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what's happening Brian Tong here and welcome to Google issues for everything Google you can think of this week's Android phone that should be getting your attention is the official reveal of the 1 + 5 t at a special event in Brooklyn New York on November the 16th now they teased it with our own little trailer with pre-orders starting on the 16th while the phone will actually go on sale on Tuesday the 21st but you don't have to wait to see what it looks like after youtuber Karl posted in early unboxing to which he then took down but come on once it's on the Internet you know it lives forever now he chose the 5 T side-by-side with the 1 plus 5 and you can see its design that brings it six-inch screen to the edges and catches up with the current trend in phone design with an 18 by 9 aspect ratio and a face unlock feature while still keeping the fingerprint sensor on the back it's pretty much a 1 plus 5 with a new design something that owners of the 5 can't be too thrilled about since they released that phone in June 5 months ago now the pixel buds also just started shipping out and first impressions are starting to circulate yes they do have a wire connecting them but on top of their awesome translation feature early reports agree that they sound better than any of the wireless earbuds out there like the air pods or the j-bird freedoms they may not be as easy to set up but they do sound great the fit really comes down to your ear but I can't wait to get a hold of them and try them out for myself now we do have seen its full review that will be dropping by the time that you see this and of course I'm on the waiting list because I have to match them with my panda pixel 2 XL which I did get by the way now every major phone has its issues on launch we know the pixel 2 XL is no different and even with issues that don't affect everyone it's still a fantastic phone like I'm really enjoying it and it's a pure Android experience but the latest issue getting media coverage right now is that a handful of users on Google's product forums are complaining about unresponsive touch screen edges that were shown off by Brandon Jones right here now it's most likely Google's software being a little over-aggressive and deciding not to register accidental touches on the edges Google has responded that the issue will be fixed in a future over-the-air update so stay tuned for that now another issue has popped up this time the pixel to camera specifically it shows flickering darker or lighter bands moving over recorded video like this example what the pixel community forum has narrowed it down to LED lights possibly being the culprit because of flicker at the frequency of alternating current at 50 Hertz or 60 Hertz now it's unclear if every pixel to camera is experiencing this but we'll have to wait and see if it can also be fixed by Google and software or not and for your information we bring up these issues not to bash on products but to really let you know what's going on and if you're seeing the same stuff all right the Google home is getting some love the new broadcast feature that was announced at their keynote is rolling out right now and will allow you to broadcast your voice to all other google voice assistant enable devices like phones and speakers on the same network now you can say something like hey Google broadcast it's dinnertime and it will send a dinner bell sound to every speaker in the home now you can also use other words like shout tell and announce instead of broadcast as well right now works on phones and speakers set to English in the US Australia Canada and the UK with more languages coming soon and you know what it's great to see more functionality coming after they had to completely disable the Google home minis touch functionality that's because on touch it would accidentally activate the assistant and record all the sound around it sending it to Google servers now Google called it an accident or at least they did once it was discovered by users and the Google rounded redesign continues to roll out to different platforms like Google search and your feet on Android last week it started with the rounded UI design for its mobile website and now it's the Google app that's getting it with rounded corners on cards also the Google assistant is getting the new look rolled out with its white background and rounded corner cards as well really shifting away from the hard corner edges of Google's material design and moving towards a more apple ish aesthetic now it's subtle I think it looks nice but some of you purists may not be the biggest fans of the changes so what do you think all right that's gonna do for this week you can email me at Google it's just at cnet.com or tweet me at brian tom thanks so much for watching we'll catch you all next time for some more of that Google issues you