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This week one of my favorite programs on Mac made its way to Windows, and it makes transcription so much easier, makes voice to text a lot easier. So I figured i'd talk about some of the ways that you can use AI and transcribing voice to text to your advantage.

This week one of my favorite programs on Mac made its way to Windows, and it makes transcription so much easier, makes voice to text a lot easier. So I figured i'd talk about some of the ways that you can use AI and transcribing voice to text to your advantage.

So it used to be.

So it used to be.

I'm sure you've heard of programs like Dragon Naturally speaking stuff like that. Voice to text has always been a thing, right, I mean, your phone has it, your computer has it, but it has only worked just so well now that AI is integrated into all of these transcription programs, it has never been easier to not only record things and transcribe them and summarize them, but also voice to text has gotten a lot better. So of course if you want to record something like a meeting, your phone can do it. Pixel has a great recorder app built in, Samsung has a voice recorder app built in, and then iOS of course has voice memos built in.

I'm sure you've heard of programs like Dragon Naturally speaking stuff like that. Voice to text has always been a thing, right, I mean, your phone has it, your computer has it, but it has only worked just so well now that AI is integrated into all of these transcription programs, it has never been easier to not only record things and transcribe them and summarize them, but also voice to text has gotten a lot better. So of course if you want to record something like a meeting, your phone can do it. Pixel has a great recorder app built in, Samsung has a voice recorder app built in, and then iOS of course has voice memos built in.

Now.

Now.

Pixel Recorder was always built with AI and search in it, so you've been able to do that for a long time. Ever since the Pixel Recorder app came out, Samsung and iOS they've always had a voice recorder functionality, but it just recently got that AI upgrade where now it can transcribe what you say or what it's hearing, and then of course summarize that as well. So Pixel is the only one that does this in real time. And so when I go to any sort of tech event, I pull out the Pixel smartphone and I sit it there and I can see what the person's saying on stage. So if I miss something, I can quickly go back to the transcription. It's almost like close capturing in real time, and I can see what the person said. So if they're like, oh, this is our seventy fourth computer, I said, wait, how many did they say?

Pixel Recorder was always built with AI and search in it, so you've been able to do that for a long time. Ever since the Pixel Recorder app came out, Samsung and iOS they've always had a voice recorder functionality, but it just recently got that AI upgrade where now it can transcribe what you say or what it's hearing, and then of course summarize that as well. So Pixel is the only one that does this in real time. And so when I go to any sort of tech event, I pull out the Pixel smartphone and I sit it there and I can see what the person's saying on stage. So if I miss something, I can quickly go back to the transcription. It's almost like close capturing in real time, and I can see what the person said. So if they're like, oh, this is our seventy fourth computer, I said, wait, how many did they say?

They did, oh, seventy four. So it's in real time.

They did, oh, seventy four. So it's in real time.

The other ones Samsung and iOS are not in real time, but they can all make a summary with bullet points. But you can also do it after the fact with any audio recording. So even if you just have a recording of audio, maybe your phone doesn't support the AI transcriptions just yet, maybe you have an older model, older software. You can take any audio recording, toss it into your computer and it will transcribe.

The other ones Samsung and iOS are not in real time, but they can all make a summary with bullet points. But you can also do it after the fact with any audio recording. So even if you just have a recording of audio, maybe your phone doesn't support the AI transcriptions just yet, maybe you have an older model, older software. You can take any audio recording, toss it into your computer and it will transcribe.

And these are all free.

And these are all free.

So on Mac I like an app called mac Whisper, and this is sort of my secret weapon. I take all my interviews, I toss them into mac Whisper and it transcribes them. Now I will tell you depending on how fast your computer is, some transcriptions take longer than others, but most of the time it's pretty quick. If you have like a pro, like a MacBook Pro, they're going to be very very fast. I notice when I switch to the standard MacBook Air not as fast for the transcriptions. But still it's free and you can choose from the models they use. So if you want to use claud, you can use that. If you want to use open Ai, you can use that. So just you can choose sort of the model it uses to transcribe. Now for PC there's an app called Vibe Transcribe. So this is an open source app, Vibe Transcribe, and you download it for your Windows computer. Again, just toss in an audio file and this works on Mac as well. Toss in an audio file and it will transcribe.

So on Mac I like an app called mac Whisper, and this is sort of my secret weapon. I take all my interviews, I toss them into mac Whisper and it transcribes them. Now I will tell you depending on how fast your computer is, some transcriptions take longer than others, but most of the time it's pretty quick. If you have like a pro, like a MacBook Pro, they're going to be very very fast. I notice when I switch to the standard MacBook Air not as fast for the transcriptions. But still it's free and you can choose from the models they use. So if you want to use claud, you can use that. If you want to use open Ai, you can use that. So just you can choose sort of the model it uses to transcribe. Now for PC there's an app called Vibe Transcribe. So this is an open source app, Vibe Transcribe, and you download it for your Windows computer. Again, just toss in an audio file and this works on Mac as well. Toss in an audio file and it will transcribe.

It.

It.

Tested it today and it worked like a charm. Then if you just want something on the web, if you don't want to download something, there's a web app called Whisper Web and this is machine learning powered speech recognition right in your browser, so you can record a file right there. You can use a URL, or you can drop in an audio file and it will transcribe those all for free, by the way, and by the way, these transcriptions are very accurate because of AI, but they're not always perfect. So if you're looking for perfection, you may have to It may take longer for the transcription because it has to listen more closely, or it has to do a little bit more analyzing, and that's what takes longer to make those better transcriptions. But most of the time I find that even on the fast setting, they're pretty good. Now, once you have that transcription, you can take that and toss it into AI and get the key takeaways or the main points. Or you can even go back and forth and ask about what was said in that briefing, that meeting, whatever it is that you're recording. So think about almost programming AI. So you take what the transcription does, you can toss it into something like a chat GBT and then have a back and forth like you're literally now talking to chat GPT about the conversation or the meeting or whatever you recorded. Hey, what did they say about you know, the projections for twenty twenty six? What are they looking like? And it will give you that information. I mean, it's really really cool how you.

Tested it today and it worked like a charm. Then if you just want something on the web, if you don't want to download something, there's a web app called Whisper Web and this is machine learning powered speech recognition right in your browser, so you can record a file right there. You can use a URL, or you can drop in an audio file and it will transcribe those all for free, by the way, and by the way, these transcriptions are very accurate because of AI, but they're not always perfect. So if you're looking for perfection, you may have to It may take longer for the transcription because it has to listen more closely, or it has to do a little bit more analyzing, and that's what takes longer to make those better transcriptions. But most of the time I find that even on the fast setting, they're pretty good. Now, once you have that transcription, you can take that and toss it into AI and get the key takeaways or the main points. Or you can even go back and forth and ask about what was said in that briefing, that meeting, whatever it is that you're recording. So think about almost programming AI. So you take what the transcription does, you can toss it into something like a chat GBT and then have a back and forth like you're literally now talking to chat GPT about the conversation or the meeting or whatever you recorded. Hey, what did they say about you know, the projections for twenty twenty six? What are they looking like? And it will give you that information. I mean, it's really really cool how you.

Can do this stuff.

Can do this stuff.

So I always when my kids school sends out like their zoom sort of school meeting, I will take that zoom, I'll download it, I'll transcribe it, I'll get the key points from AI, and then I'll paste that back into the school's bulletin board and I'm like, hey, here's this, here's the notes, because who wants to sit through two hours of a parent meeting that, you know, but if you can read the bullet points and see, oh the fundraisers coming up, we raise this much money this event is happening on this day, it's much more useful. So this sort of unlocks more knowledge, more information for everyone. Now some other tools that I love, and I've talked about these before, but I'll say them again because I really really do like these. One of them is called voice notes, so voice note voes dot com and this is sort of an AI enhanced digital notebook. So you can speak or you can type in notes, and then it uses AI to search through them. So think about this almost as a second brain. So you just say stuff. So this morning I was showing my wife. So anytime my kid says something silly, I will record it into this app and I'll say, oh, my kid Tanner said something. You know, whatever he says, you know, I call him tannerisms or parkerisms, and so if they say something, so I remember it forever. And so what I did this morning is I just asked the AI inside Voice Notes, I said, tell me all the funny things my kid said, and it will give you a little summary throughout all of your notes of what your kids said that was funny. Me and my wife are just sitting there laughing. Some of them you forget, and some of them you remember. Instantly, so that's kind of cool. And I love that they just added a new feature recently where you don't have to record. You can just copy and paste notes into there. So if you want to, you know, have a note that you whatever it is, a quote that you find in a book or whatever you want, you can copy and paste into Voice notes and that will go into your sort of AI archive, and that's really cool. Whisper memos. So this another one. I've talked about this probably so many times, but I love this one. This is very similar, but you can speak a note and this is iOS only you can speak a note and then have it email to yourself. So I personally love the Apple Watch app version of this because I can be sitting there in my car some sort of idea hits me, or I'm listening to some sort of program or an audio book and they say something interesting and I go, oh, let me record that, and I'll record it, it'll get transcribed and then email to me. Now, if you want a physical solution for all this, I've been testing two devices from PLoud Plaud.

So I always when my kids school sends out like their zoom sort of school meeting, I will take that zoom, I'll download it, I'll transcribe it, I'll get the key points from AI, and then I'll paste that back into the school's bulletin board and I'm like, hey, here's this, here's the notes, because who wants to sit through two hours of a parent meeting that, you know, but if you can read the bullet points and see, oh the fundraisers coming up, we raise this much money this event is happening on this day, it's much more useful. So this sort of unlocks more knowledge, more information for everyone. Now some other tools that I love, and I've talked about these before, but I'll say them again because I really really do like these. One of them is called voice notes, so voice note voes dot com and this is sort of an AI enhanced digital notebook. So you can speak or you can type in notes, and then it uses AI to search through them. So think about this almost as a second brain. So you just say stuff. So this morning I was showing my wife. So anytime my kid says something silly, I will record it into this app and I'll say, oh, my kid Tanner said something. You know, whatever he says, you know, I call him tannerisms or parkerisms, and so if they say something, so I remember it forever. And so what I did this morning is I just asked the AI inside Voice Notes, I said, tell me all the funny things my kid said, and it will give you a little summary throughout all of your notes of what your kids said that was funny. Me and my wife are just sitting there laughing. Some of them you forget, and some of them you remember. Instantly, so that's kind of cool. And I love that they just added a new feature recently where you don't have to record. You can just copy and paste notes into there. So if you want to, you know, have a note that you whatever it is, a quote that you find in a book or whatever you want, you can copy and paste into Voice notes and that will go into your sort of AI archive, and that's really cool. Whisper memos. So this another one. I've talked about this probably so many times, but I love this one. This is very similar, but you can speak a note and this is iOS only you can speak a note and then have it email to yourself. So I personally love the Apple Watch app version of this because I can be sitting there in my car some sort of idea hits me, or I'm listening to some sort of program or an audio book and they say something interesting and I go, oh, let me record that, and I'll record it, it'll get transcribed and then email to me. Now, if you want a physical solution for all this, I've been testing two devices from PLoud Plaud.

This is sort of an AI note taking device.

This is sort of an AI note taking device.

So remember those little micro recorders we used to have from radio shack as a kid. Well, well I did, I was a nerd. Now they have a digital version. And when I tell you this thing looks like a thin credit card, it is unbelievable. They did a really good job designing this thing. So they have two versions. They have plawed note, which looks like a business card. It's a digital cause I've almost said cassette recorder, digital recorder. Then they have the plowed pin, which I'm wearing on my wrist right now. And this you can wear on your wrist, you can hang around your neck, you can clip it to your shirt. But they both do the same thing. They record digitally and then it goes into the app and then it can transcribe and summarize what it heard. And you get super long battery life thirty hours for the note, twenty hours for the pin. Stand by time last for a long time. They've got a little way to attach the note to the back of your phone to record phone calls. Of course, I'm no lawyer. Check your local laws before you do that, make sure the other party is informed. And then you get a free plan. So when you buy this thing, you get about three hundred minutes of transcription a month. That's five hours. They cost about one hundred and sixty or one hundred and seventy dollars, and my initial impressions are that they work really well, and it's great if you're always in meetings, always doing interviews, and you don't want to tie up your phone because you might be thinking, rich, didn't you just say I can record with my phone. Yes, I think the idea behind these dedicated recorders is if you're always out and about and you don't want to tie up your phone because maybe you want to take pictures, maybe you want to do something else in your phone, scroll social media, or you just don't want it used up the whole time you're out. So again, these are called PLoud and it's just it's such a cool spin on like what you can do what we did as kids with that little recorder, that micro cassette recorder you now have in a digital format that, by the way, just looks really cool. And by the way, while we're on the topic of voice to text, I told you earlier my favorite voice to text app on Mac has made its way to Windows. It is called whisper Flow wispr flow, and I haven't like talked this up so much because it was only on Mac. But now it is on Windows and it is incredible. So you set a hot key once you download install it, you set a hot key on your keyboard. You press and hold that hot key like a walkie talkie. You talk into your microphone and your canter, and what you say is expertly transcribed and pasted wherever you are, So if you're in a word document, you're in chat, GBT, whatever it is. This is my secret weapon for getting emails responded too fast. And because it uses AI, it understands what you're saying, so if you stumble, you ramble, it'll clean it up. It gets paragraphs and punctuation right, and you get a whole bunch of words for free every month. I haven't even reached a free limit, but if you do more than that, you can pay again. That's whisper flow, all right. I'll link all this up on the website. Rich on tech dot tv for the show notes coming up your calls at triple eight rich one oh one. Welcome back to rich on Tech. Rich Demiro here hanging out with you, talking technology at triple eight rich one oh one eight eight eight seven four to two four one zero one. If you like the show, follow me on Instagram at rich on tech. You will find me there. And uh, if you want show notes, just go to the website rich on tech dot tv. I always mentioned a lot of helpful tips and tricks and links and programs and apps. So if you're looking for something and you want to find a link, it's all on the website rich on tech dot tv. This is episode one thirteen, so just click the little magnifying glass type in one thirteen and that will bring you to the show notes.

So remember those little micro recorders we used to have from radio shack as a kid. Well, well I did, I was a nerd. Now they have a digital version. And when I tell you this thing looks like a thin credit card, it is unbelievable. They did a really good job designing this thing. So they have two versions. They have plawed note, which looks like a business card. It's a digital cause I've almost said cassette recorder, digital recorder. Then they have the plowed pin, which I'm wearing on my wrist right now. And this you can wear on your wrist, you can hang around your neck, you can clip it to your shirt. But they both do the same thing. They record digitally and then it goes into the app and then it can transcribe and summarize what it heard. And you get super long battery life thirty hours for the note, twenty hours for the pin. Stand by time last for a long time. They've got a little way to attach the note to the back of your phone to record phone calls. Of course, I'm no lawyer. Check your local laws before you do that, make sure the other party is informed. And then you get a free plan. So when you buy this thing, you get about three hundred minutes of transcription a month. That's five hours. They cost about one hundred and sixty or one hundred and seventy dollars, and my initial impressions are that they work really well, and it's great if you're always in meetings, always doing interviews, and you don't want to tie up your phone because you might be thinking, rich, didn't you just say I can record with my phone. Yes, I think the idea behind these dedicated recorders is if you're always out and about and you don't want to tie up your phone because maybe you want to take pictures, maybe you want to do something else in your phone, scroll social media, or you just don't want it used up the whole time you're out. So again, these are called PLoud and it's just it's such a cool spin on like what you can do what we did as kids with that little recorder, that micro cassette recorder you now have in a digital format that, by the way, just looks really cool. And by the way, while we're on the topic of voice to text, I told you earlier my favorite voice to text app on Mac has made its way to Windows. It is called whisper Flow wispr flow, and I haven't like talked this up so much because it was only on Mac. But now it is on Windows and it is incredible. So you set a hot key once you download install it, you set a hot key on your keyboard. You press and hold that hot key like a walkie talkie. You talk into your microphone and your canter, and what you say is expertly transcribed and pasted wherever you are, So if you're in a word document, you're in chat, GBT, whatever it is. This is my secret weapon for getting emails responded too fast. And because it uses AI, it understands what you're saying, so if you stumble, you ramble, it'll clean it up. It gets paragraphs and punctuation right, and you get a whole bunch of words for free every month. I haven't even reached a free limit, but if you do more than that, you can pay again. That's whisper flow, all right. I'll link all this up on the website. Rich on tech dot tv for the show notes coming up your calls at triple eight rich one oh one. Welcome back to rich on Tech. Rich Demiro here hanging out with you, talking technology at triple eight rich one oh one eight eight eight seven four to two four one zero one. If you like the show, follow me on Instagram at rich on tech. You will find me there. And uh, if you want show notes, just go to the website rich on tech dot tv. I always mentioned a lot of helpful tips and tricks and links and programs and apps. So if you're looking for something and you want to find a link, it's all on the website rich on tech dot tv. This is episode one thirteen, so just click the little magnifying glass type in one thirteen and that will bring you to the show notes.

It's go to Dave in the Long Beach.

It's go to Dave in the Long Beach.

Dave, you're on with rich Oh hi and thanks for taking my call. Okay, I've had a cuts I've downloaded through iTunes for years. Well some years ago I wanted to rearrange them. I go into my library and it's empty. I call tech Services and they tell me they're gone. I'll say anything I can do, and they say, well, can you prove you actually bought these cuts? Well they've been there for years.

Dave, you're on with rich Oh hi and thanks for taking my call. Okay, I've had a cuts I've downloaded through iTunes for years. Well some years ago I wanted to rearrange them. I go into my library and it's empty. I call tech Services and they tell me they're gone. I'll say anything I can do, and they say, well, can you prove you actually bought these cuts? Well they've been there for years.

So no way.

So no way.

Who asked you to prove you bought them?

Who asked you to prove you bought them?

Customer service through iTunes?

Customer service through iTunes?

Really?

Really?

Yeah?

Yeah?

Okay, keep going anyway?

Okay, keep going anyway?

Is there some place I can go that these cuts may have gone.

Is there some place I can go that these cuts may have gone.

To Well, when you say cuts, what do you mean by that you had? You had your own music?

To Well, when you say cuts, what do you mean by that you had? You had your own music?

No, okay, you know you download individual songs from iTunes and you you know, burn into uh you know, CD, play them in the car.

No, okay, you know you download individual songs from iTunes and you you know, burn into uh you know, CD, play them in the car.

Yeah. Okay.

Yeah. Okay.

So you're saying you're looking for your music that you previously purchased from iTunes.

So you're saying you're looking for your music that you previously purchased from iTunes.

Yes, okay.

Yes, okay.

So so the number one thing is, so why did these disappear?

So so the number one thing is, so why did these disappear?

Number one?

Number one?

Nobody seems to be able to tell me.

Nobody seems to be able to tell me.

Mmmm, that's interesting.

Mmmm, that's interesting.

Okay, So there is a way did you look in the Are you using iTunes or Apple Music?

Okay, So there is a way did you look in the Are you using iTunes or Apple Music?

Uh? These were originally iTunes.

Uh? These were originally iTunes.

Okay, So there's a there's an option in iTunes or Apple Music to look You're going to account and it says purchased.

Okay, So there's a there's an option in iTunes or Apple Music to look You're going to account and it says purchased.

Have you Have you looked there?

Have you Have you looked there?

Yep?

Yep?

And they're not there?

And they're not there?

Blank.

Blank.

Yeah.

Yeah.

It's weird because so is mine. I don't understand, Like, I've purchased a whole bunch of songs over the years and all mine are gone too, So I don't know what what exactly happened to those. Maybe it was under a different account, but yeah, like it's they're just not there. You didn't have a backup of your computer backup of this library anywhere.

It's weird because so is mine. I don't understand, Like, I've purchased a whole bunch of songs over the years and all mine are gone too, So I don't know what what exactly happened to those. Maybe it was under a different account, but yeah, like it's they're just not there. You didn't have a backup of your computer backup of this library anywhere.

No, they've basically the backups are going to be the cuts that are burned to CDs.

No, they've basically the backups are going to be the cuts that are burned to CDs.

Oh okay, do you still have them on CD?

Oh okay, do you still have them on CD?

Yeah? I do.

Yeah? I do.

Oh well you can import those back into iTunes.

Oh well you can import those back into iTunes.

How about that?

How about that?

Okay, I can import those back into iTunes. Now when I burn them, you know, load them to the computer. Uh, it just says, you know, I don't get anything that says, you know, like the song and the artist.

Okay, I can import those back into iTunes. Now when I burn them, you know, load them to the computer. Uh, it just says, you know, I don't get anything that says, you know, like the song and the artist.

Okay, Well there is a setting inside your your well it depends how they are encoded on the CD.

Okay, Well there is a setting inside your your well it depends how they are encoded on the CD.

Were they encoded with that information should have been?

Were they encoded with that information should have been?

Yeah, all right, So if it has an information, there is a setting inside Apple Music that says to look up the information when you put in. So if you look at the uh, let's see, it's under files and it says import music, import settings. So I would make sure you you know, you can do that import the audio through that.

Yeah, all right, So if it has an information, there is a setting inside Apple Music that says to look up the information when you put in. So if you look at the uh, let's see, it's under files and it says import music, import settings. So I would make sure you you know, you can do that import the audio through that.

And I just did this recently.

And I just did this recently.

So the only, of course requirement is that you have to have a CD player or DVD player, which you know a lot of computers nowadays don't, but if you have an older model it does. But the first time that you do this. It should ask you, hey, do you want us to look up this information and get the audio you know, the listings for these songs from the internet, and so you'd have to say yes to that. But once you do that, you can just import these CDs. You basically put them in your computer. You go into iTunes and it or Apple Music and it should show up on the left hand side in the library. You just write clicks a import and it it should look up those songs as it imports them. So that's the way I would do it. I just recently did this the other day. It does still work. It's not as heavily advertised as it used to be because people just don't really do this as much anymore. But yes, you can still use Apple Music to import these CDs. So that's what I would do. But in the future, once you do this, I would make a backup of your iTunes music collection, so you can look on your Mac. It's usually under music and then iTunes or under Windows under same thing music iTunes, but it usually has your username before that, so just navigate to find that library and back up that library so you have these songs in the future. Now, of course, we know that these companies want us to do everything in the cloud, and that's what they're pushing us towards. So they're not making this easy anymore. They're not really putting these tools front and center because they want people to just subscribe to Apple Music, just subscribe to Spotify, just subscribe to whatever music service and pay ten to twelve dollars a month for the rest of your life for access to the same couple songs that you play every time. So that's unfortunately what I do and a lot of people do. But you can still import dcds, all right. Thanks for the call, Dave, appreciate it. You know, just in general, I get a lot of emails every week about things that go missing. Please back up your computer, back up the important files. Just make sure, no matter what it is, your documents, your photos, your music, back those up to the cloud, back them up to an external hard drive. You'll be happy you did it later. Eighty eight rich one O one eight eight eight seven four to two four one zero one. Welcome back to rich On Tech. Rich Demiro here hanging out with you, talking technology. The phone number eight eight eight rich one O one eight eight eight seven four.

So the only, of course requirement is that you have to have a CD player or DVD player, which you know a lot of computers nowadays don't, but if you have an older model it does. But the first time that you do this. It should ask you, hey, do you want us to look up this information and get the audio you know, the listings for these songs from the internet, and so you'd have to say yes to that. But once you do that, you can just import these CDs. You basically put them in your computer. You go into iTunes and it or Apple Music and it should show up on the left hand side in the library. You just write clicks a import and it it should look up those songs as it imports them. So that's the way I would do it. I just recently did this the other day. It does still work. It's not as heavily advertised as it used to be because people just don't really do this as much anymore. But yes, you can still use Apple Music to import these CDs. So that's what I would do. But in the future, once you do this, I would make a backup of your iTunes music collection, so you can look on your Mac. It's usually under music and then iTunes or under Windows under same thing music iTunes, but it usually has your username before that, so just navigate to find that library and back up that library so you have these songs in the future. Now, of course, we know that these companies want us to do everything in the cloud, and that's what they're pushing us towards. So they're not making this easy anymore. They're not really putting these tools front and center because they want people to just subscribe to Apple Music, just subscribe to Spotify, just subscribe to whatever music service and pay ten to twelve dollars a month for the rest of your life for access to the same couple songs that you play every time. So that's unfortunately what I do and a lot of people do. But you can still import dcds, all right. Thanks for the call, Dave, appreciate it. You know, just in general, I get a lot of emails every week about things that go missing. Please back up your computer, back up the important files. Just make sure, no matter what it is, your documents, your photos, your music, back those up to the cloud, back them up to an external hard drive. You'll be happy you did it later. Eighty eight rich one O one eight eight eight seven four to two four one zero one. Welcome back to rich On Tech. Rich Demiro here hanging out with you, talking technology. The phone number eight eight eight rich one O one eight eight eight seven four.

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If you have a question about technology, lines are open. Email is also an option. Just go to Rich on tech dot TV hit contact. That's exactly what Ray did. Ray says, Hey, Rich, I hope you're doing well. I wanted to see if you heard any updates about the Google chrome Cast bug that was messing things up this week. I'm one of the many who did a factory reset, and apparently it was not the right thing to do. Ooh, Ray, Okay, yes, this is a great segue into something I was going to talk about. So chrome Cast this week had a major issue. Chrome Cast second generation and chrome Cast Audio users had a major outage. Now, given these are very old devices, chrome Cast Audio and the chrome Cast second generation have been around for a very long time, but they still work, and you know, they're very popular. Chrome Cast was like the way to get things to your TV or audio for a very long time. Now we just call it casting. It's built into a lot of things. But anyway, they displayed this message, I said, outdated device firmware, and they became unusable. And so a lot of people like Ray said, they performed these factory resets, which, by the way, made the issue worse. Now, if you're a tech person and something goes wrong and you keep getting an error message, you might think, oh, let me just reset this and see if that's going to help. Well, that actually messed up the device. So Google told people do not factory reset, but so many people did that already. So now Google says they do have a cause of the problem and they are working on a fix. They have not provided a timeline for the fix, but they say please do not factory reset. So if your Chrome Cast is not working, you've got one of these older Chrome Cast devices and it's giving you some sort of error, do not factory reset it. Just wait because Google says it's going to make reset up very, very difficult. But it does sound like they will have a fix. So ray if you did reset it, you did that factory reset, that they should come out with some sort of factory software or new software that's gonna help. Now people are finding these little workarounds on Reddit. I can't recommend you do that unless you are super techy. But it is a software issue, not a hardware issue. So these things happen from time to time, and it's frustrating, especially with me, because you know, I'm the kind of person that's always doing like the software update immediately, and you know, you run into some issue, you look online like, hey are other people having this problem? But it's usually the people like me that are doing it first. And you know, sometimes these things don't happen longer because the companies figure it out. And I'm kind of beating around the bush, but this happened to me once where whenever the Apple came out with new software for the iPhone, I would literally press that refresh like a million times until it came my way. And one time I did that, I put install the software. Unbeknownst to me, it had a bug, but it rendered my phone useless. Now, this was many, many years ago, so I'm not saying that this happens a lot anymore, but it could, and so my phone had no cellular connection for I think twenty four hours before they came out with a fix. And so, yeah, that was frustrating. Let's go to now. I wait a little bit. Now, I wait a little bit. Let's go to Gary, Gary in Los Angeles around with Rich.

If you have a question about technology, lines are open. Email is also an option. Just go to Rich on tech dot TV hit contact. That's exactly what Ray did. Ray says, Hey, Rich, I hope you're doing well. I wanted to see if you heard any updates about the Google chrome Cast bug that was messing things up this week. I'm one of the many who did a factory reset, and apparently it was not the right thing to do. Ooh, Ray, Okay, yes, this is a great segue into something I was going to talk about. So chrome Cast this week had a major issue. Chrome Cast second generation and chrome Cast Audio users had a major outage. Now, given these are very old devices, chrome Cast Audio and the chrome Cast second generation have been around for a very long time, but they still work, and you know, they're very popular. Chrome Cast was like the way to get things to your TV or audio for a very long time. Now we just call it casting. It's built into a lot of things. But anyway, they displayed this message, I said, outdated device firmware, and they became unusable. And so a lot of people like Ray said, they performed these factory resets, which, by the way, made the issue worse. Now, if you're a tech person and something goes wrong and you keep getting an error message, you might think, oh, let me just reset this and see if that's going to help. Well, that actually messed up the device. So Google told people do not factory reset, but so many people did that already. So now Google says they do have a cause of the problem and they are working on a fix. They have not provided a timeline for the fix, but they say please do not factory reset. So if your Chrome Cast is not working, you've got one of these older Chrome Cast devices and it's giving you some sort of error, do not factory reset it. Just wait because Google says it's going to make reset up very, very difficult. But it does sound like they will have a fix. So ray if you did reset it, you did that factory reset, that they should come out with some sort of factory software or new software that's gonna help. Now people are finding these little workarounds on Reddit. I can't recommend you do that unless you are super techy. But it is a software issue, not a hardware issue. So these things happen from time to time, and it's frustrating, especially with me, because you know, I'm the kind of person that's always doing like the software update immediately, and you know, you run into some issue, you look online like, hey are other people having this problem? But it's usually the people like me that are doing it first. And you know, sometimes these things don't happen longer because the companies figure it out. And I'm kind of beating around the bush, but this happened to me once where whenever the Apple came out with new software for the iPhone, I would literally press that refresh like a million times until it came my way. And one time I did that, I put install the software. Unbeknownst to me, it had a bug, but it rendered my phone useless. Now, this was many, many years ago, so I'm not saying that this happens a lot anymore, but it could, and so my phone had no cellular connection for I think twenty four hours before they came out with a fix. And so, yeah, that was frustrating. Let's go to now. I wait a little bit. Now, I wait a little bit. Let's go to Gary, Gary in Los Angeles around with Rich.

Hi.

Hi.

Rich, I have a question. I've been having trouble lately when I'm trying to watch YouTube live stream through my Roku streaming stick, and I'm getting that spinning wheel and I'm like the picture freezes up. And I think I have a pretty fast Internet with a spectrum of spectrum four hundred. But I think maybe I have an older Wi Fi rounder it's over six years old. I was wondering if maybe that's contributing to this slow speed.

Rich, I have a question. I've been having trouble lately when I'm trying to watch YouTube live stream through my Roku streaming stick, and I'm getting that spinning wheel and I'm like the picture freezes up. And I think I have a pretty fast Internet with a spectrum of spectrum four hundred. But I think maybe I have an older Wi Fi rounder it's over six years old. I was wondering if maybe that's contributing to this slow speed.

It could be, But let's number one, you have very fast Internet. Four hundred is extremely fast. Don't forget cable internet as like you have. Typically the download speed is very fast. The upload speed is the slow part. So your download speed is great.

It could be, But let's number one, you have very fast Internet. Four hundred is extremely fast. Don't forget cable internet as like you have. Typically the download speed is very fast. The upload speed is the slow part. So your download speed is great.

Now.

Now.

By the way, YouTube does not need a lot of bandwidth to to you know, stream videos. I mean part of the magic of YouTube and Netflix. They're the pioneers in streaming and so they have figured out how can we stream this stuff in a clear way, even on the worst possible signal. So I don't think that it is your internet service. It could be a combination. How old is this Roco.

By the way, YouTube does not need a lot of bandwidth to to you know, stream videos. I mean part of the magic of YouTube and Netflix. They're the pioneers in streaming and so they have figured out how can we stream this stuff in a clear way, even on the worst possible signal. So I don't think that it is your internet service. It could be a combination. How old is this Roco.

My rocoustick is four and a half years.

My rocoustick is four and a half years.

Old, Okay, So I have a feeling it's either the combination of the rocoustick and the.

Old, Okay, So I have a feeling it's either the combination of the rocoustick and the.

Wi Fi router, but a six year old WiFi router.

Wi Fi router, but a six year old WiFi router.

I mean, yes, things have changed in that time, but it really comes down to the placement of this router. Does anything else buffer on your Roku stick?

I mean, yes, things have changed in that time, but it really comes down to the placement of this router. Does anything else buffer on your Roku stick?

Uh?

Uh?

Basically it's only what's on YouTube, because like I'll open up Roku and then I'll and I'll click on the you you YouTube a and uh sometimes it will give you'll see screen shots of all the YouTube channels. And there's been times where the screen shots are very slow, too low, and I'll just see like boxes.

Basically it's only what's on YouTube, because like I'll open up Roku and then I'll and I'll click on the you you YouTube a and uh sometimes it will give you'll see screen shots of all the YouTube channels. And there's been times where the screen shots are very slow, too low, and I'll just see like boxes.

Well have you tried restarting the Roku?

Well have you tried restarting the Roku?

Yeah?

Yeah?

Okay, so you tried restarting that? What about that?

Okay, so you tried restarting that? What about that?

Ye?

Ye?

Fine?

Fine?

On Roku you can check the connection and it says signal strength excellent, and it says download speed anywhere. I've seen anywhere from ninety one oh yeah to one oh two. Is that fast enough?

On Roku you can check the connection and it says signal strength excellent, and it says download speed anywhere. I've seen anywhere from ninety one oh yeah to one oh two. Is that fast enough?

Oh yeah?

Oh yeah?

That I mean we're talking. Netflix recommends twenty five down for four K video, so you're talking ninety is four times that. So yes, your your speed is completely fine. So I think it has to do with the app or the rokup. So have you updated this YouTube app or the operating system on the Roku lately?

That I mean we're talking. Netflix recommends twenty five down for four K video, so you're talking ninety is four times that. So yes, your your speed is completely fine. So I think it has to do with the app or the rokup. So have you updated this YouTube app or the operating system on the Roku lately?

Well, what I did was I uninstalled the YouTube appened, then.

Well, what I did was I uninstalled the YouTube appened, then.

Reinstalled it and it still happened, and it still.

Reinstalled it and it still happened, and it still.

Happens in the rokup. I went into the sheddings and see if if there was an update, and it says that it is up to date.

Happens in the rokup. I went into the sheddings and see if if there was an update, and it says that it is up to date.

Okay, well that's good. That's all good.

Okay, well that's good. That's all good.

So the final thing I'm seeing that you might be able to do is what's called clearing the cash on your.

So the final thing I'm seeing that you might be able to do is what's called clearing the cash on your.

Roku.

Roku.

So some users, I don't know if this is a published thing for Roku or people just found a hack, but this what I'm seeing online says you can press the home button five times followed by the up button once.

So some users, I don't know if this is a published thing for Roku or people just found a hack, but this what I'm seeing online says you can press the home button five times followed by the up button once.

I don't know, this sounds silly.

I don't know, this sounds silly.

I'm reading this sounds like that abba thing we used to do back in the day on Nintendo.

I'm reading this sounds like that abba thing we used to do back in the day on Nintendo.

But here's what it says.

But here's what it says.

It says clear the cash by pressing the home button five times, followed by the up button once, the rewind button twice, and the fast forward button twice.

It says clear the cash by pressing the home button five times, followed by the up button once, the rewind button twice, and the fast forward button twice.

I don't know.

I don't know.

That's sounding like a scam if you ask me. But if I were you, I try it because you know that may be your last resort. So I'm trying to see it says. See, this is getting interesting. This is saying it's weird because it's it's coming from some reputable places like yeah, it's saying that it's you can do this.

That's sounding like a scam if you ask me. But if I were you, I try it because you know that may be your last resort. So I'm trying to see it says. See, this is getting interesting. This is saying it's weird because it's it's coming from some reputable places like yeah, it's saying that it's you can do this.

So I don't know.

So I don't know.

I mean, I would try that and see if that works. Yeah, that's what I would try and see that's your last kind of thing I would say if nothing else, is what I would do again. Okay, so I try this weird clear the cash thing. I don't know if that's gonna work, but you can try it. So it's home button five times, up, arrow once, rewind twice, fast forward two times.

I mean, I would try that and see if that works. Yeah, that's what I would try and see that's your last kind of thing I would say if nothing else, is what I would do again. Okay, so I try this weird clear the cash thing. I don't know if that's gonna work, but you can try it. So it's home button five times, up, arrow once, rewind twice, fast forward two times.

Okay, you can try that.

Okay, you can try that.

The other thing I would try to do is uninstall the YouTube app, restart the Roku, and then reinstall the YouTube app and see if that helps. And the other thing you might be able to do if your Roku is running low on storage, I might check the storage on your Roku and if there's like an app or two you don't need on there, I might get rid of those apps and then restart it as well, because it sounds like there's something going on here where it just can't handle the YouTube situation. But keep me posted there, Gary, that is a frustrating issue, But I don't think I don't think your WiFi is the problem. You don't need a new Wi Fi router after six years. I mean, you can easily keep these things for a long time. And again you told me your speed was ninety, so I think your your speed to the roku is is just fine. I'll put that link by the way, that weird hack on the show notes Richontech dot TV. This is episode one thirteen. You can find the show notes there all right, eight eight eight rich one O one eight eight eight seven four to two four one zero one. Coming up, I'm gonna tell you why the smart watch market has hit a snag for the first time ever. We'll dive into some of those numbers and I'll tell you the bright spot in all this right here on rich on Tech. Welcome back to rich on Tech. Rich Demiro here hanging out with you, talking technology at Triple eight rich one O one eight eight eight seven four to two four one zero one. We have a special guest on the line, our very own Kim Shaffer.

The other thing I would try to do is uninstall the YouTube app, restart the Roku, and then reinstall the YouTube app and see if that helps. And the other thing you might be able to do if your Roku is running low on storage, I might check the storage on your Roku and if there's like an app or two you don't need on there, I might get rid of those apps and then restart it as well, because it sounds like there's something going on here where it just can't handle the YouTube situation. But keep me posted there, Gary, that is a frustrating issue, But I don't think I don't think your WiFi is the problem. You don't need a new Wi Fi router after six years. I mean, you can easily keep these things for a long time. And again you told me your speed was ninety, so I think your your speed to the roku is is just fine. I'll put that link by the way, that weird hack on the show notes Richontech dot TV. This is episode one thirteen. You can find the show notes there all right, eight eight eight rich one O one eight eight eight seven four to two four one zero one. Coming up, I'm gonna tell you why the smart watch market has hit a snag for the first time ever. We'll dive into some of those numbers and I'll tell you the bright spot in all this right here on rich on Tech. Welcome back to rich on Tech. Rich Demiro here hanging out with you, talking technology at Triple eight rich one O one eight eight eight seven four to two four one zero one. We have a special guest on the line, our very own Kim Shaffer.

Kim is it you?

Kim is it you?

Oh my gosh, after two years, I finally get to talk to you.

Oh my gosh, after two years, I finally get to talk to you.

You're here. Oh my gosh, where's the applause? Oh my gosh, welcome to the show. So what's it like to answer calls for the rich On Tech Radio show.

You're here. Oh my gosh, where's the applause? Oh my gosh, welcome to the show. So what's it like to answer calls for the rich On Tech Radio show.

It's awesome, But I like, I've only been communicating to you through text and now this is like so interactive, and we could have done this two years ago, but we never thought of it until recently.

It's awesome, But I like, I've only been communicating to you through text and now this is like so interactive, and we could have done this two years ago, but we never thought of it until recently.

Yeah. I just thought of this last week.

Yeah. I just thought of this last week.

I said, Hey, we should try to get you on here because you may not know, but we fully embraced the remote lifestyle. And so Kim is in a different location. Bobo is somewhere in a foreign country. No, I'm just kidding. He's right across the gate.

I said, Hey, we should try to get you on here because you may not know, but we fully embraced the remote lifestyle. And so Kim is in a different location. Bobo is somewhere in a foreign country. No, I'm just kidding. He's right across the gate.

Right in front of me.

Right in front of me.

He is.

He is.

Actually, we're on the border of California and Nevada.

Actually, we're on the border of California and Nevada.

No, I'm just kidding.

No, I'm just kidding.

Exotic Sherman Oaks.

Exotic Sherman Oaks.

Yes, exactly, totally exotic location. No, he's there. And do you have anyone else on the team that's in a different place?

Yes, exactly, totally exotic location. No, he's there. And do you have anyone else on the team that's in a different place?

No?

No?

I think this is it. This is the whole show, all right.

I think this is it. This is the whole show, all right.

So do we have a caller we can bring up Kim?

So do we have a caller we can bring up Kim?

Yes, So we have Larry in San Pedro, which down up here up here where I am, we call San Pedro.

Yes, So we have Larry in San Pedro, which down up here up here where I am, we call San Pedro.

But that would be totally wrong for.

But that would be totally wrong for.

Me to do so in San Pedro he has a call or he wants to know about Is it secure to type in your credit card numbers into a smartphone?

Me to do so in San Pedro he has a call or he wants to know about Is it secure to type in your credit card numbers into a smartphone?

M I guess it depends on the situation. All right, let's let's bring up Larry in uh San Pedro. Is that how you say it?

M I guess it depends on the situation. All right, let's let's bring up Larry in uh San Pedro. Is that how you say it?

Yes?

Yes?

Sure, okay, welcome to the show. I should know how to say that because I live near it. Kim does not, uh, welcome to the show. So you have a problem with your credit card number punching into a phone?

Sure, okay, welcome to the show. I should know how to say that because I live near it. Kim does not, uh, welcome to the show. So you have a problem with your credit card number punching into a phone?

What's the deal?

What's the deal?

Well, when I use my landline, uncomfortable typing in my credit card to get to my Chase Bank account. But I just I'm a new smartphone user. I just recently bought a motor Rota Motive G and I'm wondering how safe it is to check my account using this smartphone and punching that credit card number in.

Well, when I use my landline, uncomfortable typing in my credit card to get to my Chase Bank account. But I just I'm a new smartphone user. I just recently bought a motor Rota Motive G and I'm wondering how safe it is to check my account using this smartphone and punching that credit card number in.

Well, generally speaking, there is a potential for someone to be listening in mostly the government, to your cell phone. I don't think that that's going to happen. I don't think that. I think you're safe. Let's put it that way. I think you're safe. So it's an interesting thought, and I think The bigger issue is whether you're typing your number into a an unknown phone number. Right, if you are calling Chase Bank and you know it's Chase Bank, I think you're relatively safe. The other side of this is this your debit card or your credit card.

Well, generally speaking, there is a potential for someone to be listening in mostly the government, to your cell phone. I don't think that that's going to happen. I don't think that. I think you're safe. Let's put it that way. I think you're safe. So it's an interesting thought, and I think The bigger issue is whether you're typing your number into a an unknown phone number. Right, if you are calling Chase Bank and you know it's Chase Bank, I think you're relatively safe. The other side of this is this your debit card or your credit card.

It's debit Oh okay, so debit card. Now. See here's my thing.

It's debit Oh okay, so debit card. Now. See here's my thing.

With debit cards, I'm usually a little bit more protective because that is actual your money.

With debit cards, I'm usually a little bit more protective because that is actual your money.

Right.

Right.

Credit card, it's the bank's money until they want to collect it from you, and if there's an issue they you know, you can just say, hey, look, i'm disputing this. With a debit card, yes there are protections, but still that money comes out of your account initially first. So I am always much more cautious when it comes to my debit card number than my credit card number. So I do think that it's it's smart to be cautious, especially with this card number. But I think you're going to be okay typing in that number. You know, if someone was listening on the line, I mean theoretically they could probably figure out what touch tones that you're using. But I think this is why banks are getting much more into automated ways of identifying you and using voice and all that stuff to identify who you are and to authenticate the call. But I think in general you're okay. This has been going on for a very long time, and I don't hear of many stories of people being hacked this way, so I think you're safe. The other thing is, what about downloading the bank app to your phone to check for the balance?

Credit card, it's the bank's money until they want to collect it from you, and if there's an issue they you know, you can just say, hey, look, i'm disputing this. With a debit card, yes there are protections, but still that money comes out of your account initially first. So I am always much more cautious when it comes to my debit card number than my credit card number. So I do think that it's it's smart to be cautious, especially with this card number. But I think you're going to be okay typing in that number. You know, if someone was listening on the line, I mean theoretically they could probably figure out what touch tones that you're using. But I think this is why banks are getting much more into automated ways of identifying you and using voice and all that stuff to identify who you are and to authenticate the call. But I think in general you're okay. This has been going on for a very long time, and I don't hear of many stories of people being hacked this way, so I think you're safe. The other thing is, what about downloading the bank app to your phone to check for the balance?

Would you be open to that.

Would you be open to that.

I will all look into that because.

I will all look into that because.

That would be you know, you would number one.

That would be you know, you would number one.

It would be simpler because you know, once you store the login on your phone. You know, as long as your phone is pass code protected and all that stuff, you got to be secure. But you know, I've been accessing my accounts online for a long time. It's been it's been quite safe. In fact, I was doing this a long time before it became popular to do that, and nowadays it's very popular. People check their balances before they make a purchase. They just check on them every day just to see what's going on in there. So but I think you're safe at the end of the day, Larry, I think you're safe putting your credit card number into the smartphone, you know, punching it in to authenticate the account as long as you are dialing that number. If it's someone that calls you and says, hey, we want to tell your bank account balance, just type in your number. I wouldn't do that, but you're not gonna do that anyway, right, correct? How you like in the new phone? Is it okay for you? Is this your first smartphone?

It would be simpler because you know, once you store the login on your phone. You know, as long as your phone is pass code protected and all that stuff, you got to be secure. But you know, I've been accessing my accounts online for a long time. It's been it's been quite safe. In fact, I was doing this a long time before it became popular to do that, and nowadays it's very popular. People check their balances before they make a purchase. They just check on them every day just to see what's going on in there. So but I think you're safe at the end of the day, Larry, I think you're safe putting your credit card number into the smartphone, you know, punching it in to authenticate the account as long as you are dialing that number. If it's someone that calls you and says, hey, we want to tell your bank account balance, just type in your number. I wouldn't do that, but you're not gonna do that anyway, right, correct? How you like in the new phone? Is it okay for you? Is this your first smartphone?

You said, yes it is.

You said, yes it is.

Oh, wow, it's I guess to sum it all up, it's a very smart phone. Well I'm impressed.

Oh, wow, it's I guess to sum it all up, it's a very smart phone. Well I'm impressed.

Well, welcome to the year twenty twenty four or what do we in twenty twenty five?

Well, welcome to the year twenty twenty four or what do we in twenty twenty five?

Wow?

Wow?

I don't even know the year.

I don't even know the year.

Well what do I know? But no, Yeah, I'm glad you got on board with the phone. I'm glad it's working out for you, Larry, And thanks for the call today. I do appreciate it. Eight eight eight rich one on one eight eight eight seven four to two four one zero one. Oh my gosh, I don't even know what year it is. How can you trust a guy that doesn't know what year it is?

Well what do I know? But no, Yeah, I'm glad you got on board with the phone. I'm glad it's working out for you, Larry, And thanks for the call today. I do appreciate it. Eight eight eight rich one on one eight eight eight seven four to two four one zero one. Oh my gosh, I don't even know what year it is. How can you trust a guy that doesn't know what year it is?

Especially on a tech show?

Especially on a tech show?

On a tech show, here's the thing. I mean, some days I don't even know what date is. Like I go through the whole day and I like look at my or my watch at the end of the day and I'm like, oh, today's this day.

On a tech show, here's the thing. I mean, some days I don't even know what date is. Like I go through the whole day and I like look at my or my watch at the end of the day and I'm like, oh, today's this day.

I even Kim, this is what I go to every Saturday. Kim, do you know what day it is?

I even Kim, this is what I go to every Saturday. Kim, do you know what day it is?

Every single day?

Every single day?

I do not, thank you.

I do not, thank you.

See, oh well why do you Why do you know what day it is every day?

See, oh well why do you Why do you know what day it is every day?

Because I work every day.

Because I work every day.

Yeah, that's that's why I don't know what day it is every day. Saturday is my benchmark.

Yeah, that's that's why I don't know what day it is every day. Saturday is my benchmark.

Saturday.

Saturday.

You know when it's Saturday because you're doing the rich On Tech radio show.

You know when it's Saturday because you're doing the rich On Tech radio show.

I will tell you.

I will tell you.

I do know what day of the week it is every single day of my life because that is very important to what I do, both on TV and the radio.

I do know what day of the week it is every single day of my life because that is very important to what I do, both on TV and the radio.

So I do know what day.

So I do know what day.

I may not know the actual date, so I do know that you know, Saint Patrick's Day is coming up in a couple of days, so I will say Monday, Monday, Yes, So there you go.

I may not know the actual date, so I do know that you know, Saint Patrick's Day is coming up in a couple of days, so I will say Monday, Monday, Yes, So there you go.

So that's the seventeenth.

So that's the seventeenth.

So see, I'm wearing there's always a day. There's always a day. This has become a party line. What is happening here? Now we have the rich On Tech party line show. Uh eighty eight rich one O one eight eight eight seven four to two four one zero one. All right, coming up, I'm gonna tell you about the smart watch sales decline and the the bright point and all this.

So see, I'm wearing there's always a day. There's always a day. This has become a party line. What is happening here? Now we have the rich On Tech party line show. Uh eighty eight rich one O one eight eight eight seven four to two four one zero one. All right, coming up, I'm gonna tell you about the smart watch sales decline and the the bright point and all this.

Are we not going to break? We got time? What ten seconds?

Are we not going to break? We got time? What ten seconds?

Nine?

Nine?

Oh? Okay, well, oh, let.

Oh? Okay, well, oh, let.

Me tell you this the website rich on Tech dot TV. Uh, there is a way that you can watch all the segments that I do on TV. They're all there on the website. So if you're curious you want to see some of the things I do on TV, go to the website rich on Tech dot TV and sign up for the newsletter. Great newsletter today. It's kind of like this show in text form. It's a great read that'll be sent your email box every weekend. Eighty to eight rich one on one back after this, Welcome back to rich on Tech. Rich Demiro here hanging out with you, talking technology at triple A Rich one O one. That's eight eight eight seven four to two four one zero one. The website for the show show rich on Tech dot TV. Man, you mentioned a phone number on the radio one time, and it's like boom, the lines light up. So I've got a whole bunch of things I want to talk about but I also have a lot of callers, so I'll do one quick story then I'll get to a call.

Me tell you this the website rich on Tech dot TV. Uh, there is a way that you can watch all the segments that I do on TV. They're all there on the website. So if you're curious you want to see some of the things I do on TV, go to the website rich on Tech dot TV and sign up for the newsletter. Great newsletter today. It's kind of like this show in text form. It's a great read that'll be sent your email box every weekend. Eighty to eight rich one on one back after this, Welcome back to rich on Tech. Rich Demiro here hanging out with you, talking technology at triple A Rich one O one. That's eight eight eight seven four to two four one zero one. The website for the show show rich on Tech dot TV. Man, you mentioned a phone number on the radio one time, and it's like boom, the lines light up. So I've got a whole bunch of things I want to talk about but I also have a lot of callers, so I'll do one quick story then I'll get to a call.

How about that.

How about that.

I've been promising the smart watch market story for a while. Global smart watch market declined by seven percent last year. This is, according to Counterpoint Research, the first ever decline. So that means people were buying smartphones for years, ten years, and now last year they stopped. So Apple is still the top seller, but their shipments were down nineteen percent last year.

I've been promising the smart watch market story for a while. Global smart watch market declined by seven percent last year. This is, according to Counterpoint Research, the first ever decline. So that means people were buying smartphones for years, ten years, and now last year they stopped. So Apple is still the top seller, but their shipments were down nineteen percent last year.

Now I think I know why.

Now I think I know why.

Remember that big patent dispute on the Apple Watch about the blood oxygen monitoring. I think that scared a lot of people away last year because they saw the watches not being full featured, so they just or they took a wait and see approach. So that's probably what happened. There other things that happened, apparently no Apple Watch Old Time for three that didn't come out last year. People saw the S ten series as having minimal upgrades, which I disagree with because I've been wearing the S ten and it's thinner, the screen is brighter, you can see it for more angles. I thought it was actually a great upgrade, and I guess less people are buying the Apple Watch se which is sort of their entry level, which tells me that a lot of people had that watch. You know, this market's getting saturated. People that have a smart watch or that want a smart watch have.