The RCS Revolution Will Be Televised - Android Faithful Episode #5

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Our longest episode yet as we welcome friend of the show, Juan Bagnell to the show to join Huyen Tue Dao, Ron Richards and Mishaal Rahman as get together, as friends do, to talk Android, technology and have lots of laughs!

Featured in this episode:

NEWS: Google rolls out RCS by default, Pixel 8 and Pixel Watch 2 leaks and Long-range QR Code Scanning.

HARDWARE: Mishaal has a first look at the Asus Zenfone 10 and Juan schools us on face displays with the Rokid Station and X-Real Beam.

APPS: Shortwave comes to Android (Finally!), TIP: Nearby Share can copy folders with the Google Files app.

COMMUNITY: Juan has got some feedback about the tracker network and we hear from a loyal Samsung user.

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