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This week in Android: Google fails, Samsung Galaxy S20 Plus giveaway
July 18, 2025
Thanks Hadlee, we feel the same way about Google this week.
Google I/O weekis usually the best week of the year for Google and Android, but the original timing of thecancelled 2020 eventmarks another epic fail, and this one isn’t to blame on a virus, no, Google themselves are to blame.
Reports and speculation swirled around the industry after somekey members of Google’s smartphone team told the company where to go and how to get there. Both the Google Pixel Manager and the man credited with thesuccess of the Pixel camerashave walked out. The report says that Rick Osterloh and others were disappointed in the Pixel 4 even before it launched.
We understand,we have some Pixel gripes as well. And now we’re worried about the future of Google phones.
Google is alsopulling the plug on Google Play Music, and most of us are not happy about that. I suppose Google’s research says that people want streaming services, and we can’t deny that YouTube is a beast, but isYouTube Musicthe future of audio that we really want? We’ll try to be impartial in our news coverage, but make no mistake, the vast majority of Android Authority writers I spoke to are not happy about this, myself included. While most of us will give YouTube Music a try to see what it’s all about, almost all of us are already migrating to a new permanent solution for our music. Funny thing,you agree with us. So just what is Google thinking?!?
Their smartphone efforts need some attention, but that may be the least of Google’s concerns in the near future, there is a good chance that theU.S. Justine Department will launch a new antitrust investigationinto the company. The DOJ is concerned about Google’s search and ad business, so maybe there is still hope for a Pixel 5 with some real specs. Oh,never mind.
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