Biggest News of 2021 - Android 12, Foldables, Pixel 6, RCS, Android Auto, Pokemon Go,Jetpack Compose

• Android 12 - Material You... and... everything else
• Also sure... Android 12L
• Samsung now offers four years of security updates to Galaxy phones and tablets.
• Google only promises three years of Android updates for Pixel 6/6 Pro
• Fairphone 4 has an incredible 5-year warranty, aims for 6 years of updates.
• Google shutters Stadia Games and Entertainment development studio
• Analysts explain how the Apple-Epic court ruling could affect Google
• Google acquires Fitbit and that is probably good for Wear 3?
• Google is officially releasing its Fuchsia OS, starting w/ first-gen Nest Hub
• Galaxy Watch 4
• OnePlus Watch
• Pixel 6/6 Pro + Google Tensor - Google's vision of Premium Pixel
• OnePlus 9
• "OnePlus details how it's going to merge OxygenOS and Oppo's ColorOS
• And there won't be a OnePlus 9T this year"
• LG is quitting the smartphone business
• Z Flip 3... a step forward for foldables?
• Samsung Z Fold 3 and...
• Samsung Galaxy Note 21: why there's no new Note coming in 2021
• Microsoft Duo 2... second times a charm?
• Tablet energy picking up again
• ‘AAWireless’ dongle for wireless Android Auto starts shipping to customers
• Pixel Buds-A series
• US Carriers embraced Google's RCS via default Android Messages... but Apple didn't
• Google Hangouts Is Now Google Chat, and Good Luck Figuring Out Why
• Google is killing off Android Auto for phone screens in favor of Assistant driving mode
• Clubhouse for Android (zzzzzzzz)
• LastPass announced major changes to its free tier and people are angry about it
• Google Photos' unlimited free storage is gone. Here's how to get more space
• Pokemon Go is a freight train: $5B in 5 years, $1B in 2020 alone.
• Microsoft now lets you test Android apps on Windows 11
• Jetpack Compose: Android's Modern UI Toolkit
• Compose Multiplatform 1.0
• Google cuts app store fees for developers on first million in annual sales
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Hosts: Jason Howell, Ron Richards, Florence Ion
Guest: Huyen Tue Dao
All About Android episode 556
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