Welcome to the 493rd edition of Android Apps Weekly. Here are the big headlines from the last week:
- Adam Mosseri, the head of Instagram, told MKBHD on Threads that he believes Android is better than iOS this week. This sparked a pretty big debate that was pretty entertaining to read. You can learn more about it at the link, but it seems some folks still can’t decide which one is better.
- YouTube Premium prices have gone up again. The changes affect a range of plans. Individual YouTube Premium plans cost $2 more than they used to. The annual plan jumped from $119.99 to $139.99. Student plans also got a price bump from $6.99 to $7.99 per month. Finally, YouTube Music Premium is going from $9.99 to $10.99 monthly. The only plan that doesn’t seem affected is the family plan, which received a price bump earlier this year.
- Netflix ramped up its removal of password-sharing this week. The restrictions are rolling out worldwide with subscribers receiving emails to let them know the change is happening. In addition, Netflix also removed its Basic tier in the US and the UK, so if you want to subscribe to avoid password sharing, it’ll now be more expensive.
- Google is testing an AI bot to write news articles. That’s a pretty big deal, especially for people who work at websites like this one. Google intends for it to assist journalists in writing news stories, and it’s been presented to The New York Times, The Washington Post, and News Corp. This is a hit-or-miss kind of thing, as AI bots still get a lot of things wrong. However, it’s still a step toward higher AI integration.
- Speaking of steps toward AI, details of Apple’s foray into the AI space leaked this week. It’s called Apple GPT, and Apple is working on it internally. Outside of being confirmed to actually exist, we don’t know much about Apple GPT. It uses an LLM platform based on Google JAX, and calls their own implementation AJAX, which is pretty adorable. Hit the link to learn more.
DC Heroes & Villains
Price: Free to play
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