AAA 609: The Year in Review - Interview with Chet Haase from Google, the biggest news, hardware, apps from 2022

Interview with Chet Haase, Google engineer and author of "Androids: The team that built the Android Operating System" At what point do you realize you have a story to be told? What kind of clearance did you have to get to do the book? What is about Android that keeps some of its most senior engineering folks around? If the Nexus One had launched prior to the Droid, do you think it would have been a bigger hit? What's more important: Platform or Product within Google? Talk about the vision needed when building platforms. Is Android culture within Google still as silo'd as it was in the early days? Can you describe how the process of shipping a new Android feature has changed over time? How does the team work to keep the platform functioning and future-proof? How do you define Android's success in today's landscape? Android 13 is released. Android 12L is official as "Android 12.1," rolling out now to Pixel phonesGoogle exec says Apple is 'holding back' customers who text. Google pesters Apple to support RCS in iMessage by explaining Drake's 'Texts Go Green'. Tim Cook dashes hopes for RCS support to arrive on iPhones. Google Messages has started letting some users react with any emoji. Google I/O 2022 takes place May 11–12 as virtual event with live keynotes. Android Dev Summit. Google Play to pilot third-party billing option, starting with Spotify. Google launches third-party Play Store billing pilot—but only cuts fees by 4%. Spotify is the first to launch non-Google Android billing in the US. Game Devs And Stadia Employees Alike Were Blindsided By The Sudden Shutdown. Android Auto is now 'only for car screens,' as phone version shuts down for good. Android Auto's Makeover Prioritizes the Map and Focuses on a Split-Screen Experience. Google giving app developers more time to fill the Play Store's Data safety section. The Play Store's new Data Safety section is finally here to show the apps that may be invading your privacy. Google Play hides app permissions in favor of developer-written descriptions. Google Play restores the app permissions list. Google officially deploys app archiving through the Play Store. Google Infringed on Sonos Audio Patents, Trade Court Rules. OnePlus to offer 4 OS updates and 5 years of 'regular' patches for all flagships from 2023. Google gives us our first glimpse of the Pixel 7. Google unveils the Pixel Buds Pro with a custom audio chip, future Spatial Audio, and ANC. Google's Pixel Watch is Real, and It's Coming Later This Year. The Pixel Tablet is coming in 2023. Google Glass's successor teased at I/O. Google Pixel 6a Coming This Summer, 7/7 Pro Likely to Follow This Fall. Pixel 6a released. Framework's Chromebook Is Bringing Modularity to ChromeOS. Samsung's Galaxy S22 Ultra Is the Galaxy Note Reboot We've Been Waiting For. Everything Samsung Announced at Galaxy Unpacked. Galaxy S23 reportedly ditching Exynos chips, going for Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 worldwide. Geekbench just banned the last four years of Samsung flagships over throttling debacle. Carl Pei's Nothing is working on a smartphone. Nothing Has Officially Launched its Phone, and It's Too Bad It's Not Coming to The U.S. Nothing Ear Stick Event. The OnePlus 10 Pro is launching globally next month with OxygenOS 12.1, not Unified OS [Update]. The New These show notes have been truncated due to length. For the full show notes, visit https://twit.tv/shows/all-about-android/episodes/609 Hosts: Jason Howell, Ron Richards, and Huyen Tue Dao Co-Host: JR Raphael Guest: Chet Haase Sponsor: Code Comments