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what's up Brian Tong here and welcome to Google issues for all the Google you can think of the big drop this week is the official announcement of the 1+5 phone now loaded with a snapdragon 835 8 gigs of ram and a 16 megapixel dual camera this is going to get you the best bang for your buck on the market for a 480 to $540 smartphone now it's evolved to a phone that looks ridiculously similar to the iPhone from its curved edges its antenna lines and even a dual lens camera mic and flash that are in the same position that is just more than a borrowing now there's no SD card slot it's not waterproof but its specs and speed are top of the line but you know what it just feels like a tweener phone with some high-end specs but the lack of other features and an unoriginal design but at that price you know what you might not care they offered a code to get the oneplus five right now in their livestream announcement so if you want early access use the code clearer photos on their website okay Samsung is ramping up for another phone announcement of their own looking to wipe away last year's note 7 Reuters reports the new Note 8 will be launched in New York City during the second half of August and that lines up with Galaxy Note announcements from the past their source reports the note 8 screen will be marginally larger compared to the 6.2 inch display on the note 7 and there will be dual rear facing cameras as well to bring a 3x optical zoom with optical image stabilization and a 12 megapixel wide-angle lens alongside a 13 megapixel telephoto lens other rumours include a top-of-the-line Snapdragon 835 or Exynos 88-90 5 depending on market but will wait until late August for the official details remember that samsung voice assistant bixby you know the one that received a dedicated physical button for it on the galaxy s 8 it's still not here in the US months after the phone's release but Samsung has open up registration for us owners of the s8 and s8 plus to receive early access to preview builds of the Bixby voice command interface you'll just need your email link to your Samsung Account to sign up and you can do that right now and as virtual reality continues to grow and content providers are really still figuring out the best way to utilize it the latest update for VR creators on YouTube will now incorporate heat maps for 360-degree and VR videos now videos with over 1000 views will allow creators to see exactly what parts of the video are catching the viewers attention and how long they're looking at a specific part of the video let me guess it might be where the most action is happening but there's still other insights to pull from this info now they're also launching their first ever VR intensive program at YouTube space la called the VR trader lab with applications open right now and Google announced their job hunting search tool at Google i/o earlier this year but now Google for jobs is live the feature is directly integrated into its search so you could type something in like jobs near me or something like writing jobs you can refine it down to full-time jobs and search by industry but once you've found the job posting you're looking for it will direct you to the site to start that application process and you know what that's a good goal ok you know what we like to end things on a high note are you on this visit spinner craze like I'm not but you know what it doesn't mean I can't start thanks to the mind hive of Reddit users have discovered Google search has a hidden virtual fidgets spinner just search for spinner and voila look hold down your mouse and pull down for a fast spin or take it nice and slow you can even change it to a number wheel if you like and change the wheel number size up to 20 and what's the point of this who cares but I know at least half of you already want to check this out at home and yes you're welcome alright that's going to do it for this week you get an email me at Google issues at cnet.com or tweet me at Brian Tong thanks much for watching and we'll catch you next time for some more of that Google ishes give relations