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what's up brian Tong here and welcome to google issues for everything google we're talking about now you won't need a car stereo to get the android auto experience anymore that's because the android auto app just received an update that now let you use your phone instead of having to buy an in-car dash unit for your car now all you really need is a car mount the interface simplifies apps and blows them up in size to make them safer to use it in a car the app is rolling out on the Play Store over the next few days and I'm getting excited to give it a spin get it Android auto car spin over now in more updates new security updates are now available for Nexus and pixel phones running android seven point 0 or 7.1 the pixel phone also gets bluetooth fixes and improve performance for the daydream view vr headset before its launch november the tent and how is nougat even doing it's not really readily available on most phones but it made the slightest of dense with a 0.3 adoption rate yes that's three it's not even one percent now android marshmallow debuted with the same percentage but when you look at the breakdown Android KitKat and lollipop are still the most widely used flavors of Android and this is just the nature of the android OS and the google home has debuted to solid reviews it's not a game changer right now but it excels in being a slightly smarter home assistant overall thanks to the power of the google engine and the ability to ask follow-up questions out of context sensitive play some pop music it still doesn't know everything and significantly lacks in third-party apps and smart home support Bohemian Rhapsody by panic at the disco Alexis stop Alexis stop it's not even close to the echo which has a two-year lead and really that's one of its great strengths bottom line if you want to try out the home AI space the Google home is a great start if you never had one before and you're in the Google ecosystem but if you own an echo right now there's really no reason to switch over to a Google home because the echo just does more now the real story here is in a year or two how does Google day I get even smarter because you know it will and does it really amp up its third-party support because if it can that's what might win the long run but again we'll see how this all plays out okay Samsung's in the AI game as well with the recent acquisition of viv the team behind the original Serie A I that Apple uses but viv is the next evolution and a whole lot smarter a Reuter report says Samsung now plans to integrate the AI platform into its Galaxy smartphones and is even looking to take it further to add voice assistant services to its home appliances and even its wearables now a Wall Street Journal report says Samsung is also considering a hardware revamp for its next phone and could add a dedicated button for their new AI assistant the latest internal prototypes of the galaxy s 8 include a button on the side edge of the smartphone that would be used to prompt it now Samsung is also looking to delay the announcement of the new s8 until after the Mobile World Congress show in late februari and it could come even as late as april 2017 in a little quick fit youtube is adding support for HDR videos that's the buzz word you've heard that stands for high dynamic range it really brings better contrast deeper blacks and a wider color gamut that I can only describe as making HD look even more HD like once you see it you'll know the chromecast ultra will be the first device to support this and after that samsung s you HD and UHD TVs will get support for it later this year and before we go google's deepmind project wants to get even smarter it already was able to conquer the world champion in go and it now has its sights set on starcraft 2 now deep mine is partnering with blizzard to create an open research environment that will allow a eyes and machine learning systems to interact and better understand one of the greatest games of all time like Starcraft was my jam during my college days shout out to the Zerg but if deep Mayan is able to this off it will just show you how powerful this AI really is and what could be next for deep mine first it's a game of go then starcraft 2 and finally the world like i'm not scared about that at all alright that's going to do for this week's show you can always email me at google licious at cnet com or tweet me at brian Tong thanks so much for watching we'll catch y'all next time for some more of that Google issue