Blind Android Users Podcast

Episode 251: QUALCOMM SNAPDROGON 8 ELITE GEN 5Welcome to Episode 251, where our focus is on the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5.SPOTLIGHT: NEW QUALCOMM CHIPSIn keeping with its tradition, Qualcomm just wrapped up its annual chip summit in Maui, HI, where it showcased its newest Snapdragon chips.Alongside this, we also took a look at Xiaomi’s new phones, the Xiaomi 17-series of phones and the Xiaomi 15T.APP OF THE WEEK: HUXECourtesy of some 3 x-Google engineers, this week’s “app Of the Week” is “Huxe.”TIP OF THE WEEKFor this week’s “Tip of the week,” we continue exploring the new features of Pixel10-series as our friend, Joe Hodge brings us another feature of the Pixel phone called “Daily Listen.”Staying in touchMake a donation via PayPal, Email us your Android journey stories, suggestions or comments, subscribe to our Email list, join our Telegram and Facebook groups, subscribe to our YouTube channel.Leave us a voice message via our suggestions, comments and questions phone number at: +1-307-202-9797. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Episode 250: ONE UI8AND ACCESSIBILITYWelcome to Episode 250, where we meet One UI 8.SPOTLIGHT: One UI 8 Samsung rolled out One UI 8 to the S25-series of phones, however, this rollout Breaks Accessibility for those who like using their phones with the “Hide-Screen” feature enabled.With this on, gestures and other related functions are basically broken.For Pixel users and those enrolled to the QPR program, Google rolled out Android 16 QPR2 Beta 2.APP OF THE WEEK: JOPLINOur friend , Riz, demonstrates an open-source note-taking app called “Joplin.”TALKBACK HIGHLIGHT: Customizing Braille keyboard gesturesFor this episode’s “Talkback Highlights,” John shows you how to customize your Talkback Braille keyboard gestures.JIESHUO: SUSPENDING GESTURESKareen takes you on a journey of suspending all Jieshuo gestures to increase your typing experience.TIP OF THE WEEKFor this week’s “Tip of the week,” we continue exploring the new features of the Pixel 10 series as we meet “Magic Cue.”Staying in touchMake a donation via PayPal, Email us your Android journey stories, suggestions or comments, subscribe to our Email list, join our Telegram and Facebook groups, subscribe to our YouTube channel.Leave us a voice message via our suggestions, comments and questions phone number at: +1-307-202-9797. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Episode 249: MEET TALKBACK16.1Welcome to Episode 249, where we meet Talkback 16.1.ANNOUNCEMENTS: The death of Nova LauncherFor those of you lovers of the Nova Launcher, it seems that the sweet journey has come to an end as the developer announces the end of the road for this beloved Launcher.ANDROID BASICS: Talkback 16.1With the announcement of Android Accessibility Suite 16.1, we meet Talkback 16.1 with notable changes to typing and touch responsiveness, focus delay, customizable virtual Braille keyboard, etc.TALKBACK HIGHLIGHT: Adjusting Focus Delay in Talkback16.1For this episode’s “Talkback Highlight,” we show you how to adjust the Focus Delay, one of the features of Talkback16.1TIP OF THE WEEKFor this week’s “Tip of the week,” we continue exploring the new features of Pixel10-series as our friend Joe Hodge demos the “Help Me Edit,” found in the Pixel Camera.Staying in touchMake a donation via PayPal, Email us your Android journey stories, suggestions or comments, subscribe to our Email list, join our Telegram and Facebook groups, subscribe to our YouTube channel.Leave us a voice message via our suggestions, comments and questions phone number at: +1-307-202-9797. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Episode 248: The State of Translation apps in 2025Welcome to Episode 248, discussing the state of Translation apps in 2025.ANDROID BASICS: The state of Translation apps in 2025With AI changing the landscape in technology, we discuss the state of Translation apps in 2025 as to what their role is in this evolution.SPOTLIGHT: Samsung unveils new devices The Samsung Tablets were usually unveiled in October, but this year, Samsung moved it to the month of September.In Google land, the “Pixel Feature-drop” (QPR1 stable) dropped including the September security patch, where Google addresses some 120+ issues, including some serious issues affecting Qualcomm, Media tech and ARM-powered devices.TIP OF THE WEEKFor this week’s “Tip of the week,” we continue exploring the new features of the Pixel 10 series as we demo the “Take a Message” feature.I dubbed this as, “bring back my retro Answering Machine.”Staying in touchMake a donation via PayPal, Email us your Android journey stories, suggestions or comments, subscribe to our Email list, join our Telegram and Facebook groups, subscribe to our YouTube channel.Leave us a voice message via our suggestions, comments and questions phone number at: +1-307-202-9797. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Episode 247: A BIG WELCOME TO SOUNDSCAPE FOR ANDROIDWelcome to Episode 247, where we salute the folks from the “Scottish Tech Army,” the great folks behind “Soundscape for Android.”SPOTLIGHTIn this week’s spotlight, are Kirsty Macintosh, Dave Craig and Tunde Ojelabe of the “Scottish Tech Army” group that brought “Soundscape to Android.”These wonderful folks intimated us to the development of the app from a pure voluntary effort.We’re thankful for their work and commend them for such a heroic undertaking to something that even the original developer of the app claimed it wasn’t’ doable for Android.PIXEL 10 PRO XL UNBOXINGIn the “Unboxing segment,” we’re delighted to unbox the Pixel 10 Pro XL.TIP OF THE WEEKIn our “Tip of the week,” we feature one of the new features that came with the Pixel 10 series—The Scene Description feature, found in the Pixel Camera.Staying in touchMake a donation via PayPal, Email us your Android journey stories, suggestions or comments, subscribe to our Email list, join our Telegram and Facebook groups, subscribe to our YouTube channel.Leave us a voice message via our suggestions, comments and questions phone number at: +1-307-202-9797. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  Episode 246: MADE BY GOOGLE 2025Welcome to Episode 246, the “Made By Google 2025” Episode.ANDROID BASICSAug. 20, 2025 was a very busy day for Google as they pushed out the Android 16 QPR2 Beta 1 as well as the 3rd iteration of the “Android Canary.”SpotlightThis week, the Spotlight is on the “Made By Google 2025” event where Google unveiled the Pixel 10-series, including the Pixel Watch 4 and the Pixel Bud A-Series in the way of the Pixel Buds 2A.APP OF THE WEEKKeeping in step with the “Made By Google 2025,” this week’s “App of the week” is a “made By Google” app in the way of the “Google Password Manager” stand-alone App to quickly get to the in-built Google Password Manager.Staying in touchMake a donation via PayPal, Email us your Android journey stories, suggestions or comments, subscribe to our Email list, join our Telegram and Facebook groups, subscribe to our YouTube channel.Leave us a voice message via our suggestions, comments and questions phone number at: +1-307-202-9797. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Episode 245: COLOR-DETECTION APPS, DO WE NEED THEM IN 2025?Welcome to Episode 245 where we take a look at Color-detection aps.ANDROID BASICSDo we still need these COLOR-DETECTION APPS in 2025 with all the AI?SpotlightThis week, the Spotlight is on the Android 16 QPR1 Beta 3.1 with some 24 bug-fixes and a crucial fix for those who use Voice-dictation.APP OF THE WEEKFor this week’s “app of the week,” we bring you an e-book reading app, simply called, “SayIt.”TIP OF THE WEEKFor this week’s “Tip of the week,” we highlight a new feature of the Google “Messages app” called “Protection and Safety.”Staying in touchMake a donation via PayPal, Email us your Android journey stories, suggestions or comments, subscribe to our Email list, join our Telegram and Facebook groups, subscribe to our YouTube channel.Leave us a voice message via our suggestions, comments and questions phone number at: +1-307-202-9797. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Episode 244: What’s New with “ReVision Fitness”Welcome to Episode 243 where the focus is on “ReVision Fitness.”SpotlightThis week, our friend Tyler Merren from “ReVision Fitness” joins us to talk about the new happenings with “ReVision Fitness” and updates us about an upcoming event.APP OF THE WEEKFor this week’s “app of the week,” we bring you a long-awaited “Soundscape” app adapted for Android by the “Scottish Tech Army.”TIP OF THE WEEKFor this week’s “Tip of the week,” John shows you how to customize the “Recent Apps” screen on your Samsung Galaxy phone.Staying in touchMake a donation via PayPal, Email us your Android journey stories, suggestions or comments, subscribe to our Email list, join our Telegram and Facebook groups, subscribe to our YouTube channel.Leave us a voice message via our suggestions, comments and questions phone number at: +1-307-202-9797. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Episode243: Who are Tablets For?Welcome to Episode243 where the focus is on Tablets.ANDROID BASICS (Who are Tablets for?)Your faithful crew talks about the pros and cons of Tablets and who these could be suited for.SpotlightOur friend Joe Hodge reviews the “Lenovo Legion Tab Gen 3.”APP OF THE WEEKFor this week’s “app of the week,” we bring you a little fun app called “Luck by Chance.”Staying in touchMake a donation via PayPal, Email us your Android journey stories, suggestions or comments, subscribe to our Email list, join our Telegram and Facebook groups, subscribe to our YouTube channel.Leave us a voice message via our suggestions, comments and questions phone number at: +1-307-202-9797. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Episode242: 2025 3rd Quarter Open-Listener SessionWelcome to our 3rd Quarter Open-listener session of 2025.ANNOUNCEMENTS:Our sister site: Accessible Android marks its 2nd anniversary since inception.SpotlightThis week, as part of the 2025 3rd Quarter Open-listener Session, we interact with some Developers who talked about their projects.Philip Bennefall from Blastbay, Muhammed and Abdala from TableEx and Lillian Fidler from Lillian Fidler design, updated us on their projects.Android BasicsThis is the general topic area where listeners discussed things they are happy with and those they’re not happy with.Staying in touchMake a donation via PayPal, Email us your Android journey stories, suggestions or comments, subscribe to our Email list, join our Telegram and Facebook groups, subscribe to our YouTube channel.Leave us a voice message via our suggestions, comments and questions phone number at: +1-307-202-9797. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Episode241: ARE CURRENCY RECOGNIZERS NECESSARY IN 2025?Welcome to Episode 241.ANNOUNCEMENTS:Our 3rd quarter “open-listener session” is scheduled for July 26, 2025 at 9AM Pacific time.Join us and interact with some Devs.Android BasicsIn this week’s episode, your faithful crew discusses as to whether or not “Cash Readers” are relevant in 2025 with all the AI capabilities.SpotlightGoogle dropped the final beta of QPR1 in the way of Beta 3.Alongside that, Google introduced “Gemini Feature-drops” with its dedicated page tracker.App of the weekFor this week’s “app of the week,” we focus on “DBMB”—An app to silent unknown callers.Jieshuo (CSR) SEGMENTThe developer of Jieshuo Screen Reader introduces the “Jieshuo Max.”TIP OF THE WEEKFor this week’s “Tip of the week,” John demonstrates some of Gemini’s capabilities on a WearOS Watch.Staying in touchMake a donation via PayPal, Email us your Android journey stories, suggestions or comments, subscribe to our Email list, join our Telegram and Facebook groups, subscribe to our YouTube channel.Leave us a voice message via our suggestions, comments and questions phone number at: +1-307-202-9797. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

EPISODE 240 SAMSUNG SUMMER2025 GALAXY UNPACKEDWelcome to Episode 240.In this week’s episode, our focus is on the Samsung2025 Summer Galaxy Unpacked.Android Basics1. Google July Pixel Drop2. Android Canary3. Galaxy S24 and S25 July Security patchSpotlightIn the spotlight, we spotlight the “Samsung2025 Summer Galaxy Unpacked devicesApp of the weekFor this week’s “App of the week,” we are focused on the “Vocalizer AI.”Staying in touchMake a donation via PayPal, Email us your Android journey stories, suggestions or comments, subscribe to our Email list, join our Telegram and Facebook groups, subscribe to our YouTube channel.Leave us a voice message via our suggestions, comments and questions phone number at: +1-307-202-9797. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

EPISODE 239 THE STATE OF RADIO APPS IN 2025Welcome to Episode 239.In this week’s episode, our focus is on the state of Radio apps in 2025.Android Basics: RADIO APPS IN 20251. TuneIn Radio,2. VRadio,3. Cloud Radio,4. AudialsPlay AND5. Radio - Apps (Radio FM).SpotlightIn the spotlight, we spotlight the “Nothing Phone.:App of the weekFor this week’s “App of the week,” our focus is on the “Open Document Reader.Staying in touchMake a donation via PayPal, Email us your Android journey stories, suggestions or comments, subscribe to our Email list, join our Telegram and Facebook groups, subscribe to our YouTube channel.Leave us a voice message via our suggestions, comments and questions phone number at: +1-307-202-9797. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Episode 238, Blastbay TTS for Windows and the Quest for an Android VersionAndroid BasicsWe discuss what's new in Android 16 QPR1 Beta 2.1.SpotlightWe have the privilege of talking to Philip Bennefall of Blastbay Studios, the developer behind new text-to-speech voices for Windows. We discuss the process of creating the TTS engine and the possibility of an Android Version.Staying in touchMake a donation via PayPal, Email us your Android journey stories, suggestions or comments, subscribe to our Email list, join our Telegram and Facebook groups, subscribe to our YouTube channel.Leave us a voice message via our suggestions, comments and questions phone number at: +1-307-202-9797. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to Episode 237.In this week’s episode, our focus is on the review and impressions of the Motorola Razr+2024.SpotlightJohn treats us to a quick review and impressions of the Motorola Razr+2024, where the crew members voice their opinions of the phone.App of the weekFor this week’s “App of the week,” our focus is on the “Office Viewer Reader” by “nTools.”Staying in touchMake a donation via PayPal, Email us your Android journey stories, suggestions or comments, subscribe to our Email list, join our Telegram and Facebook groups, subscribe to our YouTube channel.Leave us a voice message via our suggestions, comments and questions phone number at: +1-307-202-9797. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

EPISODE 236 ANDROID 16 RELEASE AND MOREWelcome to Episode 236.This week has been busy for Google as Android 16 Public release drops including the “Pixel Feature-drop” and the Android 16 QPR1 Beta 2 ANNOUNCEMENTSWe knew that at some point, the ElevenLabs Reader would become a subscription-based access, but we didn’t think it was coming this soon.The usage of this app requires subscription.ANDROID BASICSBesides Google dropping Android 16 QPR1 Beta 2, Samsung wasn’t sitting around, thus, One UI 8 Beta 2 for the S25-Series of phones equally dropped.SpotlightIn the spotlight is the Android 16 Public release and the “Pixel-feature-drop.”App of the weekFor this week’s “App of the week,” our focus is on the “1Cross” Bible app.ANDROID JOURNEY WITH mckensie ParkerMckensie Parker joins us to talk about her Android Journey story.Staying in touchMake a donation via PayPal, Email us your Android journey stories, suggestions or comments, subscribe to our Email list, join our Telegram and Facebook groups, subscribe to our YouTube channel.Leave us a voice message via our suggestions, comments and questions phone number at: +1-307-202-9797. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Episode 235, a visit with the developers of TableExAndroid basicsWe discuss the release of Android 16 QPR Beta 1.1.SpotlightWe are joined by the developers of TableEx – an app designed so that blind and visually impaired people can play classic board and card games.App of the weekWarren brings us a demonstration of a new bible app, Random Scripture Verse Picker.Staying in touchMake a donation via PayPal, Email us your Android journey stories, suggestions or comments, subscribe to our Email list, join our Telegram and Facebook groups, subscribe to our YouTube channel.Leave us a voice message via our suggestions, comments and questions phone number at: +1-307-202-9797. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Episode 234, Seeing Assistant GoAndroid basicsWe discuss what’s new in the recently launched Samsung One UI 8 Beta available on the S25 series of phones.  Enroll via the Samsung Members app.SpotlightWe are joined for a conversation by the developers of Seeing Assistant GO – an app we recently discussed when we surveyed the state of GPS apps.Talkback highlightsJohn demonstrates the new table navigation mode in Talkback 16.Staying in touchMake a donation via PayPal, Email us your Android journey stories, suggestions or comments, subscribe to our Email list, join our Telegram and Facebook groups, subscribe to our YouTube channel.Leave us a voice message via our suggestions, comments and questions phone number at: +1-307-202-9797. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Episode 233, Google I/O 2025Android16 QPR1Beta1Google preceded the public release of Android16 with “Android16QPR1Beta1.”SpotlightThis week, the focus is on Google I/O 2025 – Google’s annual developer conference which took place on 20 and 21 May.  The crew discuss the highlights, but it’s worth reading the 100 I/O announcements in full.App of the weekFocusing on one of the I/O announcements, Warren demonstrates the Google Notebook LM app.Talkback highlightsJohn demonstrates the new screen description feature in Talkback 16.Staying in touchMake a donation via PayPal, Email us your Android journey stories, suggestions or comments, subscribe to our Email list, join our Telegram and Facebook groups, subscribe to our YouTube channel.Leave us a voice message via our suggestions, comments and questions phone number at: +1-307-202-9797. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Episode 232, Talkback 16Android basicsThis week, we discuss the release of Talkback 16.SpotlightIt’s a busy section this week.  We talk about various phones including the Samsung S25 Edge, The Sony Xperia 1 VII and the latest Android 16 Beta.Talkback highlightsJohn shows us how to ask follow up questions when you have a Talkback image description – a new feature of Talkback 16.Staying in touchMake a donation via PayPal, Email us your Android journey stories, suggestions or comments, subscribe to our Email list, join our Telegram and Facebook groups, subscribe to our YouTube channel.Leave us a voice message via our suggestions, comments and questions phone number at: +1-307-202-9797. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.