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this episode of android weekly is brought to you by domain.com now like many of you I grew up watching Star Trek dreaming of the day that I could say computer the Android at the bar said you could show me my old ship let me see it insufficient data please specify parameters but now we can do that with Google now or shall I say hound sort of start off let's talk about the sound hound much like google's voice assistant that is baked into android activating sound hounds new app can be done by using the phrase okay hound as you can see from the video here hound has the ability to listen and respond to casually phrase sentences and deliver information in a card-based layout that will help you get your correct answer and like we've seen another voice assistance hound can give you information on the weather directions local searches news photos and web searches of course the power of sound hound app is built right in what makes hound stand out from google now is its ability to respond to casual phrases and sentences like this what's the monthly payments on a million-dollar home what is the down payment hundred thousand okay using a down payment of $100,000 what is the mortgage period 30 years and the interest rate is 3.95 percent okay using a mortgage period of 30 years in an interest rate of three point nine five percent your monthly mortgage payment is four thousand two hundred seventy dollars and eighty four cents what if the interest rate is 4.2 percent on the down payment is twenty percent okay using an interest rate of 4.2 will percent in a down payment of twenty percent your monthly mortgage payment is 3912 dot fourteen cents to use the new service you'll need to head over to the hound sound website and request an invite now next up is for all you galaxy s6 lovers who are a bit more sporty or perhaps just klutzy the full specifications of the galaxy s6 active have appeared on Samsung's own official product website there are a few notable changes from the specifications rumored earlier namely that the galaxy s6 active features the same two thousand five hundred and fifty million power battery as the regular s6 not the rumored 3500 million battery the fingerprint scanner is also listed among the handcent sensors so perhaps Samsung has found a way to integrate the scanner into the raised home button unfortunately there's no mention of a microSD card slot it features a 5.1 inch super amoled quad HD display that's 2560 x 1440 it has an octa-core exynos 7420 s chipset and has 32 gigabytes of internal storage with possible microsd card expansion the camera is a 16 megapixel rear facing camera 4k shooting recording optical image stabilization and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera now you a sous fans out there will be very happy to know that asus has been busy with some serious launches and let's start with his Zen watch to the Zen watch 2 is available in two sizes the bigger one is the same size as last year with a 41 millimeter face and a 22 millimeter band while the smaller edition is a 37 millimeter with an 18 millimeter band a su seems to have taken to heart criticism about its wearables being too large for many users the displays are OLED and protected by a 2.5 d Gorilla Glass 3 while the processing tasks are handled by an unnamed Qualcomm chip the news n watch features a crown on its side which is supposed to feature some sort of functionality though asus has not specified exactly what to expect yet the device features better water and dust resistance now at ip67 and a new magnetic charging system that replaces the cradle system found on the originals n watch speaking of charging battery life should be greatly improved asus claims that the zen watch 2 will last three to four days on one charge now a few years back asus used to have the very best in android tablets and they're not giving up the fight yet the zen bad series comprises a seven-inch 8 inch and 10.1 inch models each one complete with their own set of accessories coming with LTE variants asus share the details about the 8 inch zen pad and zen pad s therefore will focus on those two today starting with the zen pad s 8 point oh this is a high-end offering featuring a metallic design and a crisp IPS display as with most asus tablets and smartphones the zen pad s 8 point o features intel inside the 64-bit intel atom zedd 3580 coupled with four gigabytes of ram should sure top-notch performance as we've seen on the zenfone 2 the regular zen pad a point where everything about it screams budget though asus is trying to make it hip and sexy with the inclusion of a leatherback that can be switched with a whole range of special accessories you can switch covers just to change the look of the tablet but you can also add some functionality specs of the zen pad 8.3 processor 1 or 2 gigabytes of ram 8 or 16 gigabytes of expandable storage and a 1280 x 800 IPS LCD display a 5 megapixel rear camera with a 15.2 watt hour battery and Android 5.0 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and i haven't got the download link yet but soon as i do i want to share it with you because that's pretty exciting stuff I was pretty impressed with their demo you don't wanna forget about my brothers and android who are trying to be your source for all things android i shall see you later this week on android Q&A bye