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We're recovering from KotlinConf and Google I/O but Huyen Tue Dao, Jason Howell and Ron Richards are getting excited over new features coming to Android 16 plus leaked looks at the Google Pixel 10 and more!

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00:09:17 - NEWS

• Google is bringing Live Updates to WearOS and expanding beyond Pixel Phones
• Carl Pei has a vision of a world without apps, where have we heard this before?
• What could bad battery life on the Pixel 10 mean for the Tensor chip?
• PATRON PICK: Google says Android 16's Desktop Mode builds on what Samsung did with Dex

00:44:14 - HARDWARE

• The Google Pixel 10 leaks from it's own commercial shoot
• The RealMe GT7 has an impressive battery and approach to design
• The OnePlus 13S is launching soon, but not here and likely with an AI Button

01:02:14 - APPS

• Facer is back on WearOS!
• Android Auto gets social listening with Spotify
• RIP Pocket - huge bummer news from one of our old favorite apps

01:10:35 - FEEDBACK

• Dave writes in about an old prototype of a solution for car interfaces that he wonders why it never took off?
• Nik is frustrated with Gemini

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