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what's up Brian Tong here and welcome to Google issues for everything Google you could think of the big news this week leaked renders of the reported samsung galaxy s 9 are out thanks to on leaks now the design is still just as sleek as the s8 in fact it doesn't look too much different but on the front side it appears the top and bottom bezels have been slimmed down a bit but on the rear side we're seeing the biggest change with a single lens camera and a rear fingerprint sensor below the camera instead of on the side of it now renders were also released for the rumored s9 plus model that's expected to bring a dual lens camera on the rear and the fingerprint sensor below it as well while keeping the similar design now on leaks was pretty much on the money with their early s8 renders last year again this isn't an official confirmation from Samsung themselves but we could likely see these designs for the next Galaxy s 9 and s 9 plus phones now according to Korean news outlet the bell the s 9 is expected to be announced earlier this year at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona in late February the report also says it could be released on either February the 25th a day before the show officially kicks off or at their own keynote on the 27th we're expecting a new snapdragon 845 processor and rumors are pointing to an improved iris scanner but no new drastically redesigned fingerprint scanner for now now see that fingerprint scanner might be saved for the note 9 after synaptics announced their in display fingerprint sensor is already in mass production for a top 5 om in 2018 it's lovingly called the clear ID FS 9 500 because that's easy to say but if you're trying to figure out who it could be their press release specifically calls out the demand for bezel free OLED infinity displays which is the exact type of naming samsung uses for the s 8 and Note 8 line so could we see this coming to Samsung in 2018 on the note 9 we'll have to wait and see alright we told you how pretty much impossible it's going to be to get a hold of the 1 + 5 t last Jedi Edition phone by the way wasn't the movie crazy when and I can't believe they mean yeah she ate that now the movie was loved by critics but audiences aren't so high on it I liked it but no movie is perfect except for Air Bud yeah that movie was actually perfect now you still can't get the phone but in the box there are hints to construct a hologram prism with a special message that's cool now but if you want all of the exclusive wallpapers you can grab them from this link right here thanks to nine to five google forgetting all of them for us all right in a few software notes the Google assistant now let you control if it gives you directions specifically for cars public transit or walking you can go to the assistance Explorer section then settings personal info go to preferences and getting around and it's a subtle but useful tweak also the latest version of the G board six point eight app is rolling out with built-in handwriting support without the need to download a separate handwriting app to add handwriting in the app you'll need a head to the languages in your settings and add the handwriting variant to it so pretty easy also Google's jacquard jacket gets two new abilities this is their smart jacket collaboration with Levi's and you'll now have the ability to activate the light on the jacquard tag it's called illuminate and there's also a new Find My Phone feature that will ring your phone when you make the correct gesture of course it will need to be connected to the jacket over Bluetooth now the Android update is out now and the iOS version is coming soon and we need to pour one out for project tango Google is shutting down tango AR after a three-year run in favor of AR core that doesn't require any specific hardware other than an Android phone that you're using today now it makes total sense an AR core was a quick reaction to Apple making a our kit public and come on it was the right thing to do so we've even seen AR cores first public product with the recent Star Wars AR stickers for the pixel and pixel two that look really good so goodbye project tango you will live on forever alright that's gonna do it for this week will be gone on a long hiatus after CES in January and will return after that so if you need a friend during that time you can email me at Google issues at cnet.com or tweet me at brian tom the H much for watching we'll catch you all next year for some more of that Google issues