What's going on. I'm Richdmiro and this is Rich on Tech. This is the show where I talk about the tech stuff I think you should know about. It's also the place where I answer your questions about technology. I believe that tech should be interesting, useful, and fun. Let's open up those phone lines at triple eight Rich one oh one. That's eight eight eight seven four to two four one zero one. Give me a call if you have a question about technology. Email is also an option. Just go to Rich on tech dot TV and hit contact. All right, we got some great guests this week. We got a packed schedule of guests. Matt Swider of The Shortcut just got back from Barcelona or actually you might even still be there. He's gonna talk about the coolest gadgets he saw at Mobile World Congress. Then later in the show, we've got doctor Gita Nayer, Doctor g She's gonna break down the growing crisis of healthcare misinformation on social media. Yeah, you know how when you look up something or you see something you're like, is that true? And Stephanie Humphrey later on in the show is going to talk digital citizenship, sharing her expert advice on kids and social media so great guests there, and of course I will bring you all of the latest news and great topics that you should be aware of in the tech world.

What's going on. I'm Richdmiro and this is Rich on Tech. This is the show where I talk about the tech stuff I think you should know about. It's also the place where I answer your questions about technology. I believe that tech should be interesting, useful, and fun. Let's open up those phone lines at triple eight Rich one oh one. That's eight eight eight seven four to two four one zero one. Give me a call if you have a question about technology. Email is also an option. Just go to Rich on tech dot TV and hit contact. All right, we got some great guests this week. We got a packed schedule of guests. Matt Swider of The Shortcut just got back from Barcelona or actually you might even still be there. He's gonna talk about the coolest gadgets he saw at Mobile World Congress. Then later in the show, we've got doctor Gita Nayer, Doctor g She's gonna break down the growing crisis of healthcare misinformation on social media. Yeah, you know how when you look up something or you see something you're like, is that true? And Stephanie Humphrey later on in the show is going to talk digital citizenship, sharing her expert advice on kids and social media so great guests there, and of course I will bring you all of the latest news and great topics that you should be aware of in the tech world.

Let's start with Apple.

Let's start with Apple.

This week, Apple did what I call some press release announcements of products. So this is when they don't have a big event to announce products, but they just put out a press release and voila, we have some new products. These are not new products in a way of like we've never seen them before.

This week, Apple did what I call some press release announcements of products. So this is when they don't have a big event to announce products, but they just put out a press release and voila, we have some new products. These are not new products in a way of like we've never seen them before.

These are just refreshed products.

These are just refreshed products.

So we got new iPads, we got a new MacBook, MacBook Air, and let me go over what you need to know about these. So first off, let's start with the iPads. So right now, Apple has a couple of iPads in their lineup. They've got the Mini, then they've got the iPad, then they've got the iPad Air, and then they've got the iPad Pro. So these are the new iPad Airs and of course the new iPad which I call the standard iPad. So let's start with the iPad Air. Got the M three chip, so that's Apples. You know, these are the chips that Apple makes themselves, and they are really good because they're very power efficient and they're very powerful, and of course they're written for Apple software. So ever since Apple started writing their own chips and making their own chips, they products have just gotten really good. So this is not their latest M four chip, but it's the M three, so last year's model, but that's still really good in an iPad AIR. And the big thing that this brings to the iPad is Apple Intelligence, so that means that you can have Apple Intelligence on the iPad AIR. This is their version of AI. Of course, I'll tell you more about that in a little bit, because it's been delayed just a little bit. Some of the big features we've been waiting for. So this, like I said, is not their top of the line iPad, but it's the next in line. So these are kind of pricey. You're talking five ninety nine for an eleven inch model, seven ninety nine for a thirteen inch model. But they did drop the price on that magic keyboard. So that's the keyboard case that goes along with this, And if you're trying to get any work done on an iPad, I highly recommend you get that. It's kind of expensive. I mean it's two hundred and sixty nine dollars. My wife was in the Apple store with me and we saw this. My kid wanted it, and she's like, wait, why is a keyboard three hundred dollars? This is before the price guy says, that's just what it is, but it does sort of you know, here's the deal. Apple is riding this really fine line with the iPad where they're still trying to keep this thing as a productive device, but they don't want to eat into their laptop sales, right So if they wanted to sort of merge these things, they would give you a laptop that has a touchscreen, or they'd give you a full fledged iPad that runs Mac os or very close to it software. They've done neither of those things. They keep kind of doing different things with the laptops versus the eyepads because they want to keep them sort of separate and keep the use case scenarios separate. So whether that's a good or bad thing, I'm not sure, but they are very separate devices. My feeling is the iPad overall is still very much a consumption device, whereas the laptop is very much a productivity device. So back to the keyboard. It got a row of function keys at the top, and it also got a larger track pad, So again trying to make these things more useful for productivity. So you might be wondering, We'll wait a second, do I go with the iPad Pro or do I go with the iPad Air?

So we got new iPads, we got a new MacBook, MacBook Air, and let me go over what you need to know about these. So first off, let's start with the iPads. So right now, Apple has a couple of iPads in their lineup. They've got the Mini, then they've got the iPad, then they've got the iPad Air, and then they've got the iPad Pro. So these are the new iPad Airs and of course the new iPad which I call the standard iPad. So let's start with the iPad Air. Got the M three chip, so that's Apples. You know, these are the chips that Apple makes themselves, and they are really good because they're very power efficient and they're very powerful, and of course they're written for Apple software. So ever since Apple started writing their own chips and making their own chips, they products have just gotten really good. So this is not their latest M four chip, but it's the M three, so last year's model, but that's still really good in an iPad AIR. And the big thing that this brings to the iPad is Apple Intelligence, so that means that you can have Apple Intelligence on the iPad AIR. This is their version of AI. Of course, I'll tell you more about that in a little bit, because it's been delayed just a little bit. Some of the big features we've been waiting for. So this, like I said, is not their top of the line iPad, but it's the next in line. So these are kind of pricey. You're talking five ninety nine for an eleven inch model, seven ninety nine for a thirteen inch model. But they did drop the price on that magic keyboard. So that's the keyboard case that goes along with this, And if you're trying to get any work done on an iPad, I highly recommend you get that. It's kind of expensive. I mean it's two hundred and sixty nine dollars. My wife was in the Apple store with me and we saw this. My kid wanted it, and she's like, wait, why is a keyboard three hundred dollars? This is before the price guy says, that's just what it is, but it does sort of you know, here's the deal. Apple is riding this really fine line with the iPad where they're still trying to keep this thing as a productive device, but they don't want to eat into their laptop sales, right So if they wanted to sort of merge these things, they would give you a laptop that has a touchscreen, or they'd give you a full fledged iPad that runs Mac os or very close to it software. They've done neither of those things. They keep kind of doing different things with the laptops versus the eyepads because they want to keep them sort of separate and keep the use case scenarios separate. So whether that's a good or bad thing, I'm not sure, but they are very separate devices. My feeling is the iPad overall is still very much a consumption device, whereas the laptop is very much a productivity device. So back to the keyboard. It got a row of function keys at the top, and it also got a larger track pad, So again trying to make these things more useful for productivity. So you might be wondering, We'll wait a second, do I go with the iPad Pro or do I go with the iPad Air?

Well, the Pro is just overall better.

Well, the Pro is just overall better.

That's the best iPad that Apple makes, and it's probably the closest to a laptop replacement if you want just one product that gives you both the laptop experience and also the iPad experience. So the Pro has a better screen, it's got face ID, it's got thunderbolt, it's got better cameras, it's got more speakers, and it has better microphones. So that is the iPad pro versus the iPad Air. Now let's talk about the iPad. I think that is probably the best for everyone out there. I call it the standard iPad. We're up to the eleventh generation of this device. And I still remember when this thing launched. I was working at techmeme dot com. That's the tech website for It's kind of like the front page for tech news, and I remember watching this event and just sitting there. There had been so many rumors about what this device was gonna be. This was Apple's big follow up after the success they saw with the iPhone. They were like, we have something else that's gonna even be better.

That's the best iPad that Apple makes, and it's probably the closest to a laptop replacement if you want just one product that gives you both the laptop experience and also the iPad experience. So the Pro has a better screen, it's got face ID, it's got thunderbolt, it's got better cameras, it's got more speakers, and it has better microphones. So that is the iPad pro versus the iPad Air. Now let's talk about the iPad. I think that is probably the best for everyone out there. I call it the standard iPad. We're up to the eleventh generation of this device. And I still remember when this thing launched. I was working at techmeme dot com. That's the tech website for It's kind of like the front page for tech news, and I remember watching this event and just sitting there. There had been so many rumors about what this device was gonna be. This was Apple's big follow up after the success they saw with the iPhone. They were like, we have something else that's gonna even be better.

And the iPad was.

And the iPad was.

I mean, it really was revolutionary. I mean, if you think about all of the businesses that the iPad has affected, it's been a lot. I mean you're talking magazines, books, you know, creativity, drawing, and it's just so many.

I mean, it really was revolutionary. I mean, if you think about all of the businesses that the iPad has affected, it's been a lot. I mean you're talking magazines, books, you know, creativity, drawing, and it's just so many.

It goes on and on.

It goes on and on.

The iPad has just become kind of like what the iPhone did for everything else, the iPad does for sort of the rest of the world. Right, you need a screen that just runs great software and can do pretty much anything, that's the iPad. So the standard iPad, we're up to the eleventh generation. This now has a faster chip. It's the A sixteen. It's not Apple's fastest once again, that's the A eighteen, which is in the latest iPhones. But the interesting thing here is that there is still no Apple AI support on this chip. So they upgraded the iPad, but they didn't go so far as to give you the AI, which again they're protecting their product lines. They have to have differences between these products. So if you want the AI on the iPad, you got to go with the Air or the Pro. Now, I don't think any of that matters, because if you need AI on the iPad, you could just download Chat GBT that's still going to run just fine. But again, it's kind of a weird choice by Apple because they've been promoting AI so heavily. Then they come out with a brand new product that doesn't have it storage bump. Now you get one hundred and twenty eight gigs of storage it used to be sixty four. Still the same price, three hundred and forty nine dollars. Amazon is already discounting this brand new iPad.

The iPad has just become kind of like what the iPhone did for everything else, the iPad does for sort of the rest of the world. Right, you need a screen that just runs great software and can do pretty much anything, that's the iPad. So the standard iPad, we're up to the eleventh generation. This now has a faster chip. It's the A sixteen. It's not Apple's fastest once again, that's the A eighteen, which is in the latest iPhones. But the interesting thing here is that there is still no Apple AI support on this chip. So they upgraded the iPad, but they didn't go so far as to give you the AI, which again they're protecting their product lines. They have to have differences between these products. So if you want the AI on the iPad, you got to go with the Air or the Pro. Now, I don't think any of that matters, because if you need AI on the iPad, you could just download Chat GBT that's still going to run just fine. But again, it's kind of a weird choice by Apple because they've been promoting AI so heavily. Then they come out with a brand new product that doesn't have it storage bump. Now you get one hundred and twenty eight gigs of storage it used to be sixty four. Still the same price, three hundred and forty nine dollars. Amazon is already discounting this brand new iPad.

It hasn't even launched yet. It comes out March twelfth.

It hasn't even launched yet. It comes out March twelfth.

They're giving you thirty dollars let's see, yeah, twenty dollars. Twenty dollars off three hundred and twenty nine dollars. So again, don't buy this iPad at full price, get it at a lower price. Should you upgrade, Well, if your iPad still does what you need, I don't think he needs upgrade because your iPad's just fine. Now Here is my thought process on the upgrade. Okay, if you are running an iPad in the year twenty twenty five, that's not going to get the new software update next year. So right now, iPad OS eighteen is compatible with the iPad seventh generation and later. Okay, so if you are running an iPad seventh generation right now, it might be a good idea to upgrade because next year, chances are iPad or this year, later this year, iPad OS nineteen is probably not going to run on your iPad. It's probably going to drop off. So in that reason, I would say, probably get a new one if you want it. But if your iPad's just fine, it's getting software updates, is doing what you need, You're gonna be just fine. Now, the MacBook Air, this got the M four chip, and that is their latest chip. This got the M four chip and a new sky blue color. And I will tell you I bought the iPad air last year. Oh sorry, the MacBook Air last year with the M three chip, and I absolutely love it.

They're giving you thirty dollars let's see, yeah, twenty dollars. Twenty dollars off three hundred and twenty nine dollars. So again, don't buy this iPad at full price, get it at a lower price. Should you upgrade, Well, if your iPad still does what you need, I don't think he needs upgrade because your iPad's just fine. Now Here is my thought process on the upgrade. Okay, if you are running an iPad in the year twenty twenty five, that's not going to get the new software update next year. So right now, iPad OS eighteen is compatible with the iPad seventh generation and later. Okay, so if you are running an iPad seventh generation right now, it might be a good idea to upgrade because next year, chances are iPad or this year, later this year, iPad OS nineteen is probably not going to run on your iPad. It's probably going to drop off. So in that reason, I would say, probably get a new one if you want it. But if your iPad's just fine, it's getting software updates, is doing what you need, You're gonna be just fine. Now, the MacBook Air, this got the M four chip, and that is their latest chip. This got the M four chip and a new sky blue color. And I will tell you I bought the iPad air last year. Oh sorry, the MacBook Air last year with the M three chip, and I absolutely love it.

It's great.

It's great.

It's not as good as a Pro, but it's a great laptop. My battery life on this is absolutely incredible. In fact, I leave it on for the three hours of this show. I leave the screen on, and I come home and I still have about eighty percent battery life. I mean this thing, or if not more, I mean this thing is really an amazingly power efficient device. They're saying you now get even more battery life eighteen hours of battery life. That's of course with all the peak conditions and things like that, and tariffs, what tariffs. This got a price cut of one hundred dollars. Starts at nine hundred ninety nine dollars, So nine hundred and ninety nine dollars for one of the best laptops. You can get eight hundred ninety nine dollars if you have education pricing access. That's a you're a teacher student. You can look on Apple's website see if you qualify for that. It also has a better camera for video calls, and it now supports two external displays with the built in screen active.

It's not as good as a Pro, but it's a great laptop. My battery life on this is absolutely incredible. In fact, I leave it on for the three hours of this show. I leave the screen on, and I come home and I still have about eighty percent battery life. I mean this thing, or if not more, I mean this thing is really an amazingly power efficient device. They're saying you now get even more battery life eighteen hours of battery life. That's of course with all the peak conditions and things like that, and tariffs, what tariffs. This got a price cut of one hundred dollars. Starts at nine hundred ninety nine dollars, So nine hundred and ninety nine dollars for one of the best laptops. You can get eight hundred ninety nine dollars if you have education pricing access. That's a you're a teacher student. You can look on Apple's website see if you qualify for that. It also has a better camera for video calls, and it now supports two external displays with the built in screen active.

So here is my one tip for this.

So here is my one tip for this.

Go with the thirteen inch if you are just looking to do basic things like email, web browsing, and YouTube. But if you're going to try to do any work on this MacBook Air, go with the fifteen inch model. Last year I went with the or two years ago I went the thirteen inch. Could not get anything done on that thing. The screen was just too small. Now I went with the fifteen inch. You can have your web browser on the left, you can have your AI and your messages on the right, So go with the fifteen inch if you want the best productivity. Now about Apple Intelligence, it is being delayed. Some of the biggest features that Apple promoted are going to be delayed, and that is smart Siri. So Siria is supposed to get really smart by indexing all of your emails, your messages, and your photos. But John Gruber, one of the prominent Apple bloggers out there, actually got a a message from Apple, a comment from Apple that says, yeah, this is taking longer than we expected, So this is gonna be maybe next year when you get these features.

Go with the thirteen inch if you are just looking to do basic things like email, web browsing, and YouTube. But if you're going to try to do any work on this MacBook Air, go with the fifteen inch model. Last year I went with the or two years ago I went the thirteen inch. Could not get anything done on that thing. The screen was just too small. Now I went with the fifteen inch. You can have your web browser on the left, you can have your AI and your messages on the right, So go with the fifteen inch if you want the best productivity. Now about Apple Intelligence, it is being delayed. Some of the biggest features that Apple promoted are going to be delayed, and that is smart Siri. So Siria is supposed to get really smart by indexing all of your emails, your messages, and your photos. But John Gruber, one of the prominent Apple bloggers out there, actually got a a message from Apple, a comment from Apple that says, yeah, this is taking longer than we expected, So this is gonna be maybe next year when you get these features.

So there you have it.

So there you have it.

A lot of the AI features are built in at this point, but the one killer feature is that ability to ask Siri about your emails, your messages, and your photos, and that feature is the one that's being delayed.

A lot of the AI features are built in at this point, but the one killer feature is that ability to ask Siri about your emails, your messages, and your photos, and that feature is the one that's being delayed.

All right, coming up, I.

All right, coming up, I.

Will tell you about a way to thwart scammers scam callers that I discovered over the week, and you apparently like that tip, so I'll share that plus your.

Will tell you about a way to thwart scammers scam callers that I discovered over the week, and you apparently like that tip, so I'll share that plus your.

Calls at triple A rich one oh one.

Calls at triple A rich one oh one.

That's eight eight eight seven four to two four one zero one, the website rich on Tech dot TV. My name is Rich dmiro more rich On Tech coming your way right after this, Tony in the Redlands. Tony You're on with Rich.

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Hey Rich.

Hey Rich.

Okay, I have Amazon Music unlimited, say like thirteen bus fulve bucks a month for it for like years now. But I only listened to a handful of songs and I want to buy them, and I found I can buy them, and I would say all that money if I can't find platform to play them on my phone. No app, Every app I want to download says you have to pay for the service, and that defeats the promise. You know, I don't want to keep paying ten bucks a month for ten songs, you know I listened to. So is there an app you know, like remembery, I used to have the I used to have that little eye, that little square thing, white thing Apple, and I don't it's been gone a long time. I just want to be able to listen to my music.

Okay, I have Amazon Music unlimited, say like thirteen bus fulve bucks a month for it for like years now. But I only listened to a handful of songs and I want to buy them, and I found I can buy them, and I would say all that money if I can't find platform to play them on my phone. No app, Every app I want to download says you have to pay for the service, and that defeats the promise. You know, I don't want to keep paying ten bucks a month for ten songs, you know I listened to. So is there an app you know, like remembery, I used to have the I used to have that little eye, that little square thing, white thing Apple, and I don't it's been gone a long time. I just want to be able to listen to my music.

Okay.

Okay.

So you've got music, You've got the music, the audio files, you want to play them on your Android phone? Yeah, okay, Well there's a couple of ways you can do this. What kind of phone do you have?

So you've got music, You've got the music, the audio files, you want to play them on your Android phone? Yeah, okay, Well there's a couple of ways you can do this. What kind of phone do you have?

Samsung?

Samsung?

Okay, Samsung, So.

Okay, Samsung, So.

I mean you can use uh, let's see, Samsung used to have a built in player, but I guess they don't more. Huh okay, well there, you could use YouTube Music. If you download that, you can actually upload the songs to their cloud service. So it actually makes it quite easy because you don't even have to transfer them to your phone. So if you go to even if you don't have a subscription. By the way, so if you go to music dot YouTube dot com, you can go to library and you can literally just drag music into there and you'll see a section that says uploads, and then when you go to your phone, those songs will be on your phone as well. So that's one of like the easiest, simplest ways to do it. Other than that, there are some apps that you can use, but I would have to do some research to figure out which one I would recommend on that because it's been a long time since I used an app to play music on the phone like that. But I'll have to look into that. But I think I mean, obviously you can use an app like VLC. They have local playback of anything on your phone. But I'm trying to think of an app that actually like has a good organization for your phone. But I would start with the YouTube music because I think that's going to be the simplest one, and you're gonna be able to store your stuff and organize it inside that app even if you're not paying, So you don't necessarily need to pay for that to use that feature, because Google used to have that as a feature where that was sort of the included music player. And I'm sure there's more. So if you if you're listening and you have a music player that you like on Android, give me a call eight eight eight rich one O one, or sebody a message Rich on tech dot tv and just hit contact and I will take a look at that and give some of your suggestions and I'll see what I got I've got. You know, I take some notes on some of this stuff, so I'm gonna see what I have in my notes about what I like for like a music app, let's say, so, I know I always kind of bookmark these things.

I mean you can use uh, let's see, Samsung used to have a built in player, but I guess they don't more. Huh okay, well there, you could use YouTube Music. If you download that, you can actually upload the songs to their cloud service. So it actually makes it quite easy because you don't even have to transfer them to your phone. So if you go to even if you don't have a subscription. By the way, so if you go to music dot YouTube dot com, you can go to library and you can literally just drag music into there and you'll see a section that says uploads, and then when you go to your phone, those songs will be on your phone as well. So that's one of like the easiest, simplest ways to do it. Other than that, there are some apps that you can use, but I would have to do some research to figure out which one I would recommend on that because it's been a long time since I used an app to play music on the phone like that. But I'll have to look into that. But I think I mean, obviously you can use an app like VLC. They have local playback of anything on your phone. But I'm trying to think of an app that actually like has a good organization for your phone. But I would start with the YouTube music because I think that's going to be the simplest one, and you're gonna be able to store your stuff and organize it inside that app even if you're not paying, So you don't necessarily need to pay for that to use that feature, because Google used to have that as a feature where that was sort of the included music player. And I'm sure there's more. So if you if you're listening and you have a music player that you like on Android, give me a call eight eight eight rich one O one, or sebody a message Rich on tech dot tv and just hit contact and I will take a look at that and give some of your suggestions and I'll see what I got I've got. You know, I take some notes on some of this stuff, so I'm gonna see what I have in my notes about what I like for like a music app, let's say, so, I know I always kind of bookmark these things.

Yeah, I'm gonna look at that as well.

Yeah, I'm gonna look at that as well.

Okay, good question, Tony, Thanks for that, appreciate it. Eight eight eight rich one O one eight eight eight seven four to two four one zero one. I thought this was interesting week. So I got a phone call eight hundred number. And I know you're not supposed to answer calls that you don't know who they're from, but you know, when you've got kids, you kind of have to answer the phone right, no matter what. Because the last time I didn't answer the phone or I don't even remember, but it was basically my kid had like a broken arm. It was like a random call and I wasn't going to answer it, but I did, and it was like, oh, thank god I did. But this time, so I typically answer my phone unless it's marked spam call, I will answer it. So eight hundred number calls and immediately the person says, hey, this is Bank of America credit Card Verification Center. They wanted to prove my recent application. I was like, number one, if you apply for a credit card, which I didn't, they approve it or deny it right away. They don't call you to like I mean, as far as I know, I've never seen that. So I was like, okay, it seemed like this was a scam, but I wanted to see where the guy was going. And it occurred to me that I should try something new. So I tapped the call recording feature on the iPhone. This is brand new in iOS eighteen and there's a little icon upper left hand corner when you're on a call, looks like kind of an audio wave. I tap that and it said this call will be recorded. And it gave a little countdown three to two one. And as soon as they heard that this call will be recorded, guess what, they hung up immediately. And I said, Okay, I guess it's a scam because who wants to be recorded if you're a scam artist, of course you don't. You don't want your voice. I mean not that they not that you're going to like catch this person, but they just don't want to be recorded because they just It just makes sense. So I posted this to my Instagram at rich on Tech, and you guys just went nuts on it. You said, this was awesome. You love it. People are trying it out. It seems to work. So the bottom line, it might not be fool proof, but it might be something fun to try. My general advice is not to answer these calls, but if you do answer one, you find yourself in a tricky situation with anyone any you know, telemarker or whatever. They don't want to be recorded, so just press that call recording. As soon as they hear that, they might hang up. Call recording is now built into IF as well as newer Pixel and Samsung devices. So on Pixel, when you're in a call, it says call assist. You tap that, and then it says call notes. You tap that and it will record. They should just label it call recording. Why they say call notes call assist, I don't know. On Samsung, if you're on one UI seven, which is the latest software, not every phone has it, but a lot of the newer ones do. It looks like an icon with a cassette tape and the letter T. So again, once you're on that call screen, if you see that icon, you can tap that and all of them, because of legal reasons, say this call will be recorded, and so once the other person hears that, if they hang up, yeah, you know you got a scam artist on your hands. If you want to see that tip, go to my instagram at rich on Tech. Coming up, we're gonna talk to Matt Swider about the coolest things he saw at this year's Mobile World Congress. This is rich on Tech triple eight rich one O one eight eight eight seven four to two four one zero one.

Okay, good question, Tony, Thanks for that, appreciate it. Eight eight eight rich one O one eight eight eight seven four to two four one zero one. I thought this was interesting week. So I got a phone call eight hundred number. And I know you're not supposed to answer calls that you don't know who they're from, but you know, when you've got kids, you kind of have to answer the phone right, no matter what. Because the last time I didn't answer the phone or I don't even remember, but it was basically my kid had like a broken arm. It was like a random call and I wasn't going to answer it, but I did, and it was like, oh, thank god I did. But this time, so I typically answer my phone unless it's marked spam call, I will answer it. So eight hundred number calls and immediately the person says, hey, this is Bank of America credit Card Verification Center. They wanted to prove my recent application. I was like, number one, if you apply for a credit card, which I didn't, they approve it or deny it right away. They don't call you to like I mean, as far as I know, I've never seen that. So I was like, okay, it seemed like this was a scam, but I wanted to see where the guy was going. And it occurred to me that I should try something new. So I tapped the call recording feature on the iPhone. This is brand new in iOS eighteen and there's a little icon upper left hand corner when you're on a call, looks like kind of an audio wave. I tap that and it said this call will be recorded. And it gave a little countdown three to two one. And as soon as they heard that this call will be recorded, guess what, they hung up immediately. And I said, Okay, I guess it's a scam because who wants to be recorded if you're a scam artist, of course you don't. You don't want your voice. I mean not that they not that you're going to like catch this person, but they just don't want to be recorded because they just It just makes sense. So I posted this to my Instagram at rich on Tech, and you guys just went nuts on it. You said, this was awesome. You love it. People are trying it out. It seems to work. So the bottom line, it might not be fool proof, but it might be something fun to try. My general advice is not to answer these calls, but if you do answer one, you find yourself in a tricky situation with anyone any you know, telemarker or whatever. They don't want to be recorded, so just press that call recording. As soon as they hear that, they might hang up. Call recording is now built into IF as well as newer Pixel and Samsung devices. So on Pixel, when you're in a call, it says call assist. You tap that, and then it says call notes. You tap that and it will record. They should just label it call recording. Why they say call notes call assist, I don't know. On Samsung, if you're on one UI seven, which is the latest software, not every phone has it, but a lot of the newer ones do. It looks like an icon with a cassette tape and the letter T. So again, once you're on that call screen, if you see that icon, you can tap that and all of them, because of legal reasons, say this call will be recorded, and so once the other person hears that, if they hang up, yeah, you know you got a scam artist on your hands. If you want to see that tip, go to my instagram at rich on Tech. Coming up, we're gonna talk to Matt Swider about the coolest things he saw at this year's Mobile World Congress. This is rich on Tech triple eight rich one O one eight eight eight seven four to two four one zero one.

We just got a question from Tony.

We just got a question from Tony.

He was at asking about a good app for playing local files on his Samsung phone, like local MP three's, and I recommended the cloud feature in Google Music. But I also said that Samsung used to have like their own music app. I guess they don't pre install it on the phones, but doing some further research during the commercial, yes, Samsung still does have a Samsung Music app in the play Store, so that's probably what I'd recommend for your Samsung phone is just download the Samsung Music app.

He was at asking about a good app for playing local files on his Samsung phone, like local MP three's, and I recommended the cloud feature in Google Music. But I also said that Samsung used to have like their own music app. I guess they don't pre install it on the phones, but doing some further research during the commercial, yes, Samsung still does have a Samsung Music app in the play Store, so that's probably what I'd recommend for your Samsung phone is just download the Samsung Music app.

And it's interesting. I tested it.

And it's interesting. I tested it.

You can't download it on a non Samsung device, so probably the best thing to do is if you have a Samsung phone, you can do that, and it supports all the different music files. And it was just updated on February sixth, so clearly Samsung is keeping this up to date.

You can't download it on a non Samsung device, so probably the best thing to do is if you have a Samsung phone, you can do that, and it supports all the different music files. And it was just updated on February sixth, so clearly Samsung is keeping this up to date.

So there you have it.

So there you have it.

That is the best way Tony to play those local music files.

That is the best way Tony to play those local music files.

There you go. I love it. All right, Let's bring on Matt.

There you go. I love it. All right, Let's bring on Matt.

Swy just got back from Barcelona for Mobile World Congress.

Swy just got back from Barcelona for Mobile World Congress.

Matt, welcome back to the show.

Matt, welcome back to the show.

I think you now have the designation of being the guests that has been on the most.

I think you now have the designation of being the guests that has been on the most.

That I.

That I.

Cherished that. I will await my award. Thank you.

Cherished that. I will await my award. Thank you.

We'll take another ding for that. We got Adam in for Bobo today. He was very excited because he brought a whole bunch of sound effects with him, so he said he's got to get quicker, but he will. You know, we're just warming up here, all right. So explain what Mobile World Congress is.

We'll take another ding for that. We got Adam in for Bobo today. He was very excited because he brought a whole bunch of sound effects with him, so he said he's got to get quicker, but he will. You know, we're just warming up here, all right. So explain what Mobile World Congress is.

Yeah, it's a lot like CEES which a lot of your listeners know about, but it's in Barcelona and it's dedicated to mobile technology. So anything that fits in your pocket or anything that fits in a backpack, including laptop, so those types of things.

Yeah, it's a lot like CEES which a lot of your listeners know about, but it's in Barcelona and it's dedicated to mobile technology. So anything that fits in your pocket or anything that fits in a backpack, including laptop, so those types of things.

So what's the deal with big companies because I feel like, you know, it's a lot of international companies stuff that doesn't really necessarily come to the US. But you see a lot of cool like concept y stuff.

So what's the deal with big companies because I feel like, you know, it's a lot of international companies stuff that doesn't really necessarily come to the US. But you see a lot of cool like concept y stuff.

Yeah, Apple isn't here, you know, they weren't there. Samsung hasn't unveiled a big flagship phone at More World Congress in years. It's a lot of Chinese manufacturers, Lenovo, Honor, Oppo, Gao, Me Real, met some people might not be familiar with those, but they make a lot a lot of the gadgets that you wish you could get, and it's definitely stuff that trickles down to us products eventually. So a lot of the innovations that they're doing at a cheaper price, eventually the Samsungs and the Apples of the world will take those ideas and have their own version of those.

Yeah, Apple isn't here, you know, they weren't there. Samsung hasn't unveiled a big flagship phone at More World Congress in years. It's a lot of Chinese manufacturers, Lenovo, Honor, Oppo, Gao, Me Real, met some people might not be familiar with those, but they make a lot a lot of the gadgets that you wish you could get, and it's definitely stuff that trickles down to us products eventually. So a lot of the innovations that they're doing at a cheaper price, eventually the Samsungs and the Apples of the world will take those ideas and have their own version of those.

So tell me about some of the things you saw this, uh, this Lenovo solar powered laptop.

So tell me about some of the things you saw this, uh, this Lenovo solar powered laptop.

Tell me about that. Was it? Was it cool?

Tell me about that. Was it? Was it cool?

Did you get to like touch it or is it one of those things where it's like behind glass.

Did you get to like touch it or is it one of those things where it's like behind glass.

Yeah, not only did I get to touch it, I got to, you know, full around with it where it's I was covering up the lid that is solar powered. You know, it has a grid on there. It looks a lot sleeker than you would expect, and it was able to you know, if you cover it up, it dips in its charge meter. But if you're you know, outside outdoors, it can get twenty minutes with direct sunlight. It can get one hour of video playback. So that's that's pretty good. It could be one day an everlasting laptop. So I love the future of It's not quite there, but it's something that is a concept that that could go really far.

Yeah, not only did I get to touch it, I got to, you know, full around with it where it's I was covering up the lid that is solar powered. You know, it has a grid on there. It looks a lot sleeker than you would expect, and it was able to you know, if you cover it up, it dips in its charge meter. But if you're you know, outside outdoors, it can get twenty minutes with direct sunlight. It can get one hour of video playback. So that's that's pretty good. It could be one day an everlasting laptop. So I love the future of It's not quite there, but it's something that is a concept that that could go really far.

Interesting. Who do you think that would be good for? Just in general? Like if do you have to be out in direct sun? Or can you be inside?

Interesting. Who do you think that would be good for? Just in general? Like if do you have to be out in direct sun? Or can you be inside?

That was the thing that a lot of my followers had mentioned. It's like, why do I want to be outdoors? It doesn't have to be direct sun. And so if you're you know, we have a window that has indirect sunlight that also works. So it'll be a little bit slower of a charge, but it's still going to charge your your.

That was the thing that a lot of my followers had mentioned. It's like, why do I want to be outdoors? It doesn't have to be direct sun. And so if you're you know, we have a window that has indirect sunlight that also works. So it'll be a little bit slower of a charge, but it's still going to charge your your.

Laptop, all right.

Laptop, all right.

Tell me about this other Lenovo laptop eighteen inch screen because that's pretty large.

Tell me about this other Lenovo laptop eighteen inch screen because that's pretty large.

Yeah, so eighteen inches that just seems even too big to actually fout them. But it folds down into a thirteen inch laptop, which is kind of awesome. So it has this screen that extends upward, so that's a really cool thing. And it just has a screen on the front and the back basically, and you can unfold it upward and that's really cool. I think that's great for a productivity because I have a multi monitor setup that I always use, but I can't take that with me on the road, and it's the think Book flip AIPC another concept but something that's very promising.

Yeah, so eighteen inches that just seems even too big to actually fout them. But it folds down into a thirteen inch laptop, which is kind of awesome. So it has this screen that extends upward, so that's a really cool thing. And it just has a screen on the front and the back basically, and you can unfold it upward and that's really cool. I think that's great for a productivity because I have a multi monitor setup that I always use, but I can't take that with me on the road, and it's the think Book flip AIPC another concept but something that's very promising.

And I was just complaining earlier how I bought the MacBook Pro thirteen inch a couple of years ago, and I literally was ready to throw the thing out the window because I couldn't. My productivity went so far down for two years, I almost didn't do any work. It was just like I couldn't even check my email. It was fast, but the screen real estate was so tiny that I felt like I was back using the original iPhone.

And I was just complaining earlier how I bought the MacBook Pro thirteen inch a couple of years ago, and I literally was ready to throw the thing out the window because I couldn't. My productivity went so far down for two years, I almost didn't do any work. It was just like I couldn't even check my email. It was fast, but the screen real estate was so tiny that I felt like I was back using the original iPhone.

A great suggestion for that is sidecar, which you use an iPad and that kind of acts as a screen, but you know, it's a little bit just joint you at the set it up. And I feel like my eleven inch iPad Pro isn't quite a good match for a fourteen inch MacBook Pro. You really need the larger iPad Pro for that reason to kind of feel like it's not a tiny sidecar you want. You want that, but that's a good remedy until Lenovo and others come out with this new technology.

A great suggestion for that is sidecar, which you use an iPad and that kind of acts as a screen, but you know, it's a little bit just joint you at the set it up. And I feel like my eleven inch iPad Pro isn't quite a good match for a fourteen inch MacBook Pro. You really need the larger iPad Pro for that reason to kind of feel like it's not a tiny sidecar you want. You want that, but that's a good remedy until Lenovo and others come out with this new technology.

Yeah, and I went fifteen inch this time, and it's just fine.

Yeah, and I went fifteen inch this time, and it's just fine.

I have got my chat GBT on the right, my browser window on the left, and I'm very happy. Let's talk about Honor. So, what what's the deal with Honor? I've heard of this company and where are they out of and like what are they? What's their deal?

I have got my chat GBT on the right, my browser window on the left, and I'm very happy. Let's talk about Honor. So, what what's the deal with Honor? I've heard of this company and where are they out of and like what are they? What's their deal?

Yeah, so it's a Chinese company.

Yeah, so it's a Chinese company.

It used to be kind of like a sub brand of Huawei before they got spun out, but now they're they're making a lot of the gadgets that are undercutting what Apple can do.

It used to be kind of like a sub brand of Huawei before they got spun out, but now they're they're making a lot of the gadgets that are undercutting what Apple can do.

So they have something that's it's not a MacBook, but it's a magic Book Pro fourteen.

So they have something that's it's not a MacBook, but it's a magic Book Pro fourteen.

It's a Watch fifteen Ultra, and it's an Honor Pad nine. So those are some of the new gadgets. They also have kind of a new category that's emerging. The earbuds open, so they're they're not they don't quite stick in your ears, but they kind of hang on the uh like just outside the ears, and it's like having speakers on your ear.

It's a Watch fifteen Ultra, and it's an Honor Pad nine. So those are some of the new gadgets. They also have kind of a new category that's emerging. The earbuds open, so they're they're not they don't quite stick in your ears, but they kind of hang on the uh like just outside the ears, and it's like having speakers on your ear.

So it's pretty good uh volume.

So it's pretty good uh volume.

A lot of runners and bicyclists love this because you're able to hear the outside world and legally you're not supposed to have earbuds in when you're biking, at least in New York.

A lot of runners and bicyclists love this because you're able to hear the outside world and legally you're not supposed to have earbuds in when you're biking, at least in New York.

City.

City.

So this is kind of like, what, Yeah.

So this is kind of like, what, Yeah.

It's illegal to wear air pods in New York City.

It's illegal to wear air pods in New York City.

Yeah when you're on a bike. Yeah, because come on, you're supposed to hear the traffic.

Yeah when you're on a bike. Yeah, because come on, you're supposed to hear the traffic.

Wow, traffic.

Wow, traffic.

So this has kind of been a remedy and runners love it too, because they don't want to be, you know, with noise isolation while they're running completely, but they want to have good sounds. So the Honor earbuds open are kind of a good choice. But we were really impressed when we got to go hands on with my Moraile Congress. My colleague Max was able to test them out. But Honor's big thing is that they are investing ten billion dollars into AI, which you know, doesn't really mean a lot for consumers right now, but it just means that it's a company that's keeping up with Apple, Microsoft and everybody else investing gobs money into artificial intelligence.

So this has kind of been a remedy and runners love it too, because they don't want to be, you know, with noise isolation while they're running completely, but they want to have good sounds. So the Honor earbuds open are kind of a good choice. But we were really impressed when we got to go hands on with my Moraile Congress. My colleague Max was able to test them out. But Honor's big thing is that they are investing ten billion dollars into AI, which you know, doesn't really mean a lot for consumers right now, but it just means that it's a company that's keeping up with Apple, Microsoft and everybody else investing gobs money into artificial intelligence.

It's funny on the on the topic of the open earbuds, I this morning, I typically run with these shocks like open earbuds, like they you know, they use like the bone conduction instead of like sealing out your ear, So it's nice when you're running and you can hear everything around you. But today I ended up using the AirPods pro. But I did the the mode where it kind of adapts when it's you know, if you're talking, it'll go into like where you can hear transparency or it'll noise cancel when nobody's around you.

It's funny on the on the topic of the open earbuds, I this morning, I typically run with these shocks like open earbuds, like they you know, they use like the bone conduction instead of like sealing out your ear, So it's nice when you're running and you can hear everything around you. But today I ended up using the AirPods pro. But I did the the mode where it kind of adapts when it's you know, if you're talking, it'll go into like where you can hear transparency or it'll noise cancel when nobody's around you.

So I found that that worked pretty well.

So I found that that worked pretty well.

The open The thing about the open earbuds is that the audio quality is not going to be as like pronounced as something that seals out your ear right.

The open The thing about the open earbuds is that the audio quality is not going to be as like pronounced as something that seals out your ear right.

We we tested out a couple, you know, the one plus open the earbuds that they have not as good as as something that you know you'll have that on.

We we tested out a couple, you know, the one plus open the earbuds that they have not as good as as something that you know you'll have that on.

But you know that's that's really the balance.

But you know that's that's really the balance.

You have to strike the right balance between great quality and you know, the transparency that you were talking about. That's that's really you know, what they have to hit on. I call the transparency mode that Apple has. It shames me basically into not singing Kerry Okio on the streets in New York City because it starts to make the sound volume go down because it thinks you're talking to somebody, So I it catches me sometimes.

You have to strike the right balance between great quality and you know, the transparency that you were talking about. That's that's really you know, what they have to hit on. I call the transparency mode that Apple has. It shames me basically into not singing Kerry Okio on the streets in New York City because it starts to make the sound volume go down because it thinks you're talking to somebody, So I it catches me sometimes.

That's so funny, or if like I actually they must have done some sort of upgrade because I felt like it got a lot better today when I had a monks.

That's so funny, or if like I actually they must have done some sort of upgrade because I felt like it got a lot better today when I had a monks.

It's been a while since I wore them.

It's been a while since I wore them.

But the other thing is when you like cough or make like I find myself and I'm running trying to not make any noise whatsoever, because when they first introduce that mode, it would take a long time for it to like kick out of the mode, like once it gets into it. At one point when it first launched, I had to like restart my phone basically, like it was so bad. It was like I had to disconnect the air buds and or the air pods and everything. But now today it was like perfect.

But the other thing is when you like cough or make like I find myself and I'm running trying to not make any noise whatsoever, because when they first introduce that mode, it would take a long time for it to like kick out of the mode, like once it gets into it. At one point when it first launched, I had to like restart my phone basically, like it was so bad. It was like I had to disconnect the air buds and or the air pods and everything. But now today it was like perfect.

It's very sensitive sometimes, but I think they, yeah, you're right. There was some sort of firmware update, probably along with the hearing aid technology that came out with When I was in Barcelona, we went to a you know, someone's party and one of the companies and it was very loud, but you could actually stick in your AirPods pro AirPods PRO two specifically and kind of drown out the noise. So use it as a noise cancelation devices.

It's very sensitive sometimes, but I think they, yeah, you're right. There was some sort of firmware update, probably along with the hearing aid technology that came out with When I was in Barcelona, we went to a you know, someone's party and one of the companies and it was very loud, but you could actually stick in your AirPods pro AirPods PRO two specifically and kind of drown out the noise. So use it as a noise cancelation devices.

All right.

All right.

Finally, before we go this this real meet ultraphone concept.

Finally, before we go this this real meet ultraphone concept.

I saw this scrolling through my Instagram a lot.

I saw this scrolling through my Instagram a lot.

Yeah, so you know it's basically replacing the body of a mirrorless or DSLR camera. So say you forgot the body, you know, that big bulky body of a camera, real camera, but you still had the DSR lenses and your phone, so you're able to kind of stick that that lens on top of the smartphone and get three times and ten times zoom and it feels like DSLR quality. Got to test that out. Putting together it was like, you know, very interesting. It took a second to do it. That was my first first time doing it, and I was really impressed with the quality. But it's another Chinese phone company called real Me. It's there, it's their concept, but the fact that we got to test it out means it's we're probably gonna see it very soon.

Yeah, so you know it's basically replacing the body of a mirrorless or DSLR camera. So say you forgot the body, you know, that big bulky body of a camera, real camera, but you still had the DSR lenses and your phone, so you're able to kind of stick that that lens on top of the smartphone and get three times and ten times zoom and it feels like DSLR quality. Got to test that out. Putting together it was like, you know, very interesting. It took a second to do it. That was my first first time doing it, and I was really impressed with the quality. But it's another Chinese phone company called real Me. It's there, it's their concept, but the fact that we got to test it out means it's we're probably gonna see it very soon.

I feel like all these concepts that we see, at the end of the day, people just go back to their iPhone. It's like the same technology for the past like ten years now or however many years the iPhone's been out.

I feel like all these concepts that we see, at the end of the day, people just go back to their iPhone. It's like the same technology for the past like ten years now or however many years the iPhone's been out.

It's true.

It's true.

And I call that trickle down technology because you know, you might not be able to you know have these devices because maybe they don't they don't release in the US, or maybe it's just not part of your you know, your it's not in your wheelhouse of what you get because you.

And I call that trickle down technology because you know, you might not be able to you know have these devices because maybe they don't they don't release in the US, or maybe it's just not part of your you know, your it's not in your wheelhouse of what you get because you.

Maybe stick to the iPhone.

Maybe stick to the iPhone.

Eventually, if that technology is good enough, it's going to force the Samsungs the Apples of the world to adopt that. So, you know a lot of the flip and foldable screens that we've been seeing. Eventually, maybe next year Apple will have something of that kind with a foldable phone.

Eventually, if that technology is good enough, it's going to force the Samsungs the Apples of the world to adopt that. So, you know a lot of the flip and foldable screens that we've been seeing. Eventually, maybe next year Apple will have something of that kind with a foldable phone.

All right, Matt Swider of the Shortcut dot great newsletter. Sign up for it the shortcut dot Com. Thanks so much for joining me today.

All right, Matt Swider of the Shortcut dot great newsletter. Sign up for it the shortcut dot Com. Thanks so much for joining me today.

Thanks for having me Rich all right.

Thanks for having me Rich all right.

Always good to see you.

Always good to see you.

I saw you a couple of weeks ago in New York City for the Amazon Alexa event. Always fun, so wealth of information The shortcut dot Com. All right, coming up, let's see we are going to talk about, Oh, we got a new Google store that opened up in a key city in America. I'll tell you what why they're opening physical stores and how many they have compared to the market leader Apple eight a' eight rich one O one eight eight eight seven four to two four one zero one plus your calls coming up right here on rich on Tech eight eight eight seven four to two four one zero one, Donald recommended a double Twist as an app for playing music files on an Android. He says he regularly uses it and it works well free for general use, but they also have a paid version.

I saw you a couple of weeks ago in New York City for the Amazon Alexa event. Always fun, so wealth of information The shortcut dot Com. All right, coming up, let's see we are going to talk about, Oh, we got a new Google store that opened up in a key city in America. I'll tell you what why they're opening physical stores and how many they have compared to the market leader Apple eight a' eight rich one O one eight eight eight seven four to two four one zero one plus your calls coming up right here on rich on Tech eight eight eight seven four to two four one zero one, Donald recommended a double Twist as an app for playing music files on an Android. He says he regularly uses it and it works well free for general use, but they also have a paid version.

Remember that one. It's been a while.

Remember that one. It's been a while.

And then let's see here, got another question here from Tony. Tony says, Hey, rich great show. You always mentioned useful info tips and tricks that you post in your IG account. Is the same info post it available on other social media platforms.

And then let's see here, got another question here from Tony. Tony says, Hey, rich great show. You always mentioned useful info tips and tricks that you post in your IG account. Is the same info post it available on other social media platforms.

Good question.

Good question.

Most of the time I will post it to my Facebook, Facebook, dot com.

Most of the time I will post it to my Facebook, Facebook, dot com.

Slash rich on Tech. Those are both meta.

Slash rich on Tech. Those are both meta.

So if you're staying off meta you don't like meta, I understand that you know you won't see those. I sometimes post to Twitter or x but typically it just depends like I'm not one of those people that posts the same thing everywhere, and so I think, Tony, the best way to follow me is probably my newsletter. Just go to rich on Tech dot tv, sign up for the newsletter, and that's probably the best way to do it. Because if something if something bubbles up, and I mean like if something is popular on one of the places I post it, I typically include it in the newsletter because I'm like, oh, okay, people thought that was interesting, so let me include it for my broad audience. Great question, Tony. Thanks, Let's go to Fernando in Laguna Hills.

So if you're staying off meta you don't like meta, I understand that you know you won't see those. I sometimes post to Twitter or x but typically it just depends like I'm not one of those people that posts the same thing everywhere, and so I think, Tony, the best way to follow me is probably my newsletter. Just go to rich on Tech dot tv, sign up for the newsletter, and that's probably the best way to do it. Because if something if something bubbles up, and I mean like if something is popular on one of the places I post it, I typically include it in the newsletter because I'm like, oh, okay, people thought that was interesting, so let me include it for my broad audience. Great question, Tony. Thanks, Let's go to Fernando in Laguna Hills.

Fernando. You're on with Rich.

Fernando. You're on with Rich.

Hi. Rich.

Hi. Rich.

I appreciate everything you do with Thank you for taking my call.

I appreciate everything you do with Thank you for taking my call.

Yeah. Absolutely, I've got a question.

Yeah. Absolutely, I've got a question.

I have an iPhone, the sixteen Pro, and now that we.

I have an iPhone, the sixteen Pro, and now that we.

Have acts to the.

Have acts to the.

Port, so we can add another like a external hard drive or you know, reader, I'm trying to have a lot of music files already, and I'm trying to find also a music player that will say this file directly without any subscription anything like that.

Port, so we can add another like a external hard drive or you know, reader, I'm trying to have a lot of music files already, and I'm trying to find also a music player that will say this file directly without any subscription anything like that.

iPhone to transfer the MP threes from an external drive to the iPhone. There may be a way to drag them in there directly from the drive, but I think that that is you know, the way Apple's operating system works, everything is very it's not like a typical operating system. So if you were to drag those files in, yeah, you can do that, but they're going to go into the files app on your iPhone, which is not ideal.

iPhone to transfer the MP threes from an external drive to the iPhone. There may be a way to drag them in there directly from the drive, but I think that that is you know, the way Apple's operating system works, everything is very it's not like a typical operating system. So if you were to drag those files in, yeah, you can do that, but they're going to go into the files app on your iPhone, which is not ideal.

Right, So.

Right, So.

The way that Apple does.

The way that Apple does.

Things is slightly different than all the other manufacturers out there. So what I'd recommend is there's an app called Walter Pro wa l t R Walter Pro And what's great about this app is you installed on your computer and you can drag and drop pretty much any file that you want onto your iPhone and it can do it with your iPhone plugged into your computer. You can do it wirelessly, but that is the way I'd recommend doing it because what this will do is it will put the files into the music player, into the native player on the iPhone.

Things is slightly different than all the other manufacturers out there. So what I'd recommend is there's an app called Walter Pro wa l t R Walter Pro And what's great about this app is you installed on your computer and you can drag and drop pretty much any file that you want onto your iPhone and it can do it with your iPhone plugged into your computer. You can do it wirelessly, but that is the way I'd recommend doing it because what this will do is it will put the files into the music player, into the native player on the iPhone.

So that is what I'd recommend doing.

So that is what I'd recommend doing.

And that program, I believe has probably a one time cost, but you can try it for free. So if you download, it's called Walter waltr Pro. It's from a company called soft Reno and I've been using it for years. It is fantastic, And what's neat about it is that it will convert the files so you don't have to think about what the format is that you're putting on your phone. So Apple's very particular about the formats that it supports natively for the iPhone. So this if you have a PDF, you can drop it in there if you have a music file, I mean, it really will do anything. And if you have like a random file that has like a you know, a different format, it will convert that into a format that is compatible with your iPhone. So it works with pretty much anything you can think of. So you can do ring tones, you can do audio books, you can do video, you can do just anything. And what's great about it is you just drag and drop and it will put right in there and you can use your your native music player on the iPhone to play those files. So again, Walter Pro, I know you mentioned free, but and there may be a free alternative, but this is the best solution that I've found that's super easy and they do a great job. Wa ltr pro Walter Pro. So great question, Fernando. I know it's Apple just likes to do things their own way and sometimes you have to find a way around that. It's so weird because here it is an iPhone. It's all it is is a hard drive, right, and you would think that they would build software where you can just drag and drop stuff onto that phone. No, or just by the way, once you have stuff on that phone, Hey, I just want to pull that information off the phone. No, you don't realize until you actually need to do these things that they're kind of complicated.

And that program, I believe has probably a one time cost, but you can try it for free. So if you download, it's called Walter waltr Pro. It's from a company called soft Reno and I've been using it for years. It is fantastic, And what's neat about it is that it will convert the files so you don't have to think about what the format is that you're putting on your phone. So Apple's very particular about the formats that it supports natively for the iPhone. So this if you have a PDF, you can drop it in there if you have a music file, I mean, it really will do anything. And if you have like a random file that has like a you know, a different format, it will convert that into a format that is compatible with your iPhone. So it works with pretty much anything you can think of. So you can do ring tones, you can do audio books, you can do video, you can do just anything. And what's great about it is you just drag and drop and it will put right in there and you can use your your native music player on the iPhone to play those files. So again, Walter Pro, I know you mentioned free, but and there may be a free alternative, but this is the best solution that I've found that's super easy and they do a great job. Wa ltr pro Walter Pro. So great question, Fernando. I know it's Apple just likes to do things their own way and sometimes you have to find a way around that. It's so weird because here it is an iPhone. It's all it is is a hard drive, right, and you would think that they would build software where you can just drag and drop stuff onto that phone. No, or just by the way, once you have stuff on that phone, Hey, I just want to pull that information off the phone. No, you don't realize until you actually need to do these things that they're kind of complicated.

So and Apple did that for a reason.

So and Apple did that for a reason.

They they did it for either protecting you know, the file form, you know the files that are copyright protected.

They they did it for either protecting you know, the file form, you know the files that are copyright protected.

They did it for iTunes with the music stuff.

They did it for iTunes with the music stuff.

So there's reasons for it, and probably a lot of it is security as well, but it's just kind of like you're like, wait a second, this should be really simple. I want to drag a file onto my phone. Oh that's tougher than I thought. And I think Apple Music used to do that or iTunes used to do it, but it was also a weird thing where it's like a one way street. So Walter pro is going to be really easy, and I think you'll you'll really like that. Let's see, Okay, we only have a minute. Oh my gosh, Okay, I'll do this. I'll save the Google Store Santa Monica for the next segment here, but I'll tell you about this. If you have an iPhone and you want Google Gemini on your lock screen, there are six new lock screen widgets. So if you want to do something other than what Apple has with the AI stuff and other than what chatchibt does. If you like Gemini, you can now get this on your lock screen. So they got six different widgets that you can add. The first is one where it brings you instantly to typing, so you can type in a question, get an AI answer. The next one is talking, so it opens up Gemini Live. Then you've got a microphone for voice input. That's the one I put on there. Camera, you can take a picture, ask AI about it. You can share an image, or you can share a file.

So there's reasons for it, and probably a lot of it is security as well, but it's just kind of like you're like, wait a second, this should be really simple. I want to drag a file onto my phone. Oh that's tougher than I thought. And I think Apple Music used to do that or iTunes used to do it, but it was also a weird thing where it's like a one way street. So Walter pro is going to be really easy, and I think you'll you'll really like that. Let's see, Okay, we only have a minute. Oh my gosh, Okay, I'll do this. I'll save the Google Store Santa Monica for the next segment here, but I'll tell you about this. If you have an iPhone and you want Google Gemini on your lock screen, there are six new lock screen widgets. So if you want to do something other than what Apple has with the AI stuff and other than what chatchibt does. If you like Gemini, you can now get this on your lock screen. So they got six different widgets that you can add. The first is one where it brings you instantly to typing, so you can type in a question, get an AI answer. The next one is talking, so it opens up Gemini Live. Then you've got a microphone for voice input. That's the one I put on there. Camera, you can take a picture, ask AI about it. You can share an image, or you can share a file.

Again.

Again.

These are all new widgets in the Google Gemini app for iPhone.

These are all new widgets in the Google Gemini app for iPhone.

If you want to add them to your lock screen. You are listening to Rich on Tech.

If you want to add them to your lock screen. You are listening to Rich on Tech.

We got the question about earlier about the best Android music app for an Android phone for local files and CALLI cardinal Fan writes in on x Pulsar is a reasonably good music player for Android.

We got the question about earlier about the best Android music app for an Android phone for local files and CALLI cardinal Fan writes in on x Pulsar is a reasonably good music player for Android.

It is compatible with Android Auto.

It is compatible with Android Auto.

Two ooh, I like that. That's a good point. Make sure it's compatible with Android Auto.

Two ooh, I like that. That's a good point. Make sure it's compatible with Android Auto.