{"id":5772,"date":"2025-09-28T18:14:32","date_gmt":"2025-09-29T04:14:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mobileviews.com\/blog\/?p=5772"},"modified":"2025-09-28T18:14:32","modified_gmt":"2025-09-29T04:14:32","slug":"mobileviews-580-raspberry-pi-500-amazon-alexa-androidchromeos-ar-vr-ai-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mobileviews.com\/blog\/2025\/09\/28\/mobileviews-580-raspberry-pi-500-amazon-alexa-androidchromeos-ar-vr-ai-more\/","title":{"rendered":"MobileViews 580: Raspberry Pi 500+; Amazon Alexa+; Android+ChromeOS; AR\/VR, AI &#038; more"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none; min-width: min(100%, 430px); height: 150px;\" title=\"MobileViews 580: Raspberry Pi 500+; Amazon Alexa+; Android+ChromeOS; AR\/VR, AI &amp; more\" src=\"https:\/\/www.podbean.com\/player-v2\/?i=rf8ph-197a905-pb&amp;from=pb6admin&amp;share=1&amp;download=1&amp;rtl=0&amp;fonts=Arial&amp;skin=1&amp;font-color=auto&amp;logo_link=episode_page&amp;btn-skin=7\" width=\"100%\" height=\"150\" scrolling=\"no\" data-name=\"pb-iframe-player\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-5773\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mobileviews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/MViews-580-Jon-me-AIframe-1024x448.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"448\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mobileviews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/MViews-580-Jon-me-AIframe-1024x448.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.mobileviews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/MViews-580-Jon-me-AIframe-300x131.png 300w, https:\/\/www.mobileviews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/MViews-580-Jon-me-AIframe-768x336.png 768w, https:\/\/www.mobileviews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/MViews-580-Jon-me-AIframe.png 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In MobileViews Podcast 580, Jon Westfall and I discussed a bunch of new tech, starting with the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomshardware.com\/raspberry-pi\/raspberry-pi-500-plus-review\"><b>Raspberry Pi 500+<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. I&#8217;m excited about this new keyboard computer because, unlike its predecessor, it features a <\/span><b>mechanical keyboard<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and, most importantly, an <\/span><b>NVMe SSD slot<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for faster performance, moving beyond the slow SD card. I still haven&#8217;t figured out what I&#8217;d actually <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">do<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> with one, but the specs are impressive! I also shared my experience with the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/b?node=206207565011&amp;ref=aucc_en_us_web_typ_xaa_evgn_bt_0004\/ref=MarsContentGrid__ModalContinueRedirection\"><b>Amazon Alexa Plus early access<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, noting that my older Echo Dot and Echo Flex were surprisingly supported, though the new female default voice has some annoying vocal fry. I&#8217;m also looking forward to Google&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.google\/products\/search\/google-app-windows-labs\/\">experimental <\/a><\/span><b>Google app for Windows<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, hoping it delivers the AI PC experience that Microsoft&#8217;s Surface Pro 11 hasn&#8217;t quite fulfilled. Finally, I touched on the rumor of <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/chromeunboxed.com\/its-official-google-says-the-android-and-chromeos-merger-is-coming-next-year\/\"><b>Google merging Chrome OS and Android<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, a move that I hope combines the best of both platforms, especially for tablets.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jon Westfall brought up the topic of the things that have sparked <\/span><b>&#8220;tech joy&#8221;<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for him over the past year. He is particularly excited about the continuing evolution of <\/span><b>AR\/VR glasses<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, mentioning Meta&#8217;s new glasses and the potential for an Apple Vision &#8220;amateur.&#8221; He sees these as a fantastic way to facilitate human communication, especially for those of us who struggle to remember names and details. Jon is also very enthusiastic about the <\/span><b>Large Language Models (LLMs)<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, specifically their use as a <\/span><b>&#8220;junior assistant&#8221;<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for tasks like drafting his promotion portfolio at work and serving as a quick <\/span><b>&#8220;junior developer&#8221;<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for software prototypes. This is a great way to handle tedious work! I seconded the excitement around AI by mentioning the fun I&#8217;ve had with <\/span><b>Google AI Pro&#8217;s photo and video tools<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> on my Pixel 10 Pro. We then wrapped up with a mini-rant about a poorly designed Bluetooth scale and some interesting reading recommendations, including a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/feed\/update\/urn:li:activity:7378089036806066177\/\">LinkedIn article by Ed Margulies about <\/a><\/span><b>fear of change<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> when trying to be a change agent in the enterprise and another about <\/span><b>Roblox<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and the <\/span><b>skins market<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in modern gaming.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Available via <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/mobileviews.com-podcast\/id301171904?mt=2\">Apple iTunes<\/a>.<br \/>\n<a href=\"\u201chttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@ToddOgasawara\/podcasts\u201d\">MobileViews YouTube Podcasts channel <\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"\u201chttps:\/\/www.audible.com\/pd\/MobileViewscom-Podcast-Podcast\/B08K565TQS?qid=1640555789&amp;sr=1-1&amp;ref=a_search_c3_lProduct_1_1&amp;pf_rd_p=83218cca-c308-412f-bfcf-90198b687a2f&amp;pf_rd_r=TXEJVWB2VW471GJ9XQQ0\u201d&lt;\/a\">MobileViews Podcast on Audible.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In MobileViews Podcast 580, Jon Westfall and I discussed a bunch of new tech, starting with the Raspberry Pi 500+. I&#8217;m excited about this new keyboard computer because, unlike its predecessor, it features a mechanical keyboard and, most importantly, an NVMe SSD slot for faster performance, moving beyond the slow SD card. 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