Phil takes a well-deserved day off, but the rest of the gang is here to talk about all the great Android goodies that should soon be hitting the shelves

Thing 1: All things Android Wear

• Google officially announces Android Wear
• Motorola announces 'Moto 360,' its first Android Wear device
• LG announces G Watch, powered by Android Wear
• Bringing Google Now to your wrist: This is the Android Wear interface
• Moto 360 to feature 'secret' charging method

Thing 2: Phones we all want but can't buy yet

• New HTC One (M8) available to buy on March 25 in the UK
• Verizon HTC One (M8) promo box tells us to 'hit refresh' at 1pm ET on launch day
• AT&T teases 'amazing new HTC device,' offers the chance to win one
• HTC posts countdown to March 25, will live stream event
• Sprint Galaxy S5 price: $199 on contract, $649 outright
• Samsung Galaxy S5, new Gear watches now available to pre-order from AT&T
• T-Mobile Galaxy S5 price: $0 down and $27.50 per month
• US Cellular gets two colors of the Galaxy S5, throws in $50 for Google Play
• AT&T Galaxy S5 price - $199 on contract, $649 outright

Thing 3: Other stuff

• Chromecast now for sale in Canada, UK and 9 countries across Europe
• Apps can now have separate changelogs for production, beta and alpha versions
• White House reportedly testing Android phones, could threaten BlackBerry
• All Gmail will now use HTTPS, messages will be encrypted when moving inside Google

Google has announced Android Wear — it's software platform for wearables — and along with it we saw a couple new smartwatches announced. So Phil from Android Central, Adam from SmartwatchFans.com, CrackBerry Kevin and Mobile Nations Design Director David Lundblad got together to hash it all out.

(Warning: There's a little bit of NSFW language in this one.)

• Google officially announces Android Wear
• Motorola announces 'Moto 360,' its first Android Wear device
• LG announces G Watch, powered by Android Wear
• Android Wear announcements today have Pebble founder 'excited'
• Fossil Group supporting Android Wear devices

We've got the full crew here, back on the proper YouTube channel, and ready to break down the week that was — including the to-do over KitKat and SD cards, all the latest leakage on the new HTC One, plus more of your questions, answered live! Join us!

Thing 1: All the news that's fit to leak

• The new HTC One: What we're expecting
• New HTC One packaging, specs revealed as Verizon model apparently sold on eBay
• More new HTC One features and specs leak out
• Aussie leak explains HTC One's new 'Duo Camera,' outs Sense 6.0
• HTC M8 leakage continues with new photos and video
• T-Mobile will only sell 16GB Galaxy S5 in stores
• Purported specs for Google's smartwatch leak
• Leaked benchmark info suggests Galaxy S5 Zoom being prepped
• Amazon game controller appears in leaked images

Thing 2: Google updates all the things

• Google Play Store 4.6.16 now rolling out with new password options, batch app installing
• Sprint launches own-branded prepaid plans, offers 2.5GB high-speed data for $60
• Google updates the Chromecast app
• Google pushes minor updates to a handful of apps
• What is 'Dogfooding'?
• Google slashes prices for Google Drive storage; 100GB now $1.99 a month
• Cheap Cloud Storage — which one saves you the most?

Thing 3: Other stuff

• Exclusive first look at Sega's Crazy Taxi City Rush
• Amazon Prime's annual fee increasing to $99 when you renew
• KitKat and SD cards — what's fixed, what's broken and what's misunderstood
• Instagram update focuses on cleaning up design, boosting performance

Thing 1: Journey to the Samsung Galaxy

• Is hating on the new Galaxy the new hating on the new iPhone?
• MCould Samsung go all-out with a 'Galaxy S5 Prime' later this year?
• Three UK outs Galaxy Gear 2's pricey price
• Quick comparison: Samsung Gear 2 versus Galaxy Gear

Thing 2: Great things not made by Samsung

• Let's talk about HTC's next big thing
• Sony just might have the best flagship of 2014 in the Xperia Z2
• LG's G Pro 2 is bigger and better

Thing 3: Even more stuff

• From the Editor's Desk: Second thoughts ...
• Pebble 2.0 finally available for Android
• Alex hates the Moto X
• Jerry hates the Nokia X
• Vine hates XXX
• Google now Launcher hits Google Play
• Samsung's Chromebook 2 made official: stitched leather and ARM processors

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We're just about finished here at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, so the guys all get together to hash out what we saw, what we didn't see — and what we wish we'd never laid eyes on.

Join us!

We're in Barcelona, Spain, for Mobile World Congress, where Samsung just announced the Galaxy S5, Galaxy Gear 2 and Gear 2 Neo, and the Gear Fit. Join Alex Dobie and Phil Nickinson as they break down this latest round of announcements.

• Samsung Galaxy S5 made official: 5.1-inch HD screen, fingerprint scanner, and heart rate monitor in tow
• Samsung Galaxy S5 hands-on and initial review
• Samsung Unpacked 5 Liveblog
• US carriers confirm Galaxy S5 release
• Samsung Galaxy S5, Gear 2, and Gear Fit launching April 11 worldwide
• The Galaxy S5 pictured from every angle you can imagine
• Samsung Galaxy S5 specs

We're on our way to Barcelona, Spain, today for Mobile World Congress, so no podcast this week. See you from MWC!

Four of us are headed to Barcelona next week for Mobile World Congress, and we preview what's ahead from one of Europe's biggest mobile tech events! Plus, what's up with Motorola now that its CEO is headed elsewhere, and our Brits finally get their hands on the Moto X.

We're back with a hodgepodge of Android news from the past week, including an expansion for Chromecast, a red Nexus 5, more of what we expect from Mobile World Congress — plus we answer your questions, live!

Thing 1: Devices, devices everywhere

• Sony Xperia Z1 Compact versus Z1
• HTC One, one year on
• LG G Flex (AT&T) review
• Red Nexus 5 unboxing and hands-on
• Pebble Steel retail unboxing and hands-on
• Chromecast reportedly hitting the UK as soon as March 1
• HTC: A wearable device will be here by the Christmas season
• First HTC M8 photo shows dual rear cameras

Thing 2: More things

• Nexus 5 launcher becomes 'Google Now Launcher' after Search update
• NBC News and the bullshit 'ZOMG Sochi Olympics Android hack' story
• Android 4.x now on 78.6% of active devices, KitKat still under 2%
• Beta version of Pebble app with new appstore now available to developers
• Samsung Unpacked 5 (and Galaxy S5, perhaps) coming to Mobile World Congress
• Google Chromecast SDK released to developers, Google Play Services updated as well

We survived the Great Google Outage of 2014 and the Great Florida Ice Storm of, erm, also 2014 and have made our triumphant return for the 169th edition of the Android Central Podcast! Good thing, too, because there was that little thing where Google sold Motorola off to Lenovo this week. Plus we chat up some of the more rumoriffic stories of the week, and answer a few your your questions. Join us!

Thing 1: Google sells Motorola to Lenovo, plays nice with Samsung

• Lenovo to acquire Motorola Mobility from Google in $2.91 billion deal
• Motorola may not have hurt Google's bottom line quite as badly as it seems
• Stock Talk: Motorola was just a drop in the bucket for Google
• Motorola's final quarter under Google: $1.24 billion revenue, $384 million operating loss
• Samsung and Google sign a 10-year cross-licensing deal
• Also: Samsung could introduce 'Life Times' app in future phones

Thing 2: Rumors we haven't bothered with

• Google gets Samsung to tone down custom software?
• Google to wind down the Nexus line after 2014?

Thing 3: Other stuff

• Galaxy S4 + S4 Mini 'black edition' with leather-effect back coming to Russia
• Red Nexus 5 appears slated for Feb. 4
• T-Mobile, this is the wrong way to try to gain customers
• SwiftKey makes the leap to iOS with SwiftKey Note
• Android Device Manager updated, now has a password prompt
• Leaked images claim to show LG's new G Pro 2
• Packaged Chrome apps come to Android and iOS with dev preview toolset
• Google announces Glass Titanium Collection: New frames and prescription lenses

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