Wed. 08/07 – Is The New Google TV Streamer An Apple TV 4K Killer?

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🗓️ 7 August 2024

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Google’s new TV streaming appliance, plus lots of lot of Gemini stuff is coming to Google Home and Nest and such. Elon tries to get advertisers to come back to X by… suing them. That time Intel had a chance to invest in OpenAI. And what new products can Airbnb dream up to make more money? Links: The Google TV Streamer might be the Apple TV 4K rival we’ve been waiting for (The Verge) Gemini intelligence is coming to Google Home (The Verge) Scoop: X sues major brands, ad industry group for antitrust (Axios) ‘There’s no price’ Microsoft could pay Apple to use Bing: all the spiciest parts of the Google antitrust ruling (The Verge) How chip giant Intel spurned OpenAI and fell behind the times (Reuters) The limited edition OnePlus Open is the most striking foldable phone yet (The Verge) Airbnb details plans to expand beyond short-term rentals, including co-hosting and relaunching ‘experiences’ (TechCrunch) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Tech Meam ride home for Wednesday, August 7th, 2024. I'm Brian McCullough today.
0:08.6	Google's new TV streaming appliance, plus lots of Gemini stuff is coming to Google Home and Nest and such.
0:15.1	Elon tries to get advertisers to come back to X by suing them.
0:21.8	That time Intel had a chance to invest in Open AI and what new products can AirB&B Dream
0:26.2	Up to make more money.
0:27.8	Here's what you missed today in the world of tech. Google yesterday unveiled the rumored $100
0:35.0	Google TV Streamer with better performance than
0:38.2	Chromcast with Google TV, thread and matter Support, and more.
0:43.0	It's all shipping September 24th, quoting the Verge.
0:47.0	Google isn't waiting for its upcoming hardware event to announce the Chromcast's successor,
0:51.4	by the way I didn't mention, but the Chromecast is definitely being
0:54.1	sunsetted now.
0:55.8	Quoting again, alongside the new Sleaker Nestor today, the company is
0:59.9	introducing the Google TV Streamer, a $99 set-top box that improves upon the
1:05.3	Chrome cast with Google TV with substantially better performance, also
1:09.4	thread and matter integration and useful new features like a remote finder.
1:13.8	Yes, there are some Gemini AI tricks thrown in and with other hardware upgrades like a built
1:19.0	in Ethernet Jack, the Google TV Streamer seems poised to be a much better entertainment hub than its predecessor.
1:24.8	The only downside, since it's not a dongle anymore, you'll have to provide your own
1:28.5	HDMI cable when it ships on September 24th.
1:31.9	The sloped low profile device comes in two colors porcelain, white, and
1:36.8	hazel dark gray, with the latter being exclusive to the Google store, unlike the
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