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Material is a weekly discussion about the Google and Android universe. Your intrepid hosts try to answer the question, “What holds up the digital world?” The answer, so far, is that it’s Google all the way down. Hosted by Andy Ihnatko and Florence Ion.

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  • #585
    Friday · 1 hr 1 min

    585: Never Look Inside the Black Box

    Samsung responds to the iPhone Duo launch, Google tests a new scheme to pay publishers for AI use, and a 9-year-old racks up a $118,000 bill on YouTube ad campaigns.

  • #584
    September 12 · 1 hr 2 min

    584: Sure, We Can Talk

    Apple entered the foldables world, and Flo went hands-on _ish_.

  • #583
    September 4 · 55 min

    583: Pudding

    We're not too thrilled about the Mr. Beast collab with Google, or Google Maps renaming Lake Ontario. We explain why the latter happens every time a lake gets unnecessarily renamed.

  • #582
    August 27 · 1 hr 10 min

    582: Thank God, Me!

    New phone, new problems. Andy regales us with the tale of upgrading to the Pixel 11 Pro XL.

  • #581
    August 21 · 1 hr 1 min

    581: Element of Surprise

    Andy pretends he's got a four-year-old Pixel that needs upgrading. You'll never guess what happens next. And why is Google buying up Spirit Airlines' data?

  • #580
    August 14 · 50 min

    580: Facts, Not Feelings

    Android Authority's Stephen Schenck joins Flo to discuss Made by Google mania and whether Trevor Noah makes a worthy host.

  • #579
    August 6 · 1 hr 2 min

    579: Musical Chairs

    Google's top AI researchers are heading for greener pastures. The company adds generative AI where it should never have been.

  • #578
    July 31 · 58 min

    578: Flim Flam

    Google made a ton of money last quarter on AI, which is good, because now it owes the EU $1 Billion for violating the Digital Markets Act.

  • #577
    July 23 · 53 min

    577: The Squatter Foldable

    More Android XR and foldable devices are on the way, just as Google quadruples its profits.

  • #576
    July 17 · 1 hr 3 min

    576: Another Chance

    OnePlus is done for in the U.S. and Europe, but why? Don't drunkenly hijack a Waymo to go around shooting water pellets.

  • #575
    July 10 · 45 min

    575: Declaration of Independence

    Google surprises us with an invite to its Pixel launch event before Samsung can even get the word out on its foldables. And why is Google using AI to sign the Declaration of Independence?

  • #574
    July 3 · 55 min

    574: What's Going On?

    What's happening in the world of Android phones? And more importantly, what's happening with Google's impact on the climate?

  • #573
    June 26 · 50 min

    573: Ice-cold Creepy

    What does the Google and A24 partnership mean for the future of moviemaking? And what will Android's Audio Memory "hear" for itself?

  • #571
    June 12 · 1 hr 5 min

    571: Siri the Valkyrie

    Siri AI isn't Gemini; it's something else. Apple details its revamped plans for the agentic battle ahead.

  • #570
    June 4 · 1 hr 5 min

    570: Bound for Life

    Google pleads with you to believe it's doing all that it can to save the water it wastes during an AI prompt. They also have a new experimental AI app that turns your to-do list into a children's story.

  • #569
    May 28 · 1 hr

    569: A Rare Occasion

    Flo and Andy both have had a few weeks with the new Fitbit Air. And—surprise, surprise—DuckDuckGo downloads have exponentially increased since last week's Google I/O keynote.

  • #568
    May 22 · 1 hr 5 min

    568: It Takes a Spark

    What's that Spark that's trying to start a fire? Why, that's all of Google's I/O 2026 announcements.

  • #567
    May 15 · 1 hr 2 min

    567: The Android Show I/O Edition

    We're talking about Android's evolution into an "intelligent" operating system and why Chrome is storing 4GB of data on your computer.

  • #566
    May 7 · 59 min

    566: Beer Commercials for Android

    Android Show is next week, what will we learn? Google's DeepMind workers overseas are taking action against the company's military AI contracts.

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