Material is a weekly discussion about the Google and Android universe. Your intrepid hosts try to answer the question, “What holds up the digital world?” The answer, so far, is that it’s Google all the way down.

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    #522: Where Is the Love?

    June 26th, 2025 · 58 minutes

    Spotting wildfires from space and helping uncover the secrets behind that AlphaGenome. That's how Google would like to help.

    #521: The End (of the Web) is Nigh

    June 20th, 2025 · 60 minutes

    Is Google about to destroy the web? Yeah, kind of. The BBC explains why.

    #520: [Laughing]

    June 12th, 2025 · 69 minutes

    Android 16 is out (for Pixels only), and why does iOS 26 look like it's been raining?

    #519: Should Google Dump Itself?

    June 5th, 2025 · 64 minutes

    What would Google be like if all its various businesses were to break up and venture out on their own? Then, is Google planning anything for Pride Month?

    #518: Us Against the Robots

    May 29th, 2025 · 72 minutes

    Let's talk about what developers were promised at last week's Google I/O. Plus, what are Sam and Jony cooking up?

    #517: Chasing Movement

    May 23rd, 2025 · 80 minutes

    It's whiplash at Google I/O as Gemini sprouts up from every corner. Flo waited two hours to get several minutes of hands-on time with Google's Android XR smart glasses prototype and Project Moohan.

    #516: Google I/O Season

    May 15th, 2025 · 69 minutes

    Is anyone taking Waymo in LA? What was the point of splitting up the Android news maelstrom from the main Google I/O keynote? Also, the company launched a new logo while no one was looking.

    #515: Not Totally Screwed

    May 11th, 2025 · 74 minutes

    Google Search as you know it is over, Apple makes Alphabet's stock fall, and Gemini is coming for the kids.

    #514: Divestiture

    May 1st, 2025 · 68 minutes

    Money, money, money. It's getting funny (again) in Google's world. Also, how do we feel about the Android news severing off from the main Google I/O keynote?

    #513: Thinking of You(Tube)

    April 24th, 2025 · 67 minutes

    YouTube is almost old enough to drink, just in time for the sky to fall on Google Search.