Two Blokes Talking Tech
TBTT #735 - Amazon's Future plans, A smarter Alexa, Satellite Internet and more
04 Jun 2026
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Chapter 1: What are Amazon's future plans discussed at the event?
I mean, this is completely within the ordinary realms of podcasting here, Stephen. Just don't breathe in it. We do our best. We're improvising here, ladies and gentlemen. We are improvising because that's what tech guys do. We improvise. When things happen, we improvise. And we're on the road, so sometimes it doesn't all go perfectly, Stephen. What are your thoughts?
Yeah, stuff happens. You've got to adapt to the conditions. Yeah. And that's what we're doing. Thanks for joining me here in my hotel room too. Yeah. I'm happy to say your room's smaller than mine. It's very rare. I'm really pleased about that. That's great. I've got a better room than Trevor.
Chapter 2: How is Alexa Plus different from previous versions?
When you say smaller, what are you talking, 30 centimetres, a metre?
Well, I've got a bit more room in my entry passage. So my bathroom goes off the entry. I've got just another wall where the bed is. My bathroom's in there. But it's an entry that way, and there's more room down the hallway.
This is the second smallest hotel room I've ever been in.
What's that up there? That's the roof. That's the roof line. That makes it even smaller than mine then. Right. Yeah. I do overlook the courtyard though.
Easily the second smallest hotel room I've ever been in. The smallest was in the Moxie in New York. The Moxie. The Moxie was at the end of the bed. It was room for a chair, but they didn't have a desk. It was up on the wall and it came down. So you had to sit on the edge of the bed to use the desk. Yeah, pretty much, yeah. It was tiny. How long ago was this? It was a year and a half ago.
Not that long ago. Okay. It was not an enticing thing.
Where was I there too or was this on your own?
I don't think so.
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Chapter 3: What is Satellite Internet and how will it impact Australia?
I feel like it was just me and Stig. It was on the Airbnb Uber trip. So it was Uber. Uber last year. Right. May or June last year. So they gypped you. And look, I know, ladies and gentlemen, this is first world problems. First world problems, yeah. But please stop popping into the microphone, Stephen. It'll drive me insane all night. I'm trying my best, mate.
Well, just don't put it in front of your mouth.
I'm logging into WhatsApp on this.
We're holding, ladies and gentlemen, we're holding wireless microphones in front of us. Like an influencer on Instagram. Yeah. So closer, but like near your chin, Stephen. Yeah, that's right here. So I know it's a first world problem. But the thing is, when we travel, and I know, Stephen, you spend most of your days just wandering around being a tourist. But my hotel room is my office.
And mine too. But I need space. I want to put my stuff out. I want to sit at a desk. And this desk is tiny. It's just, you know, from a working situation. Don't they know who you are? Not ideal. Well, put it this way. Did you tell them that you're Trevor Long from the Today Show? Perception knows who I am.
Yeah. I heard your big red mark against your name.
I've been in some calls. There's shower issues and then there was a light issue which was resolved by a maintenance man coming in and showing me where the switch was. Yeah.
You pressed the knobs a button. Is that what he said?
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Chapter 4: What are the new online shopping features introduced by Amazon?
Idiot. The knobs a button as well.
He obviously didn't say that exactly, but it's what he was inferring. Did he call you sir and all that? Yeah, he did. Okay. And then the maid stole my breakfast bowl.
Yeah.
It's just a lot of little issues.
When you travel with your family, are you this high maintenance with your family?
Not at all because I'm on holidays. Because you're in control of everything. No, but also I'm on holidays.
I don't give a rat's. Okay, all right. So you're saying if this was a holiday, not a work trip, you'd be fine?
The bathroom would have been a massive issue. And the light would have been an issue too, mate. Yeah, you're right, 100%.
You can't turn off grumpiness, mate. That's how you are.
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Chapter 5: How are Laser's portable monitors changing the market?
What day? I've been on a plane for a day. I've been on a plane for 30 hours, right? So just leave me alone. Anyway, so the bloke that's walking us up to the room and we're in the lift and he goes ā He says something along the lines of, are you having a bad day? You seem angry. And I thought to myself, you're a very perceptive young man. Trevor Long, how are you? Welcome.
We haven't met, but ask around.
There you go.
I've got references if you need them.
You arrived sort of during the day, didn't you?
Yeah.
I arrived like late at night. I got in at like 9.30. I was checking in.
Yeah.
And... I didn't check any luggage in. I've just got my carry-on and a backpack. And he kept saying, can I take your bag? I said, no, mate, just take me to the room. I had to walk through the courtyard again thinking, where are you taking me? Yeah, I know, it was weird. And he kept asking me, I said, mate, don't worry about the bag. I'm fine. Just show me the room. Let's get there. Anyway.
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Chapter 6: What innovative products are being released by Belkin and LEGO?
Yeah, I did, yeah.
Or some 4Ks. 4Ks. HMV. HMV is still pumping here. Amazing. Like you said, three levels. Three-level store. One level was all disc, all movies. All physical media. Physical media. Because what's happened to me, or to all disc collectors, is the 20th Century Fox have stopped making physical media. So any recent 20th Century Fox films... You can't buy them. You can only watch them on Disney+.
Right. And so I wanted the 4K version so that they sell them here, bigger market. They don't do us, it's too small a market. Right. So, yeah, I got a few titles that 20th Century Fox that weren't available in Australia. I could have bought them online. It would have cost me three times as much.
You just had a great idea. I wonder if the microphone works just on your glasses. Hang on my glasses. No, it doesn't. Yeah, good, mate. Good. Disappointing.
So, yeah, it was a good day and they had a Disney store across the road, had a really cool Star Wars section too. If that was in Australia, I would have done a lot of damage. There was a lot of cool gear in there that I would have bought. As if you didn't do damage here. Yeah, but I've got no room to put it in my bag. That's the thing. I've got all carry-on stuff. I don't have a check-in bag.
Sound of music in 4K, how much better is it going to be?
Four times better.
Four times better than HD.
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Chapter 7: What role does Kmart's AI assistant play in shopping?
I don't know.
That's a beloved movie. I love that movie.
How do they? I mean, I know.
They go back to the original print.
They go to the original print.
Upscale their print. They go to the original print and then upscale. And, yeah, apparently it's in time for the 60th anniversary it was released. Because there's a lot of money involved in doing that. A lot of fans of the movie.
That's wild.
It's the movie that inspired our movie podcast.
It is, absolutely. And a shout-out to Aunty Shell. You came to me straight away and said, listen.
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Chapter 8: How does Amazon's approach to delivery differ from competitors?
Sunny for two hours a day.
For 10 minutes, yeah. The heat wave ended the second my plane's wheels hit the tarmac. Yeah.
Yeah. It was over. And then it's pouring and then it's cloudy. But we are here at the time of year, like coming into the peak of their summer, and it's daylight from 4 a.m. until 10 p.m. Like it's unbelievable. You wake up in the morning, you go, oh, Jesus Christ, I slept through my alarm. Yeah. And you're like, no, no, it's 4.30. What's going on? It's wild. Yeah, crazy, isn't it?
So we're here with Amazon for their Delivering the Future conference, let's call it. And it's a fascinating one because it is, let's be honest, and let's be absolutely dead set honest up front here, there's not a lot of directly relevant Australian announcements that are made.
But what it is, a little bit of kind of crystal balling, a little bit of, you know, innovation talk and critically things that we can get a sense of. Now, I think the big one that I was most excited about was the expansion of Alexa Plus.
Yes.
So Alexa Plus, you've got your Echo speaker with Alexa. You can ask Alexa questions and all those kind of things. And Alexa's always been pretty good. In fact, I think we both agree Alexa's the number one smart home assistant.
Yeah. We're an Alexa household.
Beats out Google just because I think it's a bit more diverse, and also you can't buy Googles anymore. Stop making them. Stop selling them in Australia. I'm sure there's new ones to come, but they've basically given up on Australia for a couple of years. So you've got so many Echo products, and there's so many from the little cheapo ones up to the big screens and all that kind of stuff.
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