On episode 79 of Smart Tech Today, Mikah and I talked about:
- Global Accessibility Awareness Day
- Apple’s new hardware releases
- Google IO
- Our latest picks
Stories of the week
- Apple previews powerful software updates designed for people with disabilities
- Apple adding new Background Sounds feature to iOS to help with focus, calm, and rest
- 14 Accessibility shortcuts for Global Accessibility Awareness Day – Matthew Cassinelli
- Ford’s adding Amazon’s Alexa to 700,000 vehicles this year
- Amazon’s Echo Frames can now come with sunglass or blue light filtering lenses
- BYU Study Suggests Night Shift Mode Doesn’t Help iPhone Users Sleep
- New Spectacles
- Android 12 Beta: Designed for you
- Google Unveils Android 12 and Material You, Its Latest Design Update
- Your photos, your memories, your way
- Google is using Lens and AI to supercharge online shopping
- Google Assistant’s new Capabilities let users jump straight into action
- Android phones can finally tap to pay for public transit in the SF Bay Area
- Android 12 will turn your Pixel phone into a car key — assuming automakers bother
- Google Maps to add more detailed maps, crowd indicators, better routing and more – TechCrunch
- After closing Fitbit acquisition, Google is going big with Wear OS – TechCrunch
- Google Meet Video Calls Are About To Get So Much Better
- Google is reinventing Docs to fight a two-front war
- Google Says That It Is Improving How Its Phones Photograph Black Skin
- Google’s New Dermatology App Wasn’t Designed for People With Darker Skin
- Google’s Nest Devices Will Work With New Smart Home Standard
- Google Cast updates make it easier to move audio between devices | Engadget
- Android TV and Google TV have over 80 million devices- 9to5Google
- Project Starline: Feel like you’re there, together
- Belkin Launches Soundform Connect Audio Adapter to Add AirPlay 2 to Standard Speakers
- Wyze Floor Lamp
