We're feeling goofy this week discussing reports of an Android-friendly Apple Watch that was almost made and Google's desperation over making iMessage open source. The Pixel 8 won't let you make a fake I.D., and why is Boston getting a Google store?

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Links and Show Notes:

• Apple Health: Blood Pressure, Glucose, Sleep Apnea; Team Issues

• Google and prominent telecom groups call on Brussels to act over Apple's iMessage

• Google Photos Won't Let You Use Magic Editor to Make a Fake ID

• Boston is getting a Google store, one of a handful in the U.S.

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