Buy your mom an iPhone — Sincerely, the Android Police podcast

Tim Cook threw us for a loop this week when he told us to go buy our moms iPhones as a way to “solve” the problem of iMessage not supporting RCS as a “texting” and “chatting” app. Whatever those terms mean. We get into a spirited debate on that topic, other Apple issues (of course), and a heaping plate of Google as our main course with this edition of the Android Police podcast. Yes, we're glad we're back.

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02:38 | Apple cores

• The Apple Watch Ultra is the rugged fitness watch Samsung should have made
• As Android wants to get rid of hole-punch cameras, Apple doubles down with Dynamic Island
• Google apps want in on iOS 16's lock screen widgets and we're not at all jealous or anything

17:54 | Google up

• Google could make the 256GB Pixel 7 more widely available than Pixel 6
• Google's next budget Chromecast shouldn't be prohibitively priced, after all
• These wild new Emoji Kitchen thumbs-up combos are pure nightmare fuel

31:25 | Google down

• Google cuts funding to Area 120, kills half of its projects prematurely
• Google is reportedly finished making Pixelbooks
• Google’s record Android EU fine won't be overturned, confirms court

41:39 | Why can't you two just get along?

• Tim Cook would rather sell you an iPhone than bring RCS to iMessage
• The sooner Android accepts RCS is dead, the sooner we can choose the next messaging platform that matters
• The iPhone 14 still can't perform a very simple task

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