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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#528: I Dream of Genie

August 8th, 2025 · 62 minutes

It's cool that Google is working on a way to let you spawn 3D map environments, but who is all this AI for?

#527: Making Adjustments

July 31st, 2025 · 60 minutes

The Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 7, the Google Home outage, and why YouTube is clamping down on underage users.

#526: Bananas

July 24th, 2025 · 59 minutes

Google's Q2 2025 earnings report is bananas. No one is clicking on links fetched by AI.

#525: The Future First

July 17th, 2025 · 61 minutes

Google's pivot away from ChromeOS has been greatly exaggerated.

#524: Antioxidant Index

July 11th, 2025 · 62 minutes

Samsung unpacked its expensive new foldables. Perplexity and OpenAI are coming for Google's AI-powered search.

#523: Les Misérables

July 4th, 2025 · 65 minutes

It's been a miserable week for Google. So, before we get into it, much ado about Nothing.

#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?