The Talk Show With John Gruber

Matthew Panzarino returns to the show. Topics include Google’s “Made by Google” hardware announcements (the Pixel phones, Google Wi-Fi routers, their Amazon Echo competitor Google Home), mobile photography, Samsung’s acquisition of Viv, and more.

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Links:

• TechCrunch: “Samsung Acquires Viv, a Next-Gen AI Assistant Built by Creators of Apple’s Siri”.
• Replacement Samsung Galaxy Note 7 phone catches fire on Southwest plane.
• Video of Google’s “Made by Google” event.
• Pixel phone specs.
• The DxO One camera peripheral for iPhone.
• Matthew’s 2012 “Hardware + Software Epiphany” tweet.
• The Here One in-ear “wireless listening system”.
• Steve Jobs meets ESPN president George Bodenheimer. Classic story.

This episode of The Talk Show was edited by Caleb Sexton.