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welcome to alphabet city this is the show that covers everything to do with alphabet Inc that's the company that owns Google and a bunch of other companies I'm your guide Aya's Akhtar and you are our fantastic audience you read the title of the video so you know we're gonna talk about first stop Android Avenue either the Bell knows things about Samsung's plans or it is just making up all kinds of stuff that sound very believable they say we were getting three Galaxy S 10 models their code names are beyond 0 beyond 1 and beyond to 0 is the entry-level model one is the normal one likely the s10 2 is the big one likely the s10 plus 3 was not included in the list so I don't know why we're talking about it let's talk about 0 no not that 0 the bell says the 0 would have a fingerprint sensor on one of the sides of the phone kind of like a moto device the 1 and 2 would have fingerprint sensors built into the display like that snazzy vivo phone the Bell says this technology will cost Samsung $15 per fingerprint module the regular sensors cost about $2 according to the same source and 3 I don't know what you're doing here so just get going the Bell also said the zero would have one rear camera the one would have two or three rear cameras there are conflicting reports on this both from Bell the two would have three rear cameras and the three would not exist stop with the three back to the beyond - it could also have two cameras on the front that's right the galaxy s 10 plus could have a total of five cameras on it Samsung is expected to show off its next s phones early next year next up X crossing a report by Reuters says that Kenya will be using Project loon to bring internet to rural areas Reuters spoke to Kenya's information communication and a Technology Minister Joe Musharraf who said the Loon team are still working out contracts and hopefully once that's done we can be able to see almost every part of the country covered if you're unfamiliar with Project loon it's a project of the X company X is owned by alphabet and it's a research and development unit Project loon aims to bring internet coverage by using a network of balloons now why balloons X says a cell towers coverage area is limited by the height of at antennas by lifting these antennas up into the stratosphere we can deliver connectivity over a much larger area we contacted X and the company did confirm to us that it spoke to regional officials a project loon spokesperson said quote we are always in discussions with governments and telcos around the world about Project loon but we have no details to share at this time end quote let's head on over to play Plaza this is the part of the show where we take a look at apps this time we're talking about the YouTube app boob will update in the YouTube app for Android and it now includes an incognito mode to access it click your avatar on the top right of the app then you'll see an option to turn on incognito the first time you do this you'll see a little dialog window saying you've gone incognito to turn off incognito click the little glasses and hat guy on the top right then you can turn off incognito how many times did I say incognito not counting that last one no it was 5 if you don't see the feature in your app head on over to the Play Store and update your YouTube app to get the new mode there's also a Netflix update for Android with the latest app Netflix is introducing smart downloads that will delete shows you've watched offline and automatically download the next episode for you the feature should be available this week you know where we're heading comment cove this is the part of the show where we shine a spotlight on the best audience in the world you find folks last time we talked about a report that says Google is working on some kind of game streaming system Daniel Castro had this to say about it Google should look into buying or teaming up with Nvidia shield and stream the Nvidia shield TV runs Android has Google assistant built-in chromecast and all the main streaming apps he went on to say if the Nvidia shield TV could somehow run steam games I throw my money all over that that's a really interesting idea Daniel our TV guru David Katz Meyer is a big fan of the shield as a streamer one of the downsides has been the price if it was also a steam box maybe that could make the price easier to swallow on the news that more Chromebooks are getting support for Linux apps friend of the show Luke Taylor said the future integration of Linux and Chrome OS when it finally hits the stable channel is likely to be a game changer for a lot of people in other news relating to Chrome OS Adobe's project rush is meant to be a fully cross-platform video editor that they've even worked with Google to ensure it works great on Chromebooks I had not heard a project rush until your comments Luke Chromebooks get mocked sometimes for not being able to run seriously heavy apps like a video editor very curious to see how this ends up we also talked about the new Google Maps and it's for youth section that's where Google offers you suggestions for places to go Arjen mangal said I got stripclub suggestions on the map okay if you've enjoyed your stay in Alphabet City remember to Like and subscribe we have new episodes on Tuesdays thanks for your comments on Maya's after and I'll see you online you may have heard about Google giving access to third-party apps that allow your emails to be read don't freak out too much head on over to account of google.com slash permissions there you will see which third-party apps have access to your account and how much access get rid of anything you don't recognize worst case scenario you can re-enable permissions later okay