Learning to love Liquid Glass

About this episode

The episode discusses the unexpected appreciation for Apple's new aesthetic while critiquing its shortcomings, alongside updates on smart home technology from Google and Amazon, and Qualcomm's latest Snapdragon chip advancements.

The Android Police podcast baits you with a title full of roasted crow, but the underlying gnashing of teeth remains the same. True, it turns out we didn't hate Apple's new aesthetic as much as we'd thought we would, but it's also carrying way too much baggage that either is neglected or is sweatily avoiding a fix. We'll get to some iPhone 17 Pro Max thoughts, but not before we cut through an onslaught of smart homewarming from Google and Amazon, and some Snapdragon elitism from Qualcomm. All of that on this week's show! 05:01 | Summit Qualcomm tries to unseat Apple with 'world's fastest' mobile chip OnePlus confirms bold new design for phones at Qualcomm Summit Qualcomm's Snapdragon X2 Elite reference designs go so hard this year If you thought Snapdragon X was cool, Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme blows it away Benchmarks are in: The Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme smokes everything else 18:03 | Google, at home Gemini for Home is simply too powerful for battery-powered Nest Cams Google Home redesign promises faster loading and enhanced Gemini integration Google just discontinued Nest Aware, here's what replaces it 29:16 | Tangent Tech Corner #1 - PowerBook 1400c Rogers Sony Ericsson…

People in this episode

Host: Android Police

Topics covered

• Apple aesthetics
• iPhone 17 Pro Max
• smart home technology
• Qualcomm Snapdragon
• Google Home redesign
• Amazon Echo
• tech comparisons

Keywords

• Apple
• iPhone 17 Pro Max
• Google Home
• Amazon Echo
• Qualcomm Snapdragon
• smart home
• tech news
• device comparisons

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Apple, Google, Amazon, Qualcomm

Products: iPhone 17 Pro Max, Snapdragon X2 Elite, Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme, Google Pixel 10 Pro XL, Nest Aware, Echo, Alexa+ AI assistant, PowerBook 1400c, Sony Ericsson Xperia Play

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