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This week we delve into the history of the Nexus line of phones, and speculate about the two new ones that are just around the corner. Could this be the year Google finally promotes them proudly and keeps them in stock? Also Andy has his Moto 360 and is not afraid to flaunt it. This episode of Material is sponsored by: 1Password: Put passwords in their place, with 1Password. Links and Show Notes: Links Yasmine Gives Away Stickers Commonwealth Bank Tap & Pay Action Launcher 3.6 Update Nexus Device History Upcoming September 29th Event Details Chromecast v2 rumours Asus Padfone Announcement from 2011. Soooo goood No really, it's amazing. You need to watch it BB-8 Android Wear Watch Face Russell and Yasmine on Unconsoleable Find us Online relay.fm/material Give us some love, leave us an iTunes Review Material Podcast on iTunes Show your Material love, buy a sticker or two! Material Stickers We want to hear from you, send us a message. materialpodcast@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter Material Podcast - @materialpodcast Andy Ihnatko - @Ihnatko Russell Ivanovic - @rustyshelf Yasmine Evjen - @yasmineevjen Support Material with a Relay FM Membership

This week Andy has his Moto X and is sounding very smug about it. Russell distracts him with questions while trying to figure out how to swipe it. Speaking of swipe...Android Pay is here and Yasmine braves the crazy world of retail to find out how it works. Our hosts also discuss spiders who eat other spiders, so you know, there's that to look forward to as well! This episode of Material is sponsored by: Squarespace: Build it Beautiful. Use code MATERIAL for 10% off Links and Show Notes: Links Android Pay Spidey 1 - AKA The Nommer Spidey 2 - AKA The Nommee Find us Online relay.fm/material Give us some love, leave us an iTunes Review Material Podcast on iTunes Show your Material love, buy a sticker or two! Material Stickers We want to hear from you, send us a message. materialpodcast@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter Material Podcast - @materialpodcast Andy Ihnatko - @Ihnatko Russell Ivanovic - @rustyshelf Yasmine Evjen - @yasmineevjen Support Material with a Relay FM Membership

Have you ever wondered about how Google Photos emerged from Google+? What the goals of the Google Photos team are for the future? What are some core philosophies of the people driving the product? Well you could keep wondering or you could listen to our amazing interview with John Nack (Product Manager, Google Photos) and Aravind Krishnaswamy (Engineering Manager, Google Photos), who head up that very team. This episode of Material is sponsored by: Casper: Because everyone deserves a great night sleep. Get $50 off with the code 'MATERIAL' Guest Starring: John Nack and Aravind Krishnaswamy Links and Show Notes: Links Google Photos Nackblog John Nack on Twitter Aravind Krishnaswamy's photos Support Material with a Relay FM Membership

Today's journey includes the mystery of logo redesigns, the wonder of Android Wear on iOS and the most expensive wall clock you've ever owned. If you don't tap that download button right now you're missing out sheeple! We also discover that Andy has tried a lot of devices because he's a journalist, Yasmine because she has friends...and Russell...well...having neither of those privileges he has to resort to money. This episode of Material is sponsored by: Squarespace: Build it Beautiful. Use code MATERIAL for 10% off Links and Show Notes: Images Links Devices? We have a few... Google’s look, evolved Evolving the Google Identity Material Design Color Palette Google's New Logo Doodle #MykeWasWrong Apple and Responsive Design Android Wear now works with iPhones Android Wear iOS App Pebble Watch Pebble Smartwatch iOS App Google Fit Apple Health Apple Watch ASUS ZenWatch Moto 360 Google Cloud Messaging Meet the 3rd gen Nest Learning Thermostat Honeywell Lyric Thermostat Ecobee Nest Protect Smoke Alarm Amazon Echo Marc Edwards Find us Online relay.fm/material Give us some love, leave us an iTunes Review Material Podcast on iTunes Show your Material love, buy a sticker or two! Material Stickers We want to hear from you, send us a message. materialpodcast@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter Material Podcast - @materialpodcast Andy Ihnatko - @Ihnatko Russell Ivanovic - @rustyshelf Yasmine Evjen - @yasmineevjen Support Material with a Relay FM Membership

Android Wear gets an update that brings us closer together. People shove the S Pen where it doesn't belong. Samsung screws up again. Google Now breakup rumors and a whole lot of Motorola love. What could it possible be? Why a new episode of Material of course! This episode of Material is sponsored by: Warby Parker: Glasses should not cost as much as an iPhone or high-end Android phone By visiting http://warbyparker.com/material, you will get FREE 3 day shipping on your final frame choice! Warby Parker makes your experience completely risk free, with free shipping all around! Links and Show Notes: Android Wear: Stay connected with interactive watch faces Bits Watch Face ustwo Watch Faces ustwo | Digital Product Studio Monument Valley Bits by ustwo Together Watch Face Together watch face, the last received image, Emoji, sticker, or doodle becomes your background. Yasmine's Weather Timeline Android Wear Video Weather Timeline Android App How-To: Android Wear: Enable Debugging, Take Screenshots, Unlock The Bootloader, And Root The LG G Watch Apple Watch - Us Video Ad This is Fossil’s Android Wear smartwatch Galaxy Note 5, #penghazi, and 'inserting it wrong Apple responds to iPhone 4 reception issues: you're holding the phone the wrong way Samsung is showing ads to device owners through push notifications Lenovo caught installing adware on new computers Various 2nd Generation Moto 360 Photos Hit The Web From Multiple Sources Here's what the Moto X Play camera is capable of Android M offers smarter power management, double the standby battery life This is what Ambient Mode looks like on Wear Qualcomm® Quick Charge™ Wireless Charging Google Now gets smarter with 'Now on Tap' and ability to work inside app Google Now’s Staff Exodus Reveals Hurdles for New CEO Pichai Microsoft's Next Mobile Battle In Fight Against Google Apple announces new version of Siri in iOS 9 with “Proactive” assistant features Yasmine's Google Now Story Recommendations Domino's Pizza USA Android App Pizza Navigator for Android Wear Chicago Style Pizza vs. New York Style Pizza Find us Online relay.fm/material Give us some love, leave us an iTunes Review Material Podcast on iTunes Show your Material love, buy a sticker or two! Material Stickers We want to hear from you, send us a message. materialpodcast@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter Material Podcast - @materialpodcast Andy Ihnatko - @Ihnatko Russell Ivanovic - @rustyshelf Yasmine Evjen - @yasmineevjen Support Material with a Relay FM Membership

Marshmallow Robots smothering you while you sleep. Robots opening doors. Robots playing football. Robots being pushed over. It's Robots all the way down...also WiFi is back baby, thanks to onHub! Ara you excited yet? Assemble your phone and join us! This episode of Material is sponsored by: Squarespace: Build it Beautiful. Use code MATERIAL for 10% off Links and Show Notes: War on Android Every time a developer enables debug mode, somewhere an Android dies Android isn't taking this lying down, they're coming and they have pillows Live #RelayBirthday Q&A What color sunglasses should Yasmine get? Android "M" Is Now Officially Android Marshmallow What are S'mores? Error 194 Boston Dynamic's Robot Toddler and Puppy Robocup! Robot World Cup NASA Robonaut Google Hangouts website Google Delays Project Ara Until At Least 2016, Still Deciding On Initial Launch Location OnHub Router Google Launches OnHub, A Souped-Up WiFi Router And Smart Home Hub Material's Nearby episode, an interview with the Google Nearby team AirPort Extreme Amazon Echo Roku Project Brillo and Weave, the IoT protocol for everything Nest Thermostat How a 17 Year Old Russian Kid Stole My Minecraft Account Keep sending your Material Sticker Pictures - https://twitter.com/imyke/status/631803254742102016 Find us Online relay.fm/material Give us some love, leave us an iTunes Review Material Podcast on iTunes Show your Material love, buy a sticker or two! Material Stickers We want to hear from you, send us a message. materialpodcast@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter Material Podcast - @materialpodcast Andy Ihnatko - @Ihnatko Russell Ivanovic - @rustyshelf Yasmine Evjen - @yasmineevjen Support Material with a Relay FM Membership

A is for Android. G is for Google. W is for WTF. This week our hosts try to dissect the news that Google is rebranding parts of itself under the 'Alphabet' umbrella. What does it all mean? Will there still be free burritos? All this and our hosts still manage to pack in a few listener questions. It's like a gift to you, on your birthday. Happy birthday! Yes you, yes we know, it's your birthday! Google told us so. This episode of Material is sponsored by: Fireside Conf: Learn. Engage. Escape. To take part in the competition to win two tickets, just tweet 'Thanks @firesideconf for supporting @_relayfm'. Contest closes 12PM EST on August 17th, 2015. Links and Show Notes: High-five from the Material Crew! abc.xyz What Google, I mean Alphabet, Looks like Now Buy n Large Sundar Pichai Time Magazine's Virtual Reality Cover Spawns Hysterical New Meme #AskMaterial Best Nexus Phone of All Time - Nexus 5 - Nexus S What do we think about Android TV - Android TV - Roku - Chromecast What about Chromebooks? - Chromebooks - HP Stream 11 - Affordable Windows-based PC Favorite Android Twitter App - Falcon Pro 3, twitter client for Android - Plume, twitter client for Android Discussion - Falcon developer joins the Twitter team and confirms Falcon will be staying with him - Fenix, twitter client for Android - Tweetings, twitter client for Android Keep sending your Material Sticker Pictures We have sticker twins, thank you for sharing your Material Stickers with us! - https://twitter.com/aircooledcafe/status/629253488615141377 - https://twitter.com/rustyshelf/status/629262472713601024 Find us Online relay.fm/material Give us some love, leave us an iTunes Review - Material Podcast on iTunes Show your Material love, buy a sticker or two! Material Stickers We want to hear from you, send us a message. materialpodcast@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter Material Podcast - @materialpodcast Andy Ihnatko - @Ihnatko Russell Ivanovic - @rustyshelf Yasmine Evjen - @yasmineevjen Support Material with a Relay FM Membership

This week the team ponders the big questions of our time. What's the future of Google+, one of the most ambitious projects Google has ever undertaken? Is there really free beer being given away in Australia? Is VR the next big thing for Google? Why aren't more people upset that Virtual Reality is an oxymoron? This episode of Material is sponsored by: Squarespace: Build it Beautiful. Use code MATERIAL for 10% off Links and Show Notes: Material Ringtone Download For those asking for our intro as a ringtone Marc Edwards delivers Links June 28, 2011 - Introducing the Google+ project: Real-life sharing, rethought for the web Inside the failure of Google+, a very expensive attempt to unseat Facebook App.net - App.net is your passport to great applications. Ello - Ello is a place to discover beautiful art, be inspired by meaningful stories, and connect with creators around the world. You no longer need Google+ for closed beta testing - Iterate faster on Google Play with improved beta testing Immerse yourself in a world of storytelling made just for mobile. Download Google Spotlight Stories to view "Help" directed by Justin Lin. Download links: Android, iOS. Google Cardboard Oculus Samsung Gear VR Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes You Can Now Experience Lip Sync Battle in Virtual Reality Oculus VR Cinema article, video Chris Lacy sells Link Bubble, see sponsoring our show gets you places! Find us Online relay.fm/material Show your Material love, buy a sticker or two! Material Stickers We want to hear from you, send us a message. materialpodcast@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter Material Podcast - @materialpodcast Andy Ihnatko - @Ihnatko Russell Ivanovic - @rustyshelf Yasmine Evjen - @yasmineevjen Support Material with a Relay FM Membership

This week the Material Manufacturing Analysts examine the top makers of Android phones and what makes them tick. How do the flagship phones stack up? What is the philosophy behind each device? Why do updates take so long? Rooting? All this and more! This episode of Material is sponsored by: Action Launcher 3: An android home screen app for power users and muggles alike. Igloo: An intranet you'll actually like, free for up to 10 people. Casper: Because everyone deserves a great night sleep. Get $50 off with the code 'MATERIAL' Links and Show Notes: Links Material Stickers and note from the Shipping Guy The Pen Addict - Relay FM Motorola Event - Find Your Perfect Moto Match Digital Photography Review Connect - Motorola Moto X Style preview and samples Text Message Android Vulnerability One Plus 2 NFC-less Find us Online relay.fm/material Show your Material love, buy a sticker or two! Material Stickers We want to hear from you, send us a message. materialpodcast@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter Material Podcast - @materialpodcast Andy Ihnatko - @Ihnatko Russell Ivanovic - @rustyshelf Yasmine Evjen - @yasmineevjen Support Material with a Relay FM Membership Amazon.com: Mont Blanc Ink Bottle, Irish Green (106273): Office Products

This week our hosts interview two amazing guests from the Google Nearby team to get the low down on this new and exciting technology. Tune in for some fun inside stories and stay for the free app ideas like the Andy Destressinator 2000. You're welcome. This episode of Material is sponsored by: Squarespace: Build it Beautiful. Use code MATERIAL for 10% off Guest Starring: Andrew Bunner and Akshay Kannan Links and Show Notes: Links Google Nearby Google Tone Find us Online relay.fm/material We want to hear from you, send us a message. materialpodcast@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter Material Podcast - @materialpodcast Andy Ihnatko - @Ihnatko Russell Ivanovic - @rustyshelf Yasmine Evjen - @yasmineevjen Support Material with a Relay FM Membership