All About Android Faithful - Android Faithful Episode #1

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It's the inaugural episode of Android Faithful! Huyen Tue Dao, Ron Richards and Mishaal Rahman come together to kick off this next chapter in the world of Android news, hardware, apps and everything inbetween.

Featured in this episode:

NEWS: Android's new branding with a capital A, Android 14 Beta 4 arrives, with an Easter Egg!, Android 13 Pixel Update for July rolls out, Foldables Market Share surges, Google should bring Samsung’s Maintenance Mode to Pixel phones, Patron Pick: Google beta tests new Pixel Call Screening with AI

HARDWARE: First Look: Nothing Phone (2), Review: Pixel Fold, Quick Tease: Pixel Tablet

APPS: Threads arrives on Android, Threads was built with jetpack compose!

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