Rob Pegoraro<p><strong>Weekly output: broadband satisfaction, Google I/O announcements (x2), Mark Vena podcast, Android XR, Google Beam</strong></p><p>I got back from one part of the West Coast Thursday night and I’m heading to another part Tuesday morning. But while my travel plans have included <a href="https://robpegoraro.com/tag/google-io/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Google I/O</a> since 2010, Web Summit moving its <a href="https://robpegoraro.com/tag/collision/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Collision conference</a> to Vancouver and <a href="https://robpegoraro.com/2024/06/21/bye-for-now-toronto/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">rebranding it as Web Summit Vancouver</a> has put that city in my schedule for the first time since an epic ski trip to Whistler in 2004.</p><p>5/20/2025: <a href="https://www.pcmag.com/news/in-the-isp-race-fiber-is-still-tough-to-beat-but-dont-discount-these-upstarts" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">In the ISP Race, Fiber Is Still Tough to Beat, But Don’t Discount These Upstarts</a>, PCMag</p><p>My first post of the week, written Monday off an embargoed copy of the <a href="https://theacsi.org/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">American Customer Satisfaction Index</a>‘s latest survey results and filed from my flight to SFO that evening, unpacked more bad news for cable broadband.</p><p>5/21/2025: <a href="https://www.pcmag.com/news/google-ai-mode-is-coming-for-us-all-io-2025" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Google’s ‘AI Mode’ Is Coming for Us All</a>, PCMag</p><p>I wrote part of this, based on Google’s embargoed announcements, on Monday’s flight, part from my Airbnb after jet lag had me awake before 6 a.m., and part from my seat at Shoreline Amphitheatre before the start of Google’s keynote.</p><p>5/21/2025: <a href="https://www.pcmag.com/news/google-launches-new-ai-video-generator-flow-io-2025" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Google’s New Flow Moviemaking Tool Can Turn You Into AI Scorsese for $250/Month</a>, PCMag</p><p>I finished writing this after the keynote had begun, so the copy I filed had quotes from Google CEO Sundar Pichai’s keynote remarks.</p><p>5/21/2025: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1pSPGS7iD5c&t=74s" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Ep 110 SmartTechCheck Podcast — Apple’s upcoming WWDC 25, Google I/O and “Apple in China”</a>, Mark Vena</p><p>I made a rare outdoors appearance on my industry-analyst friend’s podcast, logging on from a picnic table in between I/O exhibits in Shoreline’s parking lot.</p><p><a href="https://robpegoraro.com/?attachment_id=26010" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"></a>5/22/2025: <a href="https://www.pcmag.com/news/i-tried-android-xr-smart-glasses-and-one-thing-stood-out-io-2025" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Google Glass Reborn? I Tried Android XR Smart Glasses, and One Thing Stood Out</a>, PCMag</p><p>Waiting out a lengthy queue to try Google’s new connected eyewear proved to be an excellent use of my time Tuesday afternoon.</p><p>5/23/2025: <a href="https://www.pcmag.com/news/googles-futuristic-beam-tech-almost-made-me-forget-i-was-on-a-video-call" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Google’s Futuristic Beam Tech Almost Made Me Forget I Was on a Video Call</a>, PCMag</p><p>I missed some press-specific previews of this holodeck-esque video-conferencing system Tuesday but was able to squeeze in a demo Wednesday afternoon.</p><p><a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://robpegoraro.com/tag/acsi/" target="_blank">#ACSI</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://robpegoraro.com/tag/android/" target="_blank">#android</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://robpegoraro.com/tag/android-xr/" target="_blank">#AndroidXR</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://robpegoraro.com/tag/broadband/" target="_blank">#broadband</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://robpegoraro.com/tag/google-ai/" target="_blank">#GoogleAI</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://robpegoraro.com/tag/google-beam/" target="_blank">#GoogleBeam</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://robpegoraro.com/tag/google-io/" target="_blank">#GoogleIO</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://robpegoraro.com/tag/i-o/" target="_blank">#IO</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://robpegoraro.com/tag/mark-vena/" target="_blank">#MarkVena</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://robpegoraro.com/tag/mountain-view/" target="_blank">#MountainView</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://robpegoraro.com/tag/web-summit-vancouver/" target="_blank">#WebSummitVancouver</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://robpegoraro.com/tag/yvr/" target="_blank">#YVR</a></p>