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Assertion Supported
Judge Mehta Rules Google Keeps Chrome and Android in Remedy
“And the judge who brought the ruling on Tuesday, Amit Mehta, basically ruled across the board, none of that needs to happen. It can keep Chrome, it can keep Android, it can continue to pay for distribution within Apple devices, and the partnerships can continu…”
What-if
Krieger: Instagram's original Android app could be built in a week with AI
“Android we built. In about a month for Instagram, we could have done it probably in a week with the models”
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Mark Zuckerberg is deeply frustrated by Meta's dependency on Apple and Android
“The thing that I saw him the most frustrated about in our conversations was the fact that he has to go through Apple and Android in order to deliver his services. He hates just being an app on the phone”
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Kantrowitz: Apple risks losing phone sales without deep AI integration
“And if you wait for let's say a Samsung or some other Android to deeply integrate with a competitor and provide this experience while you're just standing still and you don't have this integrated into your operating system, I think you could really end up losi…”
Opinion
Siegler: Android Currently Lacks an AI Killer App Over iOS
“I don't think that that's necessarily the case right now for exactly the reasons that we're talking about, because I don't think that there's exactly the killer app that, that makes Android that much better than iOS right now.”
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Kantrowitz: Google search will be fine as long as defaults hold
“We are so accustomed to typing things into Chrome, ah, and into the search bar in our Android, and that pulls up Google searches, that as long as they're able to keep those defaults, they're going to be fine, but they may not.”
Opinion
Roy: Spinning off Chrome or YouTube beats forcing search syndication
“I think it's much cleaner spinoff Chrome. Spin off YouTube, spin off Android, one of those options, something like that would just make a lot more sense to me.”
What-if
Krieger: Instagram's month-long Android build would take one week with AI
“In about a month for Instagram, we could have done it probably in a week with the models”
Opinion
Roy: Gemini native Android integration is a massive advantage for Google
“I actually think glasses aside, just what Siri is supposed to do on the iPhone, like every Android device out there having Gemini as your voice interaction layer is, is a huge advantage.”
Disclosure
Bosworth: Meta uses low-level Android as OS foundation for AR/VR
“You know, we're all, we're using Android at the most underlying low level as the operating system.”