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welcome to alphabet city this is the show that covers everything related to alphabet Inc alphabet owns lots of companies like verily jigsaw and Google I'm your guide ayahs Akhtar and you are the wonderful audience today we're talking about Google's five billion dollar problem wham-o hitting a milestone your comments and more but first the new pixels are ticking people off let's go to pixel part so the pixel three and Excel are out right now they're built by Google and they feature pure Android that should be a dream come true right yeah sorry no reports of problems with the new pixels have been popping up first up some pixel owners are saying that the three and Excel sometimes forget to save photos there's a reddit thread as well as a post on Google's pixel form about it the bug also affects both versions of the pixel 2 as well here's how the scenario plays out according to the posts you take a picture then you see it show up in the preview icon if you switch to another app the photo goes away if you go to the camera the reddit poster says you can watch the preview actually disappear in front of your eyes and go back to the previous picture that did save apparently this was an issue on the Nexus 5x as well other reports on Reddit and Twitter say that the newest pixels may have memory issues one tweet says apps require frequent reloading there's a video showing off how the pixel how to reload apps and compared it to a 1 plus 6 phone which did not have that problem another mentioned that you could kill a spotify stream by taking a few pictures with the camera app there are also reports online complaining about the speakers on the pixel 3xl 1 the speaker's do not pump out audio at the same volume level on the Google pixel subreddit a user says that the top speaker lacks highs and bottom is crazy loud bass seemed about even with both Google posted response in the thread set hi all this is by design we specifically designed speakers that allow for louder sound 40 percent louder than last year and better low-frequency response we use new amplifier technology with advanced speaker protection algorithms to push these speakers harder and really get every lab better performance out of them over on Twitter and reddit there are some complaints that regardless of Google's design there are still speaker issues particularly something like a buzzing sound one person on reddit said their buzzy speaker problem randomly 100% disappeared let's talk about top shot it's Google's snazzy feature to make sure you don't take a mistimed photo but it turns out there might be a catch the main picture is shot at twelve point two megapixels but according to nine-to-five Google the other pictures are taken at a much lower three megapixels so you might get a nice picture but it might be in a lower resolution than you were expecting one more pixel thing the two devices were torn down by I fix it I fix it found that the pixel three XL uses a Samsung OLED display meanwhile the regular three uses an OLED panel by LG this is the opposite of last year's models so far I haven't seen any reports about screen issues about either pixel three model if you've noticed anything good bad or weird about your pixel three screens let us know in the comments on to up town updates so Google got a five billion dollar fine by the European Union July due to Android antitrust practices google has decided to make some changes it will offer several licenses for phone and tablet makers in Europe there will be a paid license for those that want to include Google Play Maps Gmail and YouTube another license includes search and Chrome Google also said that going forward Android partners wishing to distribute google apps may also build non-compatible or Fort smartphones and tablets for the European Economic Area the company added Android will remain free and open-source it's time to talk about way mo the company's self-driving cars have crossed their 10 millionth driverless mile on public roads the company says it's been learning a lot thanks to its early rider program way mo is currently allowing people to use their self-driving vehicles for day-to-day tasks here's an example when it comes to grocery stores early ride is preferred if way mo cars would pick up passengers at a shopping cart return area instead of at the front of the main entrance it's little details like this that can make way more cars more polite way most vehicles are currently being tested in twenty-five cities with San Francisco likely to be next the CEO of Wayne mo says that the company knows it needs to solve for inclement weather since those other markets tend to have nice weather way mo has spent time in Michigan and Tahoe to try to learn more alphabets jigsaw released a new product called outline the company says it lets any organization easily create and operate their own VPN outline would allow a company to make its own server communications between devices on the VPN would be encrypted making it difficult for others to snoop on what you're doing jigsaw was formerly known as Google ideas but is now under the alphabet banner on its company site jigsaw says it's built to tackle some of the toughest global security challenges facing the world today time for comment Cove this is the part of the show where we shine a spotlight on the most amazing audience in the world u io nu 92 says I wish that the new palm was just its own phone not having be paired to another device and without an additional monthly charge I want small phones to make a comeback Natalie says kinda excited for the foldable Samsung Samsung has the best displays def care said curious if you could use wine to run Windows apps on the pixel slate that's a good question lifehacker has a post showing you how you can run Windows app on Chromebooks using crossover greatness says wait hold up what's new about the Google chromecast just the way it's designed well let's check according to that fantastic tech site cnet.com here's what's different the finish is matte a set of glossy with more rounded edges Google says the hardware speed is 15 percent faster which can improve smoothness on 1080p / 60 frames per second video streaming otherwise it's basically the same Thanks to everyone for writing in if you've enjoyed your stay in Alphabet City please like and subscribe I'm Aya's Akhtar and I'll see you online the reviews for that Google Home Hub are in and they're generally pretty positive also oneplus was set to introduce its 60 on October 30th then Apple said hey you know we kind of want that day so can a completely unrelated note one pluses event is now October 29th