The last official episode of the year is a biggy! Jason Howell, Ron Richards, Huyen Tue Dao, and Mishaal Rahman welcome not one but two amazing guests: Gizmodo's Florence Ion and The Verge's Sean Hollister! Featured in this episode: NEWS Sean was in the courtroom for the entire Epic v Google case!Google lost another antitrust ruling that threatens sideloading norms.Beeper's iMessage saga leads to US lawmaker attention.Patron News Story Pick: Google Messages giving RCS its background wallpaper.HARDWARE Pixie could outshine Assistant on the Pixel 9. More photos and specs of the Asus ROG Phone 8 and 8 Pro. OnePlus addresses quality control concerns by Xiaomi. APPS Gboard is getting stylus handwriting support. Google Keep is getting lockscreen note capabilities. Google Photos cloud content will be available to the Photo picker. Chrome for premium tablets will default to desktop mode. Google Maps is moving location tracking data on-device. COMMUNITY Bob from Pennsylvania talks about the real reason most Android users want messaging compatibility across platforms.Scott doesn't like YouTube Music's podcast strategy. (Another) Bob is happy that the band is back together again. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.