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what's going on brian Tong here with everything google that we can pack inside of a show boobs released the latest android developer preview to last week and we've seen new tweaks to the UI support for Vulcans api for high performance graphics and more but ARS technica was able to dig deeper and found that you can register an app as a vr listener or VR helper that will allow specific apps to run in a virtual reality mode concrete evidence is still hard to come by and the hints are still pretty vague but the information reported on Google working for their own Android via our platform a couple months ago we've also heard rumors Google is doing their own smartphone based VR headset like the gear VR as well as a Google branded standalone headset now cardboard really was just an entry point for them and there is no doubt that Google wants to be a significant player in this VR space launch are short cuts were also another part of the Android and developer preview and website phandroid was able to create a working demo of the feature that shows off a very iOS like feature now in the demo you can see that swiping down on something like the weather app shows an extended weather forecast and tapping on part of that drop-down will take you to the specific part of the app I know some of you are thinking 3d touch well Google's want your shortcuts allow you to perform actions quicker with specific actions related to the app kind of like this thing we've seen called you guessed it 3d touch but we knew really this was eventually coming to other platforms like Android also some of those more things in the new android dev preview include tweaks like folders that still appear as a circular icon but now show the first four apps in that folder there's also quick access to a calculator in the notifications pull down an updated camera app is here with slightly tweaked interface and something as simple as a new icon on the app switcher screen but the biggest update you all care about Unicode 9 support for emojis and skin tone variations here's what they all look like they've even taken some of the generic blob looking emojis and made them actually look more like people all right new content is coming to Google's play music and podcasts are now available but only in the US and Canada for now it might take a couple days to roll out to you and it seems a little late to the party since really most people have already found their podcast app of choice but it's still a nice addition I'm also a huge fan of 360 video then one of my favorite gadgets right now is the pocket friendly Ricoh theta s 360 camera the platform is getting a huge push after google recently announced support for 360 degree live streaming with spatial audio support and it's coming to youtube this is just going to be amazing for experiences like concerts or live events that really work well with this and it can't wait to see how this takes off and finally the LG g5 reviews dropped last week while I was gone and the general consensus is that it's still a great android phone and it's modular design add some new and fun functionality but this feature isn't compelling enough to make it the top phone to get so our own Cena crew that had no experience with the LG g5 got to take a crack at trying out its modular design so check this out here's a little clip I'm not looking I can't see anything what could I look down an hour i canno mais nao ok so wait what's the point of this first it's like a puzzle I swear I'm not this technically stupid I come on work oh wait was it merely just pulling it really hard yeah Oh real people took longer than that cuz he's freaking Korean it's a Korean phone that's right you know you can trust someone who takes over a minute to put a phone accessory together all right that's gonna do it for this week you can email us at Google issues at cnet com or tweet me at brian Tong thanks so much watch it will catch you all next time for some more of that Google Isha's Google ishes