461 episodes
Material Relay FM
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4.2 • 80 Ratings
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Material is a weekly discussion about the Google and Android universe. Your intrepid hosts try to answer the question, “What holds up the digital world?” The answer, so far, is that it’s Google all the way down. Hosted by Andy Ihnatko and Florence Ion.
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You Better Work!
The episode starts with an existential crisis and ends with ruminations on what's ahead in Android 15 and Google Search.
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Wizard Needs Data Badly
Mercury is in retrograde. Andy didn't make it to the new Google Store, and Google killed more stuff this week. We recap Google Cloud Next 2024 and what's coming.
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Happy Birthday, Gmail
It's Gmail's 20th birthday, and we're celebrating by ruminating about its presence in our lives.
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I'll Smell Mine
The Pixel 9 rumors are confusing, but not as confusing as why YouTube is letting AI jump around the timeline. Also, have you smelled your Galaxy S24 Ultra's S Pen lately?
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Topsy-Turvy
This week's biggest Google news was actually about Apple. Has Apple finally accepted that it needs Google's help in the AI department? Will the companies hold each other in solidarity as they face the DoJ?
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A Good Final Draft
Andy is solo this week and attempting to wrangle his Google Photos library. Plus, rumors of square smartwatches and other shakeups.
Customer Reviews
Great Google Podcast
Love Flo and Andy. Would like it if they’d go back to 3 hosts like when Russel was still with the show. Would also like chapters.
Politics Really?
I have always enjoyed listening to Andy & Flo while learning more Android and Google. But now every new show is turning into more of a political podcast. If I wanted to hear about politics there are plenty of other political podcasts, political social media posts, or news television to hear about this subject. I suggest that you change the description of your show and place it in the political category. This isn’t about my personal views about the left or the right side. This is just simply about politics being on a tech podcast. It seems it is now just a dumping ground of political views.
Lots and lots of rambling
Without fail the first 20 minutes of each episode buries the lead. I just want to hear about cool Google news which is what the show claims it is about.
And the hosts are so mortally afraid of anything that is not diverse, or inequitable, or problematic that they can barely stay on topic.