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YouTube is almost old enough to drink, just in time for the sky to fall on Google Search. THIS EPISODE OF MATERIAL IS SPONSORED BY: * Vitally [https://vitally.io/material]: A new era for customer success productivity. Get a free pair of AirPods Pro when you book a qualified meeting. LINKS AND SHOW NOTES: * 20 ways we’re celebrating two decades of YouTube [https://blog.youtube/news-and-events/happy-birthday-youtube-20/] * It's Our Birthday, Let's Party [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OIuG1bBkfs0] * YouTube Turns 20: From ‘Lazy Sunday’ to ‘Hot Ones’ [https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/23/technology/youtube-20th-anniversary-timeline.html] * DOJ’s sweeping remedies would harm America’s economy and technological leadership [https://blog.google/outreach-initiatives/public-policy/doj-search-remedies-apr-2025/] SUPPORT MATERIAL WITH A RELAY FM MEMBERSHIP [https://relay.fm/material/join]

What's Google to do now that it's been ruled a monopoly? Google Translate for dolphins. LINKS AND SHOW NOTES: * Google Is Illegally Monopolizing Online Advertising Tech, Judge Rules [https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/17/technology/google-ad-tech-antitrust-ruling.html] * DolphinGemma: How Google AI is helping decode dolphin communication [https://blog.google/technology/ai/dolphingemma/] * College students in the U.S. are now eligible for the best of Google AI — and 2 TB storage — for free [https://blog.google/products/gemini/google-one-ai-premium-students-free/] SUPPORT MATERIAL WITH A RELAY FM MEMBERSHIP [https://relay.fm/material/join]

Gemini Live has us tickled, as does the Pixel 9a and all the announcements Google made at its Cloud Next conference. LINKS AND SHOW NOTES: * Google Pixel 9a Review: One of the Best Deals in Smartphones [https://gizmodo.com/the-google-pixel-9a-is-one-of-the-best-deals-in-smartphones-2000587378] * Google announces faster, more efficient Gemini AI model [https://arstechnica.com/ai/2025/04/googles-best-gemini-ai-model-is-showing-up-in-more-places/] * Google shows new AR glasses, VR headset at TED [https://www.axios.com/2025/04/08/google-ar-glasses-vr-headset-ted] * Google teases new homepage with Discover news stories and 'At a glance' widgets [https://9to5google.com/2025/04/09/google-homepage-discover-revealed/] SUPPORT MATERIAL WITH A RELAY FM MEMBERSHIP [https://relay.fm/material/join]

Fake movie trailers are ruining YouTube. Would you trust Gemini with your kids? LINKS AND SHOW NOTES: * Inside YouTube’s Weird World Of Fake Movie Trailers — And How Studios Are Secretly Cashing In On The AI-Fueled Video [https://deadline.com/2025/03/inside-youtube-fake-movie-trailers-1236352406/] * Google Is Closing Up Android Development, but It's Not What You Think [https://gizmodo.com/google-is-closing-up-android-development-but-its-not-what-you-think-2000581159] * Exclusive: Google will develop the Android OS fully in private, here's why [https://www.androidauthority.com/google-android-development-aosp-3538503/] * Google is working on Gemini for kids to help with homework and more [https://www.androidauthority.com/google-gemini-for-kids-apk-teardown-3540211/] SUPPORT MATERIAL WITH A RELAY FM MEMBERSHIP [https://relay.fm/material/join]

Gemini as a replacement for Google Assistant? Not on Andy's watch. Also, how Andy tamed Gemini 2.5 Pro. LINKS AND SHOW NOTES: * Gemini 2.5: Our most intelligent AI model [https://blog.google/technology/google-deepmind/gemini-model-thinking-updates-march-2025/] * I Quit Google for ChatGPT and Other AI Search—and I’m Not Going Back [https://www.wsj.com/tech/personal-tech/google-search-chatgpt-perplexity-gemini-6ac749d9] * Zen Browser [https://zen-browser.app/] SUPPORT MATERIAL WITH A RELAY FM MEMBERSHIP [https://relay.fm/material/join]