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what's happening Brian Tong here and welcome to Google it's just for everything inside the world of Google we've seen leaks and renders galore over the last week around the next pixel - phone but GSM arena has posted photos of the smaller of the two which brings a smaller glass panel on the top rear area that no longer goes past the fingerprint sensor with most this model covered by stickers now you can also see a two-tone flash on the back as well the front side features two front-facing speakers photos were also recently shared by VentureBeat who reported the new pixel phone will remove the 3.5 millimeter headphone jack and the gsm arena tipster backs that claim up now these photos line up very well with the early renders there was no confirmation if it will have the rumored squeezable frame or an always-on display the pixel stood out last year earning the highest-performing camera ranking in the industry when it was first released but it looks like Google is still sticking with a single lens rear camera for round 2 while other flagship phones are going tool and if you weren't sure that a new pixel phone is coming soon as part of Google stores back-to-school event you can get up to $200 off on a current pixel phone and the deal gets even sweeter because they'll throw in a daydream headset now the pixel 2 is coming and if they stick with last year's timetable it will be here sometime in October alright more leaks in this time it's Samsung we're close to Samsung's August 23rd unpacked event where we'll finally see the official unveiling of the note 8 but if you want to see it early keep watching thanks to images from my everyday techcom now they were taken down but you know what on the internet everything lives forever the front of the Note 8 is expected to bring a six point three inch 20 960 by 1440 Super AMOLED display with in an almost bezel 'list design the pictures if real confirm the expected dual lens camera that has been rumored to be to 12 megapixel sensors you can also see the new s-pen which looks a lot like last year's with buttons on the top and sides - just wait a couple more weeks for the official announcement and you know we'll be covering it live here on CNET ok after a few leaks of their own the Samsung Galaxy s8 active has been officially announced by AT&T and only for AT&T customers it's a ruggedized version of the galaxy s 8 and will be available in meteor gray or titanium gold and you can go to 18 t's website and get it now all right everyone was bummed out that Samsung couldn't get the fingerprint sensor on the front and glass panel done in time for the s8 it looks like Apple won't have it either and a new report from kji securities says even the Galaxy S 9 will not include an under the glass fingerprint sensor but the report also says the first Samsung phone with the under display fingerprint scanner will be the note 9 and Samsung doesn't feel the pressure to risk it with the Galaxy S 9 since Apple appears to have dished it with their upcoming iPhone 8 this stuff is still a long ways out but did you think I wasn't going to tell you this alright another story from Leakesville the LGV 30 is another phone that's had its fair share of render leaks but this time hit records website showed off the device with users who had hands-on with it the videos have been taken down but I'm calling this a marketing ploy since it's LG who has a long-standing relationship with Joseph gordon-levitt and hit record and let's be real LG needs all the buzz they can get for their phones okay on some quick notes a couple months back and update broke the ability for people to use their phones hotspot with the chromecast but that change has been fixed and you can now go back to streaming content using your phone's connection to the chromecast and that's real nice okay YouTube has finally rolled out the ability to share videos and have mobile chat about those shared videos in the US Canada has been able to do this since January 2017 but it's been improved over that time and is now available for Android and iOS users you can access it in the shared tab in the YouTube mobile app alright that's it for this week you can email me at Google issues 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 issues you're delicious