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what's up brian Tong here with your google issues for everything google we can pack inside of a show there's lots to talk about and we start off with a new Telegraph report that says google is planning to release its own google-branded smartphone that will compete directly with the iphone we've heard rumblings about this over five months ago that Google wanted a more integrated Apple like experience for their Nexus phone line now at the moment Google develops the Android software but unlike Apple it partners with a rotation of manufacturers each year for the Nexus phone hardware the new device is expected to be released by the end of 2016 according to their sources and we'll see Google take more control over design manufacturing and software it's really just an example where Google wants to be more like Apple and then there's the other times where Apple wants to be more like Google but don't worry google has stated it's not going to just stop supporting the Nexus phone line for example an android police report says Google is working on a live support app for Nexus devices it's tentatively called Google support and think of it as Amazon's Mayday help service but for Nexus products google's app reportedly also has the ability to share your screen with an agent on the other end so I would just make sure you clean out your photo library before you set up a help session all right the googs may also be redesigning androids home and navigation buttons again according to android police this image is believed to be the next stock navigation bar in Android n that we might see released with the new phones and speaking of new phone's specs for the next gen Nexus phones manufactured by HTC this year have also been leaked out android police reports two phones with a 5-inch and 5.5 inch screen sizes and the code names sailfish and marlon now sailfish is the 5 inch phone according to the report with a rumored 5-inch 1080p display a quad-core 2 gigahertz 64-bit processor and a hefty 4 gigs of ram but we expect to efficiently hear about these new models this fall in the september-october timeframe now in other hardware evan blast is back at it again on his twitter eveleigh after he revealed the samsung galaxy note 7 has been confirmed indicating a jump from the note 5 to the note 7 name to catch up with the entire galaxy product line now the note 7 will come with the long-rumored iris scanner and evelyn's confirm specs with a 5.7 inch screen wide HD Super AMOLED display with 64 gigs of storage and an additional micro SD card slot and more now it will also bring ip68 water resistance even with a slot for the Samsung pen that's pretty slick it's expecting to release potentially on the August second for another one of Samsung's unpacked events and in other Google bits and pieces a new collaboration with Stanford I do and Google will bring a new project that makes learning how to code a whole lot easier for kids it's a new open hardware platform that allows young leans to build physical coding experience is called project blocks and that's blocked with no see in it of course it is now the system is made of three core hardware components and Google notes that kids naturally learn to build with their hands and collaborate with others project Blox is looking for participants want to take part of this study so check out the website if you want to find out more also at VidCon last week youtube announced its bringing live streaming capabilities directly to its youtube apps on iOS and Android you'll be able to see audience numbers and metrics with a live chat happening at the same time where people keep telling you to take your top off now select YouTube partners are getting it and the feature will continue to roll out more widely over time and finally Google Earth and the satellite layers in maps are getting a huge boost with sharper and more detailed images thanks to the Landsat 8 satellite it was launched in 2013 and it captures images with greater details truer colors and even more frequency now you can see the difference in this comparison between the old data and the new imagery that's pretty now Google calls it its freshest global mosaic to date it looks really impressive and it's definitely worth checking out alright that's going to do for this week's show you can email us at google issues at cnet com or tweet me at brian Tong thanks so much for watching we'll catch you all next time for some more I'm backing delicious google Isha's