Calling All Platforms Tech - Tech News For Fans Of Apple, Google And Microsoft

  Apple: 1:00 - LCD version of the iPhone may be delayed until October. - Updates from last weeks episode. - Apple sent out a firmware update to fix the i9 issues. - eBay starting to accept Apple Pay. - Siri is getting better. - Apple opens really cool new store in Milan.   General Tech: 15:00 - Samsung working on a 'unbreakable' OLED panel.   Google: 20:02 - Chromecast turns 5 - Developer Preview 5 available. Final release coming soon. - Grammar check coming to Google Docs.   More General Tech: 28:30 - Wireless Charger Duo from Samsung leaked.   Gaming: 32:13 - Fortnite coming to Android as a Samsung Note 9 exclusive. At first. - Alto's Odyssey is officially on Android! - No Man Sky now on Xbox. - New Games with Gold. - Indie Game Spotlight of the Week: Banner Saga 3 from Stoic Studios. - Overwatch League Finals!   Support us!   Contact: podcast@callingallplatforms.com Social: Facebook Twitter YouTube   Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Android

  Google: 1:25 - The EU is fining Google $5 billion!   General Tech: 11:23 - Samsung rumored to be making a Bixby speaker. - Corning Gorilla Glass 6 announced.   Microsoft: 17:32 - Microsoft Store get updated look. - Quarterly profits are up. - Microsoft, Google, Facebook and Twitter are teaming up to benefit consumers!   Apple: 29:39 - New MacBook Pros have the fastest SSD in a laptop. - iFixit has posted it's tear-down of the new MacBook Pros. - The updated keyboard is quieter. - Apple celebrates World Emoji Day with memojis.   General Tech: 41:57 - Details for Intel's upcoming mobile chips have leaked. - Comcast won't be buying Fox.   Gaming: 44:24 - Alto's Odyssey is coming to Android on July 26. - Xbox Ultimate Game Sale. - Sea of Thieves update. - Overwatch League.    Support us!   Contact: podcast@callingallplatforms.com Social: Facebook Twitter YouTube   Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Android

  Microsoft: - Teams is now available to everyone for free. - Whiteboard app coming to iOS and the web.   Google: - Android Messages for web. - Android P Developer Preview 4 now available. - Measure ARCore app now in the Play Store. - Google Pay is getting some great new features. - Google Clips is getting a time lapse feature. - Google Podcasts app now in the Play Store.   General Tech: - IGTV is now a thing.   Apple: - iOS 12 Precise Location. - All the new audio hardware from Apple not coming until 2019. - Samsung vs. Apple is finally over! - New iPhone lineup to come in more colors. - iPhone 3G and the App Store are now 10 years old. - Rumors suggest no new iPhone SE. - New MacBook Pros!   General Tech: - Comcast is trying to outbid Disney for Fox.   Gaming: - Alto's Odyssey pre-registration is now in the Play Store. - Minecraft Update Aquatic. Also now on Switch. - Google is working on a game streaming service. May be buying a game studio. - Vermentide 2 now on Xbox. - Rocket League is now on Xbox Game

  Google: - You can now edit location info in Google Photos on the web. - Vivo Nex with a pop-up selfie camera.   E3 2018!!     Support us!   Contact: podcast@callingallplatforms.com Social: Facebook Twitter YouTube   Subscribe on iOS Subscribe on Android

  Microsoft: - Microsoft buys GitHub. - Qualcomm announces Snapdragon 850 made for PCs.    Google: - Google Pixel 3 XL prototype images have leaked. - Android P DP 3 now available. - Android P confirmed to be Android 9   General Tech: - Amazon Fire TV Cube announced.   Apple: - WWDC 2018!!!   Gaming: - Pogs are back! - Crackdown 3 is now pushed back to 2019. - More games are gaining cross play support.     Support us!   Contact: podcast@callingallplatforms.com Social: Facebook Twitter YouTube   Subscribe on iOS Subscribe on Android

  Microsoft: - Edge on iOS now supports e-books. - Groove on Android and iOS is going away. - Microsoft Family settings are now on Android through the Microsoft Launcher.   Apple: - iOS 11.4 released. - No hardware to be announced at WWDC. - According to rumors the SE 2 will have a notch. - Bigger OLED 2018 iPhone could have 3 cameras. - Apple opens a tech hub in Oregon.   Google: - Snake now available inside of Google Play Games. - New Pixel phones rumored to be made by Foxconn. - Alleged screen protector for the new Pixels show a notch on the XL. - New Google Lens features shown off at IO are now available. - Project Fi now has 6 available phones to buy.   Gaming: - Sea of Thieves update. - New Games with Gold - Lots of new games for Xbox Game Pass. - Fallout 76 - Fortnite should be coming to the Switch soon. - PUBG is suing Fortnite.   Support us!   Contact: podcast@callingallplatforms.com Social: Facebook Twitter YouTube   Subscribe on iOS Subscribe on Android

  Apple: - Media invites have been sent out for WWDC. - Our WWDC wishlist. - TSMC has started A12 manufacturing.   General Tech: - An Amazon Echo sent a conversation to a persons contact... That's not creepy at all.   Android: - HTC U12+ announced. - Samsung is rumored to be making some Wear OS watches. - Twitter on Android will now show Twemoji.   More General Tech: - Starbucks moment payments app is used more often than Apple Pay, Google Pay and Samsung Pay.   Gaming: - Apple rejected the Steam Link app. After first approving it.     Support us!   Contact: podcast@callingallplatforms.com Social: Facebook Twitter YouTube   Subscribe on iOS Subscribe on Android

  Apple: - iGuess - Spigen is making 20th Anniversary iPhone cases that are amazing! - Multiple Apple products are getting awards that we didn't know were a thing...   Microsoft: - Surface Hub 2 announced.   Google: - Google Duplex will announce that it is an AI. - That Android TV dongle we talked about? It's real. For developers - JBL announced the Link Bar - Linux app support is coming to Chrome OS. - YouTube Premium and YouTube Music announced. - Google may be releasing a Pixel branded smartwatch. - Qualcomm to announce new Wear 3100 smartwatch chip. - Google and Qualcomm have teamed up to make Android P even easier for OEMs to update their devices. - Google may require OEMs to push security updates. - OnePlus 6 announced.  - Some of the new Android P features.   Gaming: - NES and SNES Classic are coming back! - Minecraft Aquatic update. - Xbox May update is out. - Sea of Thieves and Chips Ahoy have teamed up. - Closed crews on Sea of Thieves. - The Curse of Tristram Starcraft 2 Map. - Overwatch Anniversa

  This episode is all about Microsoft Build 2018! Wes and Landen go over most of the details that interested us the most. 

  Apple: - 20th anniversary of the iMac. - iOS 11.4 disables everything on the lightning port except charging after a week. - 2018 LCD iPhone screen will basically be the same panel as what is in the LG G7.   Gaming: - Steam Link app coming to Android, iOS, Apple TV.   Google I/O: - So many cool things.  - Lots of AI and Machine Learning talk. - More updates for Gmail. - More AI in Google Photos. - Tons of new features coming to Google Assistant. - Digital Wellbeing. - Updated News app. - So many things with Android. - AR and Assistant in Google Maps. - Google Lens. Everywhere.     Contact: podcast@callingallplatforms.com Social: Facebook Twitter YouTube   Subscribe on iOS Subscribe on Android

  We apparently forgot that this is supposed to be a tech podcast. For about 16 minutes. Oops...   Google:  -All the news is coming next week with I/O.   General Tech: - LG G7 ThinQ - Facebook has a dating app now. - Facebook is bringing AR and language translation to Messenger. - T-Mobile and Sprint are merging.   Microsoft: - The latest Windows 10 update has a freezing issue. They are working on a fix, but until then we have a way to fix it.   Apple: - Ming Chi-Quo is leaving KGI Securities. NOOOOOO!!! - Rumors are saying that the 2018 iPhones may finally ship with an 18w power adapter and have USB-C to Lightning cable.   General Tech: - HTC released a teaser for their next phone. It shows a bunch of internal parts from an iPhone 6.   Gaming: - New Xbox Games with Gold. - We have a few more details for the new Tomb Raider game. - And I don't think we can make it through an episode without Wes and Caleb gushing over something in Overwatch.   Contact: podcast@callingallplatforms.com Social: Facebook Twitter

  Google: - Google has partnered with all the right people to get RCS moving forward. Finally. - Google is taking podcasts more seriously. - New features in Gmail. - LG G7 ThinQ to have a dedicated Google Assistant button. - Amazon Prime is going to cost more. Still well worth it. - Amazon Fire TV Cube coming soon.   Microsoft: - An update is still supposed to be coming in April... - Spotify's free version is getting better. - iTunes finally in the Microsoft store.   Apple: - New iPhone model numbers have been registered in Russia.  - New SE could launch as early as May. - New flagship version of iPhone could start as low as $550. - Apple is currently working on an AR/VR headset internally. - You can now play Holochess on an iPhone.   Gaming: - New Xbox update. - New games coming to Game Pass. - Microsoft and Discord team up. - Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery is the wrong way to go a mobile game. In case you're still interested it is available on iOS and Android. - Nintendo announced Dragalia Lost coming to i

  Google: - Google at NAB. - Apple has poached Google's head of AI.      - Wes ruined some of Caleb's news here: An internal memo from Apple telling people not to leak anything was leaked. Naturally. - First gen Pixel phones are no longer available from the Google Store. - Potential Android TV Dongle hits the FCC. - John Legend used only Pixel 2 phones to record his latest music video. - Your phone may not updated to the security patch that you think it is. - Doogee Mix 4 takes the bezelless experience to a whole new level. With a slider phone. - Xiaomi Black Shark gaming phone.   General Tech: - Spotify has partnered with Hulu to offer a subscription to both services for $12.99. - Intel has released a new lineup of CPUs.   Apple: - The Mac Pro is probably getting delayed until 2019. - Product (Red) iPhone 8.   Microsoft: - The latest update is still coming... In April... Maybe?   Gaming: - Indie Game Spotlight of the Week: Minit from Devolver Digital. - Overwatch is currently in it's latest PVE Brawl.  - De

  Microsoft: - Leadership shuffle.  - Excel is getting some 'connected' updates. - Windows is getting it's major spring update.   Google: - April security updates are available. - Google Home can now connect to Bluetooth speakers. - Google made an AR emoji scavenger hunt game. - OnePlus 6 will have a notch. And that's ok. - Palm is making a comeback.   Our favorite April Fools jokes from this year.   Apple: - New iPad - New education software. - Space gray keyboard, magic trackpad, and magic mouse now available. - Rumors for a Series 4 Apple Watch.   There is an M-Horse Pure 2. And Caleb is excited.   Gaming: - Indie Game Spotlight of the Week: Train Valley 2 from Flazm. - Fortnite Mobile is now available for all on iOS. - Overwatch Archives (King's Row Uprising) event happening on April 10th. - New Xbox Games with Gold. - Windows Spring sale is going on now.   We now have t-shirts! Buy them and other cool accessories here.   Contact: podcast@callingallplatforms.com Social: Facebook Twitter YouTube Subs

  Apple: - New bezelless iPad rumored coming at WWDC. - WWDC confirmed for week of June 4th. - Wireless charging pad and wireless Airpods charging case still rumored for March release. - Apple holding education event on the 27th of March. Conveniently the day after recording. - iPhone X in Blush Gold coming? - More Watch bands.   Tech, kind of: - Autonomous cars still need work.   Google: - Google adding a new API to Maps for AR features. - Google may have bought Lytro for $40 Million. - Android P may not support apps developed for Android 4.1 or lower. - Instant Apps in Google Play. 'Try before you buy.' - Get $200 statement credit on Pixel 2 and/ or free 18 WATT charger from the Google Store until end of March. - Original Pixel XL 8.1 update is messing with the way it charges. A fix is coming soon. - Samsung has filed for a 'pull to extend' smartphone display.   Microsoft: - Microsoft is in talks with joining in on the Movies Anywhere fun. - Facebook Video platform now on Xbox One. - Pocket Casts, podcast

  Apple: - Cheaper entry-level Macbook rumored to launch at WWDC - March event technically still possible.   Microsoft: - Chrome notifications may start using Windows Action Center. - Mixed Reality update coming with more features. - Teams gets another update. Caleb still hates it.   Google: - Android P Developer Preview 1 is now available. - The Nexus era is coming to an end.  - Lots of interesting new features coming to Android P. - Google Lens is live in Google Photos for everyone. - Google may be doing what Apple did and giving a free upgrade from HD movies to 4K. - Disney Parks are now available in Street View. - Navigate in Maps as Mario! - Galaxy S9 and S9+ getting the March security update already.   Gaming: - Sea of Thieves adds a quest for Golden Bananas! - Xbox Game Pass updates. - Warhammer: Vermintide 2 is out of beta. - Fortnite Battle Royale is getting ported to iOS and Android. - Jurassic World: Alive coming to iOS and Android this spring. AR Jurassic game!   www.callingallplatforms.com Conta

  The DXO Mark and Display Mate scores have come out for the Galaxy S9. Spoiler: it has great hardware.   Apple: - The rumored high end headphones are probably going to be geared more toward the noise cancellation space. - KGI is saying a new and cheaper Macbook Air coming in Q2.   Google: - March security updates are available. - Evan Blass: Android P Developer Preview getting a mid March release. - Hangouts Chat, Google's version of Slack, is available to G Suite users.   General Tech: - Amazon bought Ring for $1 Billion. - Amazon adds AR View to the Amazon shopping app.   Microsoft: - Teams is getting some mobile updates. - There is also a free version of Teams. - Cortana integration is coming to Outlook on mobile. - Redstone 4 update coming soon.     Gaming: - Lots of new games coming to Xbox Game Pass this month. - Sea of Thieves, Xbox bundle available. - Deep Rock Galactic now on Xbox Game Preview. - Marvel vs Capcom on Windows 10. - Indie Game Spotlight of the Week: Distortions from Among Giants. - Br

  Google: - Samsung announces the Galaxy S9 and S9+. - Best Buy offering $100 off on March 2 only for new Samsung phones. - Samsungs new Dex Pad actually seems kind of useful.  - Sony announces Xperia XZ2 and XZ2 Compact. - Nokia announces 1, 6, 7 Plus, and 8 Sirocco phones.   General Tech: - Swype keyboard is dead. But it's legacy lives on in pretty much every other keyboard. - Smartphone sales dropped for the first time ever in Q4 2017   Microsoft: - 3 PCs running Windows on ARM coming to 14 different carriers worldwide this spring. - Intel will have 5G connected PCs next year.   Apple: - Sketchy rumor alert: iPhone SE with larger 4.2" screen coming at WWDC. - Refreshed iPads may come in March. Probably press release announcement. - New version of Aripods coming sometime this year. - Latest Mobile OS stats put iOS and Android at 99.9% market share. Sorry Blackberry and Windows Phone. - Apple could announce the Airpower wireless charging pad in March. - KGI says Apple is developing high-end over ear headpho

  Google: - Samsung is working on '3D emoji' for the Galaxy S9. - LG to release their next flagship in June. - LastPass officially works with the autofill API in Android Oreo. - Pixelbook Sleeve now available in the Google Store for $100. - Google giving 20% discount to 'loyal' Nexus owners.   Microsoft: - Microsoft shared some of the limitations of Windows on ARM. - Amazon Music is now in the Microsoft Store.  - Xbox Party chat coming to the Xbox app on iOS and Android.   Apple: - The HomePod is leaving rings on wood furniture. - iFixit released their tear down of the HomePod, which gave us a lot of really interesting information.   Gaming: - Feral Interactive is bringing Rise of the Tomb Raider to macOS. - Mobile Game Spotlight of the Week: Monument Valley 2. Download on Android and iOS. - Indie Game Spotlight of the Week: Spooky Cellar from Bros Before Giraffes. - Xbox One S and One X getting support for 1440p displays. - EA is having a large sale on Xbox games. - Age of Empires is out!   www.callingallpl

  We start off today by going back in time. 20 years. Some crazy things happened at that time. Interesting things are happening now too.   Microsoft: - PWAs (Progressive Web Apps) are coming to Windows. - Windows Defender is coming to Windows 7 and 8.1. - Windows 10 is getting and updated Game Bar. - Also quicker Bluetooth pairing.   Apple: - Apple is now the 4th largest notebook seller in the world. - HomePod reviews are great.   Google: - Google has added 'Winter Sports' and 'Blocks' AR Stickers to the Google Camera. - Android P will reportedly have notch support. - Evan Blass has leaked the Dex Pad for the Samsung Galaxy S9.   Gaming: - Age of Empires releases on February 20! - Alto's Odyssey is coming to iOS February 22! Pre-order here. - Mario Kart Tour is coming sometime before March 2019. - The Overwatch League Stage 1 Finals were this past weekend.   www.callingallplatforms.com Contact: podcast@callingallplatforms.com Social: Facebook Twitter YouTube   Subscribe on iOS Subscribe on Android TuneI