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this episode of Android Weekly is brought to you by domain.com so now you've seen the Samsung Galaxy s6 and s6 edge and probably the HTC One m9 but there's a whole lot more going on at the Mobile World Congress so let's start off with Sony Xperia z4 tablet which looks like a lot of raw power in a crazy thin device in terms of design they experience that for tablet looks a lot like its smaller sibling the Xperia z3 tablet compact the same design language features rounded edges and is used to great success on the 10.1 model and amazingly SONA managed to make the tablet that four even slimmer at 6.1 millimeters compared to the six point four millimeters on the previous generation the device weighs just 389 grams which is pretty impressive for this class and yes the device is still water-resistant the thinner body doesn't bring a decrease in battery capacity however the Zed 4 tablet features a six thousand milliamp power unit the same is on the z2 now the screen is quad HD which is a welcome change but that may take a slight hit and battery life unless sony has found a way to mitigate the issue the experience that for tablet is the first slate to feature a Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 processor featuring four fast cores and four power-saving cores arranged in a big dot little configuration as well as an adrenal 430 GPU there's three gigabytes ram 16 gigabytes or 32 gigabytes of storage and microSD support the main camera has been switched to an 8 megapixel sensor down from a 13 megapixel in the previous generation now google has also confirmed at the Mobile World Congress that there will be an Android pay API Google intends for Android pay to become the standard for mobile payments with the API allowing for other parties to take Android pay and integrate it into their own services and apps essentially Android pay will be the backbone behind transactions and software meaning that it can continue to work with Google Wallet 2 as you may expect Android pay makes use of your phones NFC connection to transfer payments and will eventually support biometric security measures to act as a confirmation as well speaking about security though Android pay also implements token card numbers to prevent stolen data from causing a problem and card data is stored locally on your device meaning that you can use it without a network connection and there's little risk of someone intercepting vital data over-the-air no although Google didn't give us an exact date on when Android pay will roll out we do expect to hear more news in and around at Google i/o now what could quite possibly be the biggest news at the Mobile World Congress is that Google announced that they're entering the carrier market sort of do you hear that I hear angels singing we've heard rumors about how Google might get into the wireless game for years now but last month these whispers started to gain more momentum and several big publications claimed that Google was launching its own carrier service now at Moga will Congress 2015 sundar Pichai has confirmed that Google is gearing up to launch its own MVNO which stands for mobile virtual network operator in the coming months during an on-stage interview pachai was asked about the rumors regarding a google MVNO and decided to shed a little light while he didn't get into specifics but I said Google has no plans to be a carrier at scale and we're working with existing partners he further iterated that they had talked to carriers like Verizon and AT&T and are working to ensure that Google's efforts don't get in the way of existing relationships with big carriers Pichai says the goal is to merge Wi-Fi and cellular service in interesting new ways and isn't necessarily about changing Wireless pricing structures although that could still be at play Google wants to do new things in this space like eliminate some of the frustration caused by dropped calls like creating a way to automatically reconnect calls when one or both lines are dropped unexpectedly and in an unexpected partnership Samsung and IKEA have joined up to help you charge your devices on your couch literally Korea's largest OEM and Sweden's most famous furniture store are bringing a brand new partnership to your living room and bedroom and just about any room in your house or office starting next month IKEA will begin selling furniture with wireless charging capabilities in Europe and North America with a global rollout thereafter this coincides nicely with the April tenth release of the Gow see s6 and the s6 edge the possibilities are endless really imagine a table or one or more corners containing a hot spot to place your phone for power regeneration consider a sofa with wireless charging module built into the arm sounds pretty cool I don't seem to ever get bored of playing with domain extensions my new favorite Jace in the club because it's not just about ComNet org anymore you now have the opportunity to name your site and build your brand in ways never 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