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welcome to alphabet city this is the show where we cover everything related to alphabet Inc what's alphabet you ask what's that you didn't ask because you already know that alphabet owns lots of other companies most notably Google clever audience well done this is a packed episode today's top stories include a snazzy new Chromebook and new info on way Mo's early rider program but first we get to talk about a real off-screen Android phone I'm your guide is act heart let's head on over to Android avenues VEVO introduced the world to NatGeo average phone with the necks the next is pretty much the same as the vivo apex concept phone but the next is coming to market there's a tiny tiny chin at the very bottom of the necks it's got a huge 6.5 9 inch Super AMOLED screen the downside is it's only 1080p resolution under that big ol screen is a fingerprint sensor inside is a snapdragon 845 processor same as some galaxy s 9 phones 8 gigabytes of ram 256 gigabytes of storage and let's talk about that front-facing camera it rises from the next just like the apex the next is launching in China other markets have not been confirmed time to visit the chrome dome Samsung has a brand new chrome book called the Chromebook plus v2 500 bucks get you a notebook with a screen that can flip all the way around now why would you want to do that because you're a maniac or you just want to use your Chromebook as a tablet the plus v2 can run Android apps by the way one neat touch is the 13 megapixel camera on the keyboard base when you have the v2 in tablet mode you can take pictures like you would on a regular tablet sure it still looks ridiculous to use a tablet as a camera but it is what it is the Chromebook plus v2 has a couple of USB C port and a micro SD card slot for expandable 'ti it also houses a pen so you can mark up the screen in a genius move Samsung included a single USB a port on the same side as a pen no I'm not being sarcastic for once no need for a dongle to attach very common items the Samsung Chromebook plus v2 arrives on June 24th expect a full review at some sites called cnet.com by Josh I'm not made out of gold man next up Windows way wait a minute we're doing Windows stuff now on the show don't ask me you wrote it I did write it at CES Asia while we showed off its Huawei cloud PC service notebook italia got some video of the feature in action it gives huawei phones the ability to access a virtual Windows 10 PC when the huawei phone isn't a dock you can have a more traditional desktop experience the virtual Windows PC can access the phone's local storage - we're not done with Windows there have been murmurs of the Google pixel book being able to support an operating system other than Chrome OS pointed out by the good people at xda-developers new evidence found in the pixel books firmware make reference to the windows hardware certification kit and the windows hardware lab kit part of Microsoft's hardware compatibility program is the hardware lab kit so does this mean that we'll see Windows on a pixel book I asked Google a representative told me as a hardware organization we don't comment on rumors or speculation well that cleared up nothing it's time to visit the whammo garage Wayne will published a blog post looking at its early rider program after one year way Moe was once known as Google's self-driving car project it is now its own company owned by alphabet in Arizona Wayne was running a test that began way back in April 2017 people signed up to be early riders and they would be driven around in a self-driving car so Wayne will publish a blog post with an infographic explaining how the test is going I could let you read it in silence but I never ever ever ever ever shut up on the first day Weimer received around 6000 applicants to be early riders to date over 20,000 people have applied 400 riders use the service daily around the Phoenix area Wayne will also ranked in the top 10 places early riders went to we have a top 10 guy or top 5 guy or something around here let's go to them these are the top 10 most popular trips taken by early writers number 10 is the gym number nine is heed electronics drawer number 8 the supermarket number 7 health salon or spa number 6 a retail store number 5 a car repair shop number 4 the bar number 3 school number 2 is a restaurant and the number one most popular trip taken by early riders is to work back to you alphabet boy hmm yes thanks countdown guy anyway way mo says it is still taking applications so if you want to be driven around by way Mo's minivans now is your chance last stop comment code this is a part of the show where we shine a light on comments made by the best audience in the world - that one guy you know who you are hero from the 90s asks will the pixel come to t-mobile well t-mobile will not sell pixels in its stores but you can buy an unlocked pixel from Google and bring it to whatever carrier you want in the US about the pixel threes design a luminary Zehra says their ad campaign it's a phone Arvind Medina said that pixel with the Snapdragon 710 will be an Android one phone I don't see Google tainting the pixel Brandon with mid-range hardware that's a really great point the pixel brand is Google's premium line so you could be right maybe a lower end phone would carry a different name that does it for us if you've enjoyed your stay in Alphabet City please remember to Like and subscribe tap that Bell icon if you want notifications when we add new episodes a Maya's actor I'll see you online okay you're still here awesome a rumor popped up recently saying the note nine would have a physical shutter button based on a leaked phone case it turns out that button was just a spot for a lanyard to be attached to the case the note nine is expected to be introduced on August 9th but that is still not yet official oh and YouTube music and YouTube premium are available now by