Blind Android Users Podcast Episode 37, life's hit when you stay fit

Thank you for joining us on Episode 37
This episode is presented by:
• Ed Green
• Warren Carr
• Austin Pinto
• Mariam Mohsen
• Ana Garza
In this episode, we cover…
Announcements
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• This week, Google announced the Pixel 5A, available in the US and Japan only from $449.
https://store.google.com/us/product/pixel_5a_5g?hl=en-GB
The Pixel 4A 5G and Pixel 5 will also be discontinued globally, leaving the soon to be announced Pixel 6 and 6 Pro as the only current Google handsets in many markets.
• Sony finally released the Xperia 1 III on 19 August having originally announced it in April. This is a quality phone but doesn’t come cheap, at £1200 in the UK and $1300 in the US.
https://www.sony.co.uk/electronics/smartphones/xperia-1m3
Here is a video of an unboxing from a sighted user’s perspective.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lSaDlBGKOIU
• Continue to check out our Youtube channel for extra content, including comprehensive demos of the apps we talk about during the “In focus” session this week.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvEM-SmpwElNALldhp8hG1g
• Doug continues his wonderful job of giving our website a much-needed overhaul.
If you need help with your own website, do visit his own site,
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Android basics
Our 13th app category takes us into the realm of health and fitness apps.
Warren discusses some of the most recommended apps in this area to assist with the taking of medication - Medi safe Pill Reminder
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.medisafe.android.client
Medication Tracker
Mango Health.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mangohealth.mango
My Therapy.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=eu.smartpatient.mytherapy
For those less confident in using apps for this purpose, Warren also tells us about physical devices which exist for this purpose - Tab Time Vibrating Pill Box
https://tabtime.com/
Med Minder.
https://www.medminder.com/
Ana demonstrates a mood tracking app my diary by Krida Creations.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.kridacreations.diary&utm_source=appsonwindows.com&utm_medium=appsonwindows.com
yoga app, Pocket Yoga
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rainfrog.yoga&hl=en_US&gl=US
and explains how you can use the Google Assistant to remind you to take our pills.
Austin gives us a detailed demo of Google Fit: Activity Tracking, including showing how to measure your heart rate and respiratory rate using your phones camera.
Some of the features demoed in the app may not work on non-pixel devices.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.apps.fitness&hl=en_IN&gl=US
For the diabetics among us, Ed demonstrates the Freestyle Libre app, which can be used to take blood sugar readings in conjunction with the Freestyle Libre Continuous Glucose Monitoring System from Abbott Diabetes Care Inc without the need for finger pricks.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.freestylelibre.app.gb
Commentary
Mariam brings us the next episode in the series demonstrating the Commentary screen reader.
Commentary screen reader can be downloaded from.
https://github.com/nirenr/jieshuo/
App of the week
This week, Doug demonstrates the Mobvoi app – the app used to drive the TicWatch Pro.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mobvoi.companion.aw
Talkback Highlights
Warren continues his series taking us through Talkback highlights.
My Android journey
This week, we are joined by Tracy Smith who brings us her Android journey.
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