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Material is a weekly discussion about the Google and Android universe. Your intrepid hosts try to answer the question, “What holds up the digital world?” The answer, so far, is that it’s Google all the way down. Hosted by Andy Ihnatko and Florence Ion.

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  • #564
    April 23 · 54 min

    564: Make Agentic Work

    Agentic AI is coming to Google's enterprise, whether you like it or not, and the next Pixel phone might bring back notification lights. Google is beta testing more ugly ads.

  • #563
    April 17 · 51 min

    563: No More Hijacking

    Gemini's new safety guardrails, how Google plans to punish browser hijacking, and the company's attempt to make Gemini happen on the Mac.

  • #562
    April 10 · 58 min

    562: Let’s Get Vertical

    Vertical Tabs are the drama, the _New York Times_ attempts to determine how accurate AI Overviews are, and Google releases an experimental dictation app.

  • #561
    April 2 · 59 min

    561: Aesthetic Pasta

    The end of the world is coming; the reason might surprise you. And just in time, Google lets you reverse some of your past mistakes.

  • #560
    March 27 · 1 hr

    560: The Bellweather

    Flo and Andy discuss a landmark court case where a judge found YouTube and Meta negligent, though not equally. Plus, final thoughts on the Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra and Google's new Android sideloading regulations.

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