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Android 12 with Material You design and new privacy features, Wear OS merging with Samsung’s Tizen and powered by Fitbit, and more — this is the Google I/O 2021 episode. Gadgets 360 reviews editor Jamshed Avari and senior reviewer Sheldon Pinto join host Akhil Arora to discuss the highlights from Google’s annual developer conference that was virtual and free to everyone this year. We talk about how manufacturers might deal with the new Android design language, how serious the ads-driven Google is about data privacy, and why we are excited about the new Android TV remote app. Read: Everything announced at Google I/O 2021 Later, we jump over to Army of the Dead, Zack Snyder’s zombie heist thriller movie out now on Netflix. Gadgets 360 chief sub-editor Shayak Majumder and senior reviewer Ali Pardiwala — both zombie nerds — join Akhil to discuss what they liked and what they didn’t. We touch upon Dave Bautista’s acting skills (or the lack of them), the film’s many failures (and how it wastes Huma Qureshi), and the different kinds of zombies (including Alpha zombies and a zombie tiger). Read: Army of the Dead Review Follow Gadgets 360 on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and YouTube. Write to us at podcast@gadgets360.com Chapters Intro (00:00) Android 12 (00:22) Material You (03:16) Privacy and profits (09:11) Wear OS, meet Tizen (13:48) Everything else (23:14) Army of the Dead (27:29) The many problems (33:20) A bigger franchise (39:57) Huma Qureshi?! (42:34) Alpha zombies (44:13) More Bautista (49:18) Outro (53:38)