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First pics of the 2016 Nexus phone in the wild (Googlicious)

2016-08-16
what's up Brian Tong here with your Google Isha's for everything inside the world of Google and we start with the first images of the 2016 Nexus sailfish phone in the wild from Android police with its all metal and glass body now the pictures have been cropped most likely to protect the location where they were taken but they match up really well with these renders Android police created earlier in July based on their sources then the interwebs jumped all over this picture of what's believed to be the new Nexus phone in someone's hand in the wild now we're expecting to ACC built Nexus phones a 5.5 inch and a 5 inch phone that have been codenamed Marlon and sailfish then the two phones were also just certified by the FCC with the model numbers G dash 2 PW 4100 and G dash 2 PW 2100 their way to indicate that the 4100 should be the larger Marlin phone last year's Nexus line was announced at the end of September and the phone's launched in October so expect a similar timing this time around as well alright Google is working on a new project revealed on github that's an all new operating system named fuchsia and it's not based on Linux at all the new OS wouldn't be an upgrade to anything but would stand on its own alongside the Linux based Android and Chrome OS now fuchsia is based on the magenta kernel that's designed to work on everything from a desktop computer to laptops and wearables and all the way down to basic Internet of Things devices like a smart light bulb Google also wants to use material designed for the look and it hasn't been announced but Android police sources say it will be open source from the beginning which is why we can see it publicly from the start with an official announcement by Google coming later now we're also still fired up about the samsung galaxy note 7 and for those of you in the comments that think is just a slightly upgraded s7 edge it's meant to be an upgrade to the note 5 now according to display mate it also has the most innovative and high-performance smartphone display that we have ever tested and has become the best performing smartphone display ever those are their words not mine and you have to take a look because that ace display looks ridiculous in person also galaxy note 7 users might be getting the Android nougat update in the next two or three months that's if you believe what Samsung's DJ code told the Korean times but as a warning international unlock devices have a history of getting updates a lot faster for example the Galaxy S six in Korea got the Android marshmallow update four months after marshmallow was released but then some US carriers took five months after that to get the update so let's not get too ahead of ourselves in just expect something similar and the new updated gear VR headset is now available for pre-order on Amazon for $99 with its improved touchpad controls wider viewing angle and more comfortable feel it works with both the note 7 and previous compatible gear VR devices and what's next for Samsung well the Korean giant has sent out its invites for its press conference at Etha 2016 where we expect to see the new gear s3 SmartWatch and I don't know about you but the hour-hand in minutes hand of a watch face on that invite kind of gave it away the event is set for Thursday September the 1st there haven't been really any clean leaks for the new hardware other than this overexposed look at what could be a metallic gear s3 but we have to expect they'll maintain the rotating bezel interface that's really cool and possibly bring Samsung pay to the new version all right that's gonna do it for this week's show you can always email me at Google issues at cnet.com or tweet me at Brian Tong thanks so much for watching we'll catch y'all next time for another Google issues Google ishes
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