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The hosts discuss the latest Android news and hardware updates as summer kicks off.

We're kicking off summer...no, we're kicking off ANDROID Summer as Jason Howell, Huyen Tue Dao and Ron Richards get ready for a wild, green summer of new phones and operating systems with bumpy rollouts! PATREON SPECIAL: We're celebrating our 3rd Anniversary all month and you can get 20% off a membership at Patreon with code AF3 at https://www.patreon.com/c/AndroidFaithful Note: Time codes subject to change depending on dynamic ad insertion by the distributor 00:05:43 - NEWS This just in! T-Mobile is the best mobile carrier in the U.S . Can you believe it? Drama update for the timeline on the Google Developer verification process Looking for something to do with your old smartphone? Have you thought about turning it into a data center ? PATRON PICK: If not a data center, here's 5 other things you can do with your old Android phone 00:38:48 - HARDWARE Jason reviews the Motorola Edge 2026 Lots of Nothing news as the CMF Phone is dead due to RAM Prices , the 4(B) Phone gets teased , and they're back dreaming up phones that will never get built Finally, the Google Home Speaker gets an on-sale date and a price ! June 25th and $99! The OnePlus 16 might go bezel-less - where have we…

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