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what's going on brian Tong here and welcome to google issues for everything google you can think of now google Wi-Fi is shipping and the reviews have been stellar for their home mesh Wi-Fi system that starts at 129 for one unit or three hundred dollars for a three pack that covers up to 4,500 square feet with speeds up to 1,200 megabits per second using both 2 point 4 and 5 gigahertz band now one big selling point you can easily set up and control the system through the google Wi-Fi app like it's stupid easy it transitions you to the best point for the best connection and you can't really beat a similar system at that price now Cena's don't know says it's the best Wi-Fi system on the market right now and you know why you should believe it it's because I'm domu also the googs is having a stellar year with this price and this is just the icing on the cake you know what I like all right the Android seven-point 1.1 update we talked about is out now but it brings a new feature to the pixel phones from the nexus days it's called ambient display and it's in the move section of your settings you can either double tap your screen or lift your phone to show the ambient display with the latest notifications and time it's another one of those subtle bells and whistles that keeps making this phone a great one and yes that deserves a good goal alright the google app on android is making it easier to keep up with the things you care about starting now it will divide your cards into two sections your current interests like sports scores stops and weather will be in one and the other will be for upcoming stuff like future appointments flights or even upcoming games it's really a slight tweak but it helps break it up nicely in the update will be rolling out to iOS soon as well and after a slightly earlier than expected roll out 4k movies are now available in the Google Play Store prices range from 799 to 24 99 and can be rented purchased and streamed on Android TV devices and the new chromecast ultra now a nice library of 125 movies starts things off but no TV shows are available in 4k just yet and let's get on to the latest rumors surrounding the samsung galaxy s 8 and there are plenty of them thanks to Sam mobile now buckle up for the Sam mobile has exclusively confirmed that the s8 will not feature a 3.5 millimeter headphone jack and you will instead need to use a USBC adapter just kind of like the iphone 7 now this also means you won't be able to plug in and charge your essay and use your wired headphones at the same time maybe it will be a good thing so the s8 will have more space for the battery so this time it doesn't explode but yeah everybody get ready to accept change the top two phone manufacturers are really doing this moving forward now another exclusive report from sammobile says the new s8 will retain its 2k resolution and not jump to 4k like some rumors had hoped for instead the Super AMOLED panel will be made out of a new material for a better image quality beyond just more pixels the report also says the screen to height ratio of the phone is going to be very high in samsung will ditch the home button entirely and have a fingerprint sensor embedded into its display it would be the first handset to feature optical fingerprint identification on the market if it arrives on schedule an additional reports support that it will feature a USBC port Samsung has also trademarked the term smart AF we know the kitties will just call it smart at samsung is calling it smart auto focus to bring their feature to the front facing camera for selfies and snapchats and you know what it will make them look that much better and if you're all about size and you think size matters a new Galaxy S a rumor claims the next version of the phone could come in at five point seven inches and 6.2 inch screen sizes that's an increase of more than half an inch but if the screens are curved like they have been in the past the physical size of the phones may not be all that different now we expect to see the unveiling of the new Samsung Galaxy S eight at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona in February of next year alright that's going to do it for this week you can email me at Google licious at cnet com or tweet me at brian Tong thanks much for watching and we'll catch you all next time for some more of that google it Google issues