We're kicking off summer...no, we're kicking off ANDROID Summer as Jason Howell, Huyen Tue Dao and Ron Richards get ready for a wild, green summer of new phones and operating systems with bumpy rollouts!

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00:05:43 - NEWS

This just in! T-Mobile is the best mobile carrier in the U.S. Can you believe it?
Drama update for the timeline on the Google Developer verification process
Looking for something to do with your old smartphone? Have you thought about turning it into a data center?
PATRON PICK: If not a data center, here's 5 other things you can do with your old Android phone

00:38:48 - HARDWARE

Jason reviews the Motorola Edge 2026
Lots of Nothing news as the CMF Phone is dead due to RAM Prices, the 4(B) Phone gets teased, and they're back dreaming up phones that will never get built
Finally, the Google Home Speaker gets an on-sale date and a price! June 25th and $99!
The OnePlus 16 might go bezel-less - where have we heard this before?

01:04:49 - APPS 'n SOFTWARE 'n STUFF

Android 17's rollout has been...not so smooth as some users have lost 5G support, and other users lost touch input, and some other users lost their widgets.
But hey, it's not all bad news with Android 17. They quietly added support for LHDC Audio!
Looks like Google is also working on something called "Audio Memory" which likely will improve music recognition but could also listen to your conversations...but you know, in a good way. Maybe? We hope
So you like to sideload apps, but how do you handle updates. Well, here's a solution!

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