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welcome to alphabet city this is the show that covers everything related to alphabet Inc the company that owns lots of other companies like way Moe sidewalk Google and more I'm your guide Aya's Akhtar and you are the dynamic audience today we're talking about way moe moves the city of the future and your comments but first up pixel fixes let's go to pixel park a while ago reports surfaced that the newest pixels were having issues with multitasking in particular apps would be reloaded or crash regularly the founder of Android police comm put up a video comparing the pixel 3xl versus a one plus six where do you see how the pixel reloads apps that are already running it's quite sad really a new update to the pixels include improvements in memory performance which it hopefully fixed the weird multitasking issues also included in the update our camera improvements and some adjustments related to the pixel stand also call screening what transcripts are rolling out now - pixel users to access it head over to recent calls call details and then see transcript if you don't see that option yet you'll be chosen one day on - way more way way mo announced way mo one its self-driving service it will first be available to some who participated in the early rider program with coverage to expand later way mo says way mo one will be available 24 hours a day 7 days a week around the metro Phoenix area the way mo one app can be used to get you a car and we'll give you price estimates at first you can expect safety drivers behind the wheel but the plan is to transition to fully driverless rides one day prior to the launch of way mo 1 the company picked up a couple of new executives unintentional pun notwithstanding way mo has hired Deborah Hersman to the newly created position of chief Safety Officer Hersman was chairperson of the National Transportation Safety Board and CEO of the National Safety Council way mo says she will oversee the design and enhancement of way Mo's products safety program way mo also hired Amy Chandi as its first commercial officer chandi will be in charge of you guessed it way Mo's commercial service on to sidewalk station alphabets sidewalk shared plans for development it's working on in Toronto called quayside now what is sidewalk it's an alphabet company that wants to create a new type of place to accelerate urban innovation what does that even mean essentially sidewalk is working on redesigning the city for the modern world it wants cities to be people centered have housing be affordable and reduce carbon emissions piece of cake right for quayside sidewalk says housing will be 40% below market prices nearly 4,000 jobs will be located in quayside after the development would be finished sidewalk also says that quayside would have a 75 to 85 percent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions thanks to clean energy sources like photovoltaic panels and geothermal wells and a blog post the company said sidewalks approach is fundamentally rooted in creating inclusive neighborhoods that improve quality of life for all none of this is tech for tech sake the plan is subject to a number of roundtable discussions including one on December 8th and another in early 2019 let's go to Uptown updates ok there's so much news I'm gonna try to pack in as much as I can right here let's go Google CEO sundar pichai will testify before Congress on December 11th about censorship on conservative speech originally he was to testify on the 5th but that was delayed due to the passing of President George HW Bush alphabets deepmind entered a protein folding competition for the first time and won long story short deepmind used AI techniques to predict the structures of proteins understanding how proteins are folded can allow for medical advances as some diseases are believed to be caused by misfolded proteins the intercept published even more information on dragonfly Google sent to search engines for China this time its sources say the project was essentially hidden from privacy and security teams as it was being developed within Google a report from 9 to 5 Google said hangouts was going to be shut down in 2020 the head of hangout said something like no that's not entirely right the takeaway is that hangouts will likely be replaced by a future messaging service but timetable is not official yet and finally YouTube music for Android got an update and equalizer just fire up YouTube music hit settings and take a look at the new equalizer function that was a lot on to comment code this is the part of the show where we shine a spotlight at the most amazing audience in the world you James says if the pixel 3 light is legit and the price is reasonable I would get it without a doubt I'd also be interested in a budget pixel there is nothing like getting an Android update on day one christian asks when will Google come out with their own SmartWatch you know I thought about this one for a while I think that Google is currently focusing its main Hardware efforts on Google Home Products Plus Google is the home of nest again so what am I saying I think a Google SmartWatch could actually end up being something more like a home / assistant product so I'd say we'd see a watch next October designer grant asks do you think Samsung should ditch the curved screen as someone who sells phones for a living they break the most on the curve that's a tough question but I'll say Samsung should keep the curve it's a visual indicator to the consumer that they've got a Samsung phone practically speaking though I don't think the curved edges give any real advantages thanks to everyone for writing in if you've enjoyed your stay in Alphabet City please like and subscribe Amaya's at Cardinal see you online what you want more Google updated its Maps app assistant is a little sleeker and less obtrusive than Maps now so how's that all good