Google is still making a ton of money and Motorola launched a new family of foldables. Why does Google hate the taste of its own dogfood?
564: Make Agentic Work
2026-04-23 | 54 mins.
Agentic AI is coming to Google's enterprise, whether you like it or not, and the next Pixel phone might bring back notification lights. Google is beta testing more ugly ads.
563: No More Hijacking
2026-04-17 | 51 mins.
Gemini's new safety guardrails, how Google plans to punish browser hijacking, and the company's attempt to make Gemini happen on the Mac.
562: Let’s Get Vertical
2026-04-10 | 58 mins.
Vertical Tabs are the drama, the _New York Times_ attempts to determine how accurate AI Overviews are, and Google releases an experimental dictation app.
561: Aesthetic Pasta
2026-04-02 | 59 mins.
The end of the world is coming; the reason might surprise you. And just in time, Google lets you reverse some of your past mistakes.
Material is a weekly discussion about the Google and Android universe. Your intrepid hosts try to answer the question, “What holds up the digital world?” The answer, so far, is that it’s Google all the way down. Hosted by Andy Ihnatko and Florence Ion.