{"id":5962,"date":"2026-04-05T18:10:56","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T04:10:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mobileviews.com\/blog\/?p=5962"},"modified":"2026-04-05T18:10:56","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T04:10:56","slug":"mobileviews-604-google-ai-pro-5tb-google-flexos-usb-stick-apple-50th-guest-sven-johannsen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mobileviews.com\/blog\/2026\/04\/05\/mobileviews-604-google-ai-pro-5tb-google-flexos-usb-stick-apple-50th-guest-sven-johannsen\/","title":{"rendered":"MobileViews 604: Google AI Pro 5TB; Google FlexOS USB stick; Apple 50th; guest Sven Johannsen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none; min-width: min(100%, 430px); height: 150px;\" title=\"MobileViews 604: Google AI Pro 5TB; Google FlexOS USB stick; Apple 50th; guest Sven Johannsen\" src=\"https:\/\/www.podbean.com\/player-v2\/?i=idwt5-1a8f51a-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-5963\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mobileviews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/MViews-604-AIframe-1024x564.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"564\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mobileviews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/MViews-604-AIframe-1024x564.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.mobileviews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/MViews-604-AIframe-300x165.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mobileviews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/MViews-604-AIframe-768x423.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.mobileviews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/MViews-604-AIframe-1536x846.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.mobileviews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/MViews-604-AIframe-2048x1128.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>Jon Westfall<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and I were joined by <\/span><b>Sven Johannsen<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for <\/span><b>MobileViews Podcast 604<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. We spent a good portion of the show reflecting on a major milestone: <\/span><b>Apple turned 50<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> on April 1st. Beyond the nostalgia, we dove into Google&#8217;s latest AI subscription changes and some clever new hardware gadgets..<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I\u2019ve been getting a lot of mileage out of <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/9to5google.com\/2026\/04\/01\/google-ai-pro-5-tb\/\"><b>Google AI Pro<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and they recently gave their subscription service more value by bumping the storage from 2TB to <\/span><b>5TB<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for the same $200-a-year price. One of the most impressive new features is <\/span><b>NotebookLM\u2019s cinematic video creation<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which I used to analyze and summarize 18 years of our own podcast history. We also discussed <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.google\/company-news\/outreach-and-initiatives\/sustainability\/chromeos-flex-back-market-kit\/\"><b>Google Flex OS<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which now offers a <\/span><b>three-dollar bootable USB stick<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for people who want a low-barrier way to try Chrome OS on their existing hardware.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We shared our &#8220;origin stories&#8221; with Apple, and it was a fun look back at how the technology evolved: <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I also recounted my favorite customer service story from 2010, where an email to <\/span><b>Steve Jobs&#8217; office<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> resulted in me getting a launch-day iPad despite a UPS delivery delay\u2014and UPS actually made its <\/span><b>first-ever Saturday delivery<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in my region just to get it to me and other iPad pre-order customers..<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We revisited the <\/span><b>MacBook Neo<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. While critics focus on the 8GB RAM limit, the <\/span><b>build quality<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is miles ahead of the &#8220;plasticky, bendy&#8221; Chromebooks that dominate the budget market. Jon noted that his students are the real target for this device; they want to be in the Apple ecosystem but often can&#8217;t afford the Pro models, making the <\/span><b>$499 education price<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> a potential game-changer.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We closed out the episode with discussions of the <a href=\"https:\/\/tenonedesign.com\/porter.php\">WiFiPorter<\/a> Sven bought to provide guests to his home with a seamless guest WiFi connection and the <a href=\"https:\/\/ohsnap.com\/products\/mcon-magnetic-controller?srsltid=AfmBOor9h3ZRmG48o-Nu9gdOMiSR3E1v-E4UFidw7kOGcDjWpm3-XE0l\">MCON magnetic transforming game controller<\/a> that Jon recently purchased.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-5964\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mobileviews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/MViews-604-infographic-1024x572.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"572\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mobileviews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/MViews-604-infographic-1024x572.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.mobileviews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/MViews-604-infographic-300x167.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mobileviews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/MViews-604-infographic-768x429.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.mobileviews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/MViews-604-infographic-1536x857.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.mobileviews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/MViews-604-infographic-2048x1143.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/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>Jon Westfall and I were joined by Sven Johannsen for MobileViews Podcast 604. We spent a good portion of the show reflecting on a major milestone: Apple turned 50 on April 1st. Beyond the nostalgia, we dove into Google&#8217;s latest AI subscription changes and some clever new hardware gadgets.. 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