CHECK OUT MY REVIEW A THE REVIEW VIDEO WE DID. WE COULDN’T GET AUDIO FROM THIS THING, CAPTURING SUBWOOFER SOUND ON A CAMERA IS HARD. >> EXACTLY. >> I PUT
THIS WITH THE SONOS ARC. I PUT IT WITH THE BEAM INY BEDROOM. IT IS REALLY NICE AND REALLY POWERFUL FOR THIS PRICE AND FOR SOMETHING THIS SIZE. IT’S NOT FOR EVERYBODY, BUT FOR PEOPLE WITH SONO US, IS GEAR IN AN APARTMENT, WHERE YOU MAY WANT AN OCCASIONAL LOW END. AND YOU DON’T WAN TO BUY THE SONOS RIDICULOUS $749 BIG SUB, THE BIG SUB HAS ALWAYS BEEN WILD TO ME. I HAD ONE FOR A WHILE. YOU KNOW, IT WAS TOO MUCH. TOO MUCH FOR AN APARTMENT. TOO EXPENSIVE. I COULDN’T RECOMMEND IT TO PEOPLE.TH ONE MAKES MORE
SENSE. CHECK OUT MY REVIEW. I DIG THIS THING. >> DO YOU WANT TO SEND IT TO ME? I DON’T HAVE A BEAM. >> YOU DON’T HAVE A BEAM. >> I’M NOT GOING TO SEND IT TO YOU. NO THANK YOU. BUT YOU’RE IN AN APARTMENT NOW. >> I’M IN A BIGGER APARTMENT NOW. >> MAYBE TRY TO SEE HOW MUCH YOUR NEIGHBORS CAN TAKE WHEN IT COMES TO NOISE BEFORE GETTING A SUBWOOFER. A SUBWOOFER, IF YOU ARE IN AN APARTMENT AND YOU HAVE NEIGHBORS AROUND YOU, ABOVE YOU, BELOW YOU, THEY WILL FEEL THE SUBWOOFER. I WAS ALWAYS
CAREFUL ABOUT THAT EVEN WHEN I WAS IN BROOKLYN AND HAD A HOME THEATER SETUP. >> OKAY. I ALREADY ASKED MY NEIGHBORS. WE’LL TALK. >> LET’S TALK MORE. THAT’S IT FOR REVIEWS. THAT’S IT FOR THE SONOS SUB MINI, CHECK OUT MY REVIEW AND THE VIDEO. LET ME KNOW WHAT YOU THINK OF IT. >> GOOD. OTHER NEWS. >> MOVING ON TO SOME OTHER NEWS. >> THERE’S OTHER NEWS? >> THERE’S OTHER NEWS. WE’LL MOVE QUICKLY HERE. WE HAVE A BIT OF A LIMITED TIME TODAY. INTEL HAS HAD — THEY HAD A BIG TECH EVENT THIS WEEK WHERE THEY
SHOWED OFF A SLIDIBLE QC WITH SAMSUNG. I FEEL LIKE WE HAVE SEEN PROTOTYPES OF TECH LIKE THIS BEFORE. IMAGINE A NORMAL SCREEN, A NORMAL 13-INCH SCREEN, AND YOU PULL IT LIKE STRETCH ARMSTRONG AND IT TURNS INTO A 17-INCH DISPLAY. KIND OF COOL. >> IT’S — THE COMPANY THAT HAS DONE THIS BEFORE IS TCL. TCL PLAYED A SLIDIBLE PHONE. THISS A BIGGER VERSION. >> IT’S COOL. IN THE DEMO, WE SEE SOMEBODY PULLING THE SCREEN AND IT SEAMLESSLY EXTENDS. IT’S A COOL IDEA. WE’LL PROBABLY SEE A BUNCH OF THIS STUFF. IF THIS TECH COULD EVER BE PRACTICAL
ENOUGH TO BE LIKE, OKAY, YOU CAN PUT IT IN A 15-INCH LAPTOP MAYBE, IF IT COULD BE IN SOMETHING LIKE AN XPS 15 AND WHEN YOU SIT DOWN AT A TABLE, IT’S LIKE YANK THE SCREEN, OR YOU PULL IT FORWARD, IT MAKES THE SCREEN BIGGER? THAT COULD BE INTERESTING. IT’S FASCINATING. THE BIG THING FROM INTEL IS THE 13 GEN CPUs. THIS IS GOING TO BE A BUSY MONTH. I’M GOING TO GET THESE IN TO TEST SOON. THE 13900K, THE NEW TOP OF THE LINE ONE HAS 24 CORES, REACHES 5.5 GIGAHERTZ. THE 24 CORES, 8 PERFORMANCE
CORES, 16 EFFIENCY CORES, WHICH IS THE HYBRID DESIGN THEY STARTED DOING LAST YEAR. LAST YEAR’S WERE SURPRISINGLY LIKE POWERFUL. THEY BENCHMARKED HIGHER THAN AMD. INTEL TOOK A BIG LEAP FORWARD EVEN THOUGH POWER EFFICIENCY AND THINGS LIKE THAT — THEY HAD TO GENERATE MORE POWER. THEY WERE STILL USING A BIGGER PROCESS THAN AMD. INTEL IS CRAMMING A LOT OF USE OUT OF THIS THING. THE 13900K, 15% FASTER THAN THE 12900K FROM LAST YEAR. 41% FOR MULTI THREADED WORK LIKE MULTI CODING AND RENDERING. IF YOU HAVE A 12 GEN CHIP, YOU PROBABLY DON’T NEED TO UPGRADE. BUT
A 10th GEN OR 11th, THIS IS PROBABLY A GOOD TIME TO GO INTEL. YOU WILL NEED A NEW MOTHER BOARD FOR THIS AND NEW AMD CHIPS. IT SOUNDS EXCITING. EVEN THE CORE I5s AND I7s ARE GETTING PUMPED. THE CORE I5s ADDS 200 MORE MEGAHERTZ OF SPEED. THE NUMBERS SOUND BIG, BUT IT’S A BALANCE OF PERFORMANCE AND EFFIENCY CORES. NOT FULL SPEED LIKE AMD, ALL AMD CORES ARE FULL SPEED. INTERESTING. FROM THE BENCHMARKS WE’VE SEEN AND FROM THE WORK WE’VE TESTED, THE 12 GEN CHIPS ARE WORKING GREAT. LOOKING FORWARD TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS HERE. TEL ANNOUNCED
SOMETHING CALLED UNISON. BY THE WAY — OKAY. ASIDE, BEN, WE HAVE SOME RECORDING ON THIS. MAYBE WE CAN PLUG THIS AT THE END OF THE EPISODE. I’LL JUST DO A SHOUT-OUT HERE. INTEL ALSO ANNOUNCED A UNISON APP. THIS IS — THEY BOUGHT A COMPANY CALLED SCREENOVATE LAST YEAR. THIS IS AN APP THAT WILL LET YOU TEXT FROM YOUR iPHONE OR ANDROID, TEXT FILES, MAKE CALLS. WINDOWS HAD THE MYPHONE OR YOURPHONE APP BUT IT ONLY WORKS WITH ANDROID. THE THING ABOUT SCREENOVATE, THEY DID A LOT OF THIS THROUGH IOS BACK IN THE DAY. INTEL IS JUMPING
OFF ON THAT. YOU WILL BE A GREEN BUBBLE IF YOU’RE TEXTING THROUGH THIS THING. THAT’S A SHAME. IT’S NOT USING ESSA, BUT IT’S INTERESTING. IT COULD BE A GOOD WAY TO TEXT FROM YOUR PHONE. I ALSO FEEL LIKE A LOT OF PEOPLE WILL WANT TO PRESERVE iMESSAGES. >> IT TURNS OUT DELL ALREADY USED A VERSION OF THIS IN THEIR DELL MOBILE. >> DELL USED A VERSION OF IT TO — I FORGET IF DELL WORKED WITH iPHONES. >> WE DON’T KNOW IF IT WORKED WITH iPHONE, BUT WE DID A VIDEO BACK IN 2016. LOOK THAT VIDEO
UP. IT HAS SOME EXPLANATIONS. I DIDN’T REMEMBER THAT I COVERED IT UNTIL DANIEL RUBINO FROM WINDOWS SOMETHING — WINDOWS AUTHORITY, TAGGED ME IN A TWEET SAYING THIS VIDEO FROM CHERYLYNN EXPLAINS THIS. >> I WAS LIKE COOL. APPARENTLY WE ALREADY SAW THIS. BETTER IMPLEMENTED. VERY COOL. I WOULD LOVE TO BE ABLE TO USE MY PHONE FROM MY PC. >> THE THING ABOUT MAC OS AND IOS INTEGRATION, YOU’RE STILL IN iMESSAGE. YOU’RE NOT LOSING YOUR BUBBLES. >> YEP. >> I DO KNOW iPHONES GET WEIRD WHEN YOU START TEXTING SEPARATELY WHILE YOU’RE TRYING TO DO AN iMESSAGE CHAT.
IT BREAKS CHATS IN YOUR — IN YOUR ACTUAL MESSAGE HISTORY. I FEEL LIKE THAT COULD BE ANNOYING. >> SO YOU WOULD LOSE THE HISTORY OR SOMETHING. >> I DON’T THINK YOU LOSE IT BUT IT BECOMES MESSY IF YOU’RE GREEN TEXTING. ESPECIALLY IN GROUP CHAT. I DON’T KNOW. WE’LL HAVE TO TEST IT. INTEL UNISON. UNISON IS WEIRD BECAUSE IT’S ONLY COMING TO SOME 12th GEN SYSTEMS. LATETHIS YEAR. INTEL SAID IT COULD COME TO ULTRA CHIPS EVENTUALLY. AND I DID PRESS HIM. I WAS LIKE, THERE’S NO REASON THIS WOULDN’T WORK ON AMD CHIPS. WOULDN’T YOU PARTNER WITH
AMD TO LET THIS WORK SO WINDOWS URS COULD BE THROWN A BONE HERE? THAT’S PRETTY MUCH IT. NEW STUFF FROM INTEL. WE HAVE A LOT OF HARDWARE COMING IN. I’LL BE GETTING THEIR NEW GPUs TO REVIEW. WE HAVE SO MUCH HARDWARE. I’LL HAVE CHIPS FROM INTEL AND AMG. WE HAVE GPUs COMING FROM OTHER COMPANIES. IT WILL BE A BUSY TIME. I HAVE TO REBUILD MY PC. IT’S THAT TIME OF THE YEAR. IT’S EXCITING, BUT IT WILL TAKE A LONG TIME. HOPEFULLY BY NEXT WEEKILL HAVE FULLY REBUILT AND EVERYTHING WILL BE WORKING. WE SHALL SEE. A
COUPLE OTHER LITTLE BITS. NASA SUCCESSFULLY SMACKED IT’S DART SPACECRAFT INTO AN ASTEROID. I REMEMBER READING ABOUT THIS. BASICALLY A SMALL VEHICLE, THEY JUST STRUCK INTO AN ASTEROID TO SEE IF WE COULD USE THIS TECHNIQUE TO STOP AN ASTEROID IF IT WAS HEADED FOR EARTH. THEY DID IT. THANKS TO THE POWER OF MATH. THIS WAS ONLY ABOUT THE SIZE OF A VENDING MACHINE. THAT’S COOL. >> IN CASE OF THREATENING LIFE — PLANET-THREATENING STUFF. >> MM-HMM. WE CAN’T DO — WHAT WAS THE — THE COMMENT WAS FROMHE NETFLIX MOVIE THAT WAS SO-SO. >> MOONFALL? >> THE ONE
WITH DiCAPRIO. >> DON’T LOOK UP. >> YEAH. HEY, MAYBE WE COULD DO THIS DOWN THE LINE. I DON’T KNOW. IT’S MORE FEASIBLEHAN SENDING A BUNCH OF MINERS UP THERE TO CHIP AN ASTEROID INTO SMALL PIECES. I FEEL LIKE THAT TECHNIQUE WOULD TAKE MORE WORK. IT’S COOL TO SEE THIS HAPPEN. ALSO NEWS ABOUT AURA THIRD GENERATION SMART RING. DO YOU LIKE TS AT ALL? >> A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE INTO THIS. I HAVE NOT TESTED ONE MYSELF YET. I’LL PROBABLY CALL ONE IN SOON. THIS IS THE — FOR ME, THE DRAW IS THAT IT’S A SMALL
WEARABLE. I STILL DO WANT TO TRACK MY SLEEP. I DON’T WANT TO WEAR A WATCH. A RING IS SOMETHING I COULD WEAR TO SLEEP INSED OF A BEDSIDE TRACKER OR WATCH. >> THIS IS FINALLY GETTING SMOOTH EDGES. I’M NOT GOING TO WEAR A RING WITH SHARP EDGES. WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT? >> EXACTLY. >> IT TOOK THEM THREE GENERATIONS TO DO THIS. >> WE’LL SEE. M EXCITED BECAUSE I THINK THERE’S A LOT OF INTEREST IN A PRODUCT LIKE THIS. I THOUGHT PEOPLE SHOULD KNOW. WE HAVE A THIRD GENERATION VERSION COMING OUT. >> IT’S VERY COOL.
THAT’S PRETTY MUCH IT. LET’S MOVE ON TO WHAT I’M WORKING ON THERE’S TOO MUCH. CHERYLYNN, ARE YOU WANTING TO SOUTH ANYTHING OUT? >> THE FITBIT REVIEW IS ON ITS WAY. A LOT OF OTHER REVIEWS IN THE WORKS BECAUSE PEOPLE CAN’T STOP TRYING TO KILL US. WE HAVE THE PIXEL EVENT NEXT WEEK. WE WILL BE LIVE BLOGGINGROM THE EVENT. STAY TUNED FOR DETAILS. THERE’S ALSO A MICROSOFT EVENT IN A COUPLE WEEKS. IT’S A BUSY TIME. I HAVE TO MAKE PLANS FOR THAT. >> I HAVE MY INVITE AND I WANT TO GO WITH YOU ALL, I THINK
THEY’RE TRYING TO KEEP ME FROM KILLING MYSELF. >> YEAH. I THINK THE THING IS TO AVOID THAT. MAYBE GOING TO NEW YORK AND DOING THIS IN PERSON. WE SHALL SEE. LET’S MOVE ON TO POP CULTURE PICKS. EVERY WEEK I CAN LOOK FORRD TO SOME NICE INTELLECTUAL DISCOURSE. >> HEY. HEY. ACTUALLY, THERE IS INTELLECTUAL DISCOURSE THIS TIME. >> GO AHEAD. >> THIS TIME I COULDN’T THINK OF WHAT I’VE BEEN WATCHING EXCEPT A TRASHY SHOW CALLED THE BACHELORETTE. I DO NOT WANT TO RECOMMEND YOU WATCH THE BACHELORETTE. >> OKAY. >> PARTLY BECAUSE THE BACHELORETTE FRANCHISE IS PROBLE
PROBLEMATIC. >> BACHELOR IN PARADISE IS PART? >> BACHELOR IN PARADISE IS PART OF THE FRANCHISE, BUT IT IS DIFFERENT — A DIFFERENT FORMULA. BACHELOR IN PARADISE KICKED OFF ON TUESDAY THIS WEEK. IT BASICALLY DRAWS FROM ALL OF THE FAILED E/NONSUCCESSFUL SING PEOPLE FROM PREVIOUS FRANCHISES. AND THEY PUT THEM ALL ON AN ISLAND. THEY’RE LIKE GET DRUNK, HOOK UP. TRY TO LEAVE HERE AS A COUPLE. IF YOU DON’T, THEN BOO. SUCKS TO BE YOU. THE SHOW IS VERY HETERONORMATIVE. IT USED TO BE ONE-TONE, MOSTLY WHITE CANDIDATES. THEY’RE STILL TRYING TO BE DIVERSE AND STILL HAVING PROBLEMS
WITH AT.THERE WAS A LO DISCOURSE AT LEAST IN BACHELOR NATION, WHICH IS WHAT BACHELOR WATCHERS CALL THEMSELVES, THAT THE CURRENT WINNER OF THE BACHELORETTE, BY WINNER, THE MEAN THE PERSON SHE PICKED TO GET MARRIED TO, THE CURRENT WINNER HAS A HISTORY OF, KE, SOME DRAMA. OF THE TWO CONTROVERSIES THAT WERE KIND OF IN THE CONVERSATION DURING THE FINALE SEASON, ONE OF THEM, SOME OF HIS TEXTS TO AN EX-GIRLFRIEND. ANOTHER WAS A PHOTO OF HIM WEARING ACKFE THAT SURFACED. INSTEAD OF FOCUSING ON THE FINALE AND GIVING SOME TIME TO TALK ABOUT THAT, THE PRODUCERS WERE LIKE,
NO, WE’LL TALK ABOUT YOUR TEXTS. I GUESS IT’S MORE RELEVANT TO THE DISCOURSE? I DON’T KNOW. IT’S SOMETHING THAT THE PRODUCERS OF THE BACHELOR HAVE SIDE STEED F A LONG TIME. THEY DID THEIR ONE EPISODE, FIRST BLACK BACHELOR, THAT SEASON WAS NUTS. THEY NEVER REALLY, YOU KNOW, HAVE DONE BETTER SINCE. THEY’VE NOT MADE A CONSISTENT EFFORT. THEY CHANGED THEIR HOSTS BECAUSE OF THEIR, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE CRITICISM THEY RECEIVED ABOUT BEING A LITTLE TOO ARCHAIC OR WHATEVER. I WANT TO JUST SAY THAT I THINK THE BACHELOR FRANCHISE SHOULD HAVE TALKED ABOUT THE BLACKFACE CONTROVERSY.
I THINK THEY SHOULD DO BETTER. AND MAYBE IF MOREEOPL WERE AWARE OF THIS CONTROVERSY THERE WOULD BE MORE PRESSURE. THERE’S A HUGE AUDIENCE ALREADY. I’M NOT ADDING TOO MUCH TO THIS. HOWEVER, BACHELOR IN PARADISE IS MORE FUN. YOU SEE MORE NATURAL ORGANIC RELATIONSHIPS FORM. BUT YOU STILL SEE A LOT OF PEOPLE BEING IDIOTS. FO TT REAN ALONE IS WHY I WATCH THIS SHOW. I FEEL BETTER ABOUT MYSELF WATCHING PEOPLE BEING IDIOTS. IF YOU WANT TO, YOU CAN. >> SURE, THERE YOU GO. AS FOR ME, I WANT TO SHOUT OUT THE AVATAR RE-RELEASE IN THEATERS. HAVE
YOU SEEN IT? >> SEVERAL TIMES. >> YOU’RE ONE OF THOSE FOLKS WHO SAW IT MULTIPLE TIMES. I ENJOYED GOING BACK TO THE THEATER TO SEE THIS. IT WAS IN BETTER 3-D THAN I THINK I RESAW IT IN. THE REMASTER HAD SOME INTERESTING STUFF. HIGH FRAME RATE SCENESOR SOME OF THE ACTION SCENES. SO IT MAKES THINGS LOOK SMOOTHER. IT WAS A GOOD EXPERIENCE. I HAVE NOT WATCHED THIS MOVIE SINCE IT FIRST HIT THEATERS. I HAVE NO DESIRE TO WATCH IT AT HOME. THERE’S A BIG CONVERSATION GOING ON ABOUT THE CULTURAL RELEVANCY OF THIS MOVIE. CHECK OUT
MY PODCAST ABOUT THAT. I BASICALLY DID A WHOLE DATA DUMP ABOUT WHY THIS IS HAPPENING AND JUST WHY IT’S WEIRD. I DON’T THINK IT’S NECESSARILY A BAD THING BUT IT’S WEIRD THE HIGHEST GROSSING MOVIE OF ALL TIME HAS LEFT VERY LITTLE IMPACT ON OUR POP CULTURE. I BRING UP NUMBERS FROM FANFICTI FANFICTION.NET, GOOGLE TREND. >> OH. IT’S JUST WEIRD. I DID ENJOY SEEING THE RE-RELEASE. I THINK WATCHING IT AGAIN, THE MOVIE DOESN’T HOLD UP AS MUCH FOR ME. A LOT OF THE THINGS, THE FACT THAT THEY’RE ESSENTIALLY JUST ALIEN NATIVE AMERICANS, ALIEN NATIVES AND TRIBAL
CULTURES, IT’S LIKE SO MANY THINGS ON EARTH. THAT PART OF IT DIDN’T SIT RIGHT WITH ME. SAM WORTHINGTON, NOT GREAT. >> OH. >> JUST KIND OF SUCKS. >> OKAY. >> I DID LIKE THE VISUALS. I LIKED GOING TO THE THEATER TO. IF YOU LIKE IT — THERE ARE KIDS WHO ARE, LIKE, TEN YEARS OLD NOW WHO NEVER HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SEE THIS MOVIE IN THEATERS. IT’S WORTH IT. THERE’S A SHORT CLIP OF THE NEXT MOVIE AT THE END. THAT WAS BEAUTIFUL. I THINK CLEARLY THEY MADE SOME GE LEAPS IN CJ QUALITY, ESPECIALLY WATER. THE
NEXT STORY IS CALLED THE WAVE WATER. LOOKS INCREDIBLE. I’M NOT EXCITED FOR IT AS A NARRATIVE BUT AS AN EXPERIENCE, A THEATRICAL EXPERIENCE, IT WILL BE INTGUIN CHECK OUT “AVATAR” IF YOU CAN. I THINK YOU CAN WRAP. >> YEP. WELL, THAT’S IT FOR THE EPISODE THIS WEEK. THANK YOU AS ALWAYS FOR LISTENING. OUR THEME MUSIC IS BY DALE NORTH. OUR OUTRO MUSIC IS BY TERRENCE OWE’BRI O’BRIEN. YOU CAN FIND DEVINDRA ONLINE. >> AND IF YOU THINK YOU CAN DO BETTER THAN ME ON MY DAILY WORKOUT CHALLENGE, YOU CAN SEND ME YOUR CHALLENGE ON TWITTER. >>
YOU WILL NOT BECOME A FRIEND. >> NO. WE’RE NOT FRIENDS. EMAIL US YOUR THOUGHTS. LEAVE US A REVIEW PLEASE ON iTUNES AND SUBSCRIBE ON ANYTHING THAT GETS PODCASTS. >> OKAY. MAN, WE HAD TO BE DONE BY NOON . >> SO IT GOES. I HAVE A PRE BRIEF TO RUN TO. I HAVE AN INTERVIEW AROUND THE UNISON STUFF. LET ME SEE IF IT’S WORTH LISTENING TO. >> IF YOU NEED TO DIP, YOU CAN DIP,’LLAY BYE. >> SEE YOU, FOLKS. THANK YOU. >> BYE. >> EVERYBODY ELSE, HAVE FUN. ENJOY. >> BYE. >> BYE TO — I MEAN,
I THINK OUR LIVESTREAM TEAM HAS AN OUT. WE’LL MAKE THIS THE GOOD-BYE SECTION. BYE TO JONATHAN ANDERSON. I’M SORRY WE COULDN’T GET ALL OF YOUR QUESTIONS TODAY. IT’S BEEN SUCH A WEEK. HI TO D-MAN. SIR HOLMES IS HERE. JONATHAN ANDERSON JOINED US FOR THE WHOLE SHOW. HI AGAIN TO DANNY. >> I SAW DHRUV KARMOKAR. >> DB, TRTH 1. AND JONATHAN — WHAT HEADPHONES AM I WEARING? MARSHALL SOMETHING. I DON’T KNOW THE EXACT MODEL. ALI SAID HI. YEAH. THANKS, EVERYON AS ALWAYS FOR JOINING US AND ENGAGING. WE LOVE HANGING OUT AND CHATTING WITH YOU ALL. BEN,
YOU WANT TO DO YOUR THING? >> YES, THANKS EVERYBODY FOR WATCHING. THIS VIDEO COMES TO YOU VIA OUR VIDEO TEAM. BUT IT’S POWERED BY EVERYONE IN THE CHAT.YO REMEMBER THINGS THA FORGET. YOU MAKE THE CONVERSATION MORE INTERESTING AND MORE DYNAMIC. THE PODCAST IS BETTER FOR HAVING IT STREAMED. IF YOU STUCK AROUND THIS LONG, YOU KNOW WE LIVE IN A WORLD OF ALGORITHMS BETTER THAN THE AVERAGE PERSON. RATE US ON iTUNES, ON GOOGLE PODCASTS, LET’S GET THAT VIRAL LIFT AND WHAT IS IT — WORD OF MOUTH GOING. THANK YOU. WE’LL SEE YOU NEXT WEEK. >> BYE.
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