Google Pixel 4 boasts radar

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4.4 • 221 Ratings

🗓️ 18 October 2019

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

The latest handset from Google introduces a new way to control a phone without touching it. Is it actually useful, or an interesting gimmick? And the company's hardware chief Rick Osterloh tells us why he would warn a house-guest about the presence of smart devices. Plus, Nir Eyal, author of the new book "Indistractable" shares his strategies to help us all be less distracted by our gadgets. Presented by Rory Cellan-Jones, with BBC tech reporter Jane Wakefield, and special guest Charlotte Gee from the MIT Technology Review.

(Image: The new Google Pixel 4 smartphone displayed during a Google launch event in New York City, Credit: REUTERS/ Eduardo Munoz).

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0:00.0	On Radio 4, the more you listen, the more you see.
0:04.7	Hello, I'm Brian Cox.
0:05.6	And I'm Robin Ince, and this is The Infinite Monkey Cage.
0:08.3	In this series, we're going to have a planet off.
0:10.8	I feel like Jupiter wins.
0:12.8	And after all of that, we're just going to chill out a bit.
0:15.9	We're talking about your bog standard.
0:17.8	Ice, not the fancy one.
0:20.1	Science with funny bits.
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0:24.1	Listen on Radio 4 and BBC Sounds.
0:28.1	Thanks for downloading TechTent from the BBC World Service.
0:31.3	Find out more at BBCworldservice.com slash TechTent.
0:38.2	Hello and welcome to TechTent, your weekly update on all the hottest news and trends in the technology business.
0:44.4	I'm Rory Kathleen Jones and this week we focus on matters of tech etiquette.
0:49.2	Google's hardware boss tells us why we should warn visitors to our homes if smart speakers may be listening
0:55.3	to them. And a man whose job was advising tech companies on how to keep us glued to our gadgets
1:01.3	tells us how to unglue ourselves. Joining me this week is BBC Technology reporter Jane Wakefield. Hi, Jane.
1:07.9	Hello, Rory. Being glued to your gadgets all week. Well, I haven't even brought mine to the studio today.
1:12.3	I'm very good.
1:13.4	Very polite of you.
1:14.6	And my special guest is Charlotte G from MIT Technology Review.
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