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welcome to alphabet city this is the show that covers stuff related to alphabet Inc that's the company that owns lots and lots of other companies including Google I'm your guide Aya's Akhtar on today's episode we're going to talk about a geothermal heating and cooling system a new Android phone with an inch screen fingerprint sensor and our top story details on the next pixel first stop pixel parks the good people at Bloomberg seem to have some information about the new pixel phones let's get the boring stuff out of the way first there's going to be two of them the XL and the regular model they would be called the pixel three XL and the pixel three and Verizon would be the exclusive US wireless carrier onto the more exciting stuff this is what the pixel three XL will probably look like you might be saying is that's just a photoshopped pixel and you'd be right if I had pictures of the actual pixel three XL that would probably be in the headline of this video right Bloomberg says the XL model will have a nearly edge-to-edge screen it'll have a chin with a notch on the top then notch will not be as wide as the one on the iPhone 10 but it'll be quote noticeably taller the reason for the tall notch is to keep stereo speakers on the front of the phone like the previous XL inside that notch will also be two cameras this kind of lines up with an alleged leak of pixel three screen protectors although I don't know if that notch is much taller than on the 10 what about the back and I'll probably look like this now you're thinking is that's just the back of the pixel to excel and yeah it is bloomberg says Google is sticking to a single camera on the back for both the three and the three XL one last interesting point from the reports Google may be talking to Foxconn to build the new pixels previous pixels were built by HTC and LG Foxconn is well known for putting together i phones next up the well travel to Android Evans vevo is going to launch the next phone it's going to be an all screen phone without a notch so where's that front facing camera gonna be we're kind of expecting the next to be a version of a concept we've seen from vivo before I'm talking about the vivo apex which also had an all screen design the front-facing camera would pop up using a motor well vivo stick to that design for a production phone that could be tricky the apex also featured an area on the screen where you could scan two finger prints using an end screen fingerprint sensor the promo image for the vivo NEX definitely suggests an in screen fingerprint sensor with a little blue fingerprint on the bottom of the image as for audio the apex did not have room for speakers so it would vibrate the screen to make it act like a speaker we'll know more about the vivo next when it's officially unveiled on the 12th of June next up dandelion drive dandelion unveiled a new smart heating and air conditioning system called dandelion air it uses an energy from the ground to regulate your home's temperature wondering what dandelion is and how it's related to alphabet let's check dandelion was once a project of alphabets X company in 2017 dandelion was formed as an independent company outside of alphabet X is an interesting company in its own right it had a number of companies graduate outside of it including Valley and way mo barely and way mo are still part of alphabet no dandelion claims that it's dandelion air system is four times more efficient than any other furnace on the market the company also says it's air is nearly twice as efficient as typical air conditioning systems the air can also go online to get software updates and works with a nest thermostat geothermal heating and cooling systems have been around for a while but the cost was a problem the dandelion air costs around twenty thousand dollars that's about half of what a traditional geothermal system will cost if you're a homeowner and you're thinking oh this is gonna wreck my yard isn't it dandelion says it shouldn't the company claims it left a typical suburban backyard relatively undisturbed thanks to its special drills if you're interested in getting one go to dandelion energy calm to see if your home qualifies dandelion is serving the north east of the US for now last stop comment Cove there we go I want to shine a spotlight on some of your comments talking about the red hydrogen one phone Kenneth Rosario said lol 3d gimmicks have all failed in the past this one will fail as well Tampa Tech says it's a 3ds phone which was a comments mentioned by a lot of you actually generally it looked like you guys are not exactly thrilled with red phone yet always great to get your feedback thank you very much that does it for us if you've enjoyed your stay in Alphabet City please remember to hit that like button and subscribe you can also click that bell to get notifications when new episodes are at it I'm Maya's actor and I'll see you online oh hey you're still not how about a little trivia which one of the following companies has Google not owned Motorola boy stur Robo life or Boston Dynamics mobile I