WEBVTT 1 00:00:06.120 --> 00:00:09.279 Is Michael Garfi. Michael Garfield. Michael Garfield's joining in the 2 00:00:09.400 --> 00:00:12.640 high tech Texan. Michael Garfield is here with a high 3 00:00:12.720 --> 00:00:17.079 Tech Texans it to make life easier, new technology, and 4 00:00:17.160 --> 00:00:19.320 Michael Garfield has something you might like. 5 00:00:25.440 --> 00:00:31.640 Michael Garfield is your high Tech Texans. Three decades helping 6 00:00:31.679 --> 00:00:37.280 you make magic with your gadgets. Heard worldwide on the 7 00:00:37.320 --> 00:00:42.479 iHeartRadio add now you're high tech Texan. Michael Garfield. 8 00:00:47.560 --> 00:00:53.079 Memorial Day weekend and yet here we are again, twenty 9 00:00:53.079 --> 00:00:58.200 plus years of me killing, spending my time with you 10 00:00:58.280 --> 00:01:00.600 on a weekend where you should be traped, sitting out 11 00:01:00.640 --> 00:01:03.560 of the sun, having some cocktails. You actually may be 12 00:01:03.719 --> 00:01:06.200 doing all of that right now while you're listening. And 13 00:01:06.319 --> 00:01:09.400 when we do, thank you for taking your phone, putting 14 00:01:09.439 --> 00:01:14.239 your headphones on, maybe downloading iHeartRadio specifically listening to me, 15 00:01:14.319 --> 00:01:17.840 maybe over the air when you're driving. Whether you are 16 00:01:17.840 --> 00:01:21.719 in Houston or Dallas or San Antonio where my show 17 00:01:21.760 --> 00:01:26.000 airs terrestrially, don't matter how you listening, but we do 18 00:01:26.120 --> 00:01:29.799 thank you. We are going to try to entertain you 19 00:01:30.599 --> 00:01:33.280 for the next two hours while you may be sitting 20 00:01:33.319 --> 00:01:36.040 at the pool pop on a coldie. I will hold 21 00:01:36.079 --> 00:01:39.040 off until the end of this show and then pop 22 00:01:39.079 --> 00:01:41.280 a few coldies myself. By the way, if you do 23 00:01:41.319 --> 00:01:45.000 want some drink recipes. You never really know what's gonna 24 00:01:45.000 --> 00:01:47.760 happen on this radio show. It is called the High 25 00:01:47.840 --> 00:01:50.680 Tech textan show which you think we're going to talk 26 00:01:50.719 --> 00:01:54.920 about technology. You know, people, if you've just given me 27 00:01:55.040 --> 00:01:58.599 an opportunity one week, two weeks to listen, you're like, 28 00:01:59.359 --> 00:02:01.560 what's this do talking about? He's all over the place, 29 00:02:01.719 --> 00:02:03.799 And I'm fine with that, man, I am actually fine. 30 00:02:04.319 --> 00:02:06.400 Generally you're not gonna hear me talk about politics. That's 31 00:02:06.400 --> 00:02:09.360 one thing I'm gonna avoid. Sports. You're gonna hear me 32 00:02:09.400 --> 00:02:13.520 talk about sports. Not too much sportsy stuff going on. 33 00:02:13.680 --> 00:02:17.520 I can just applaud from a man Scottie Scheffler from Dallas, 34 00:02:17.599 --> 00:02:20.639 from the University of Texas, very happy that he won 35 00:02:20.719 --> 00:02:26.919 the PGA Championship. We've got the NBA Finals, four teams 36 00:02:26.919 --> 00:02:29.479 I certainly don't care about. No Texas teams are in there. 37 00:02:29.719 --> 00:02:31.680 You know, it's something to watch. And then when when 38 00:02:31.719 --> 00:02:34.680 the NBA playoffs are over, when they crown a champion 39 00:02:34.680 --> 00:02:36.719 here about two weeks, it is gonna be a bad 40 00:02:36.719 --> 00:02:40.080 two months. I'm just not the biggest baseball fan. It's 41 00:02:40.159 --> 00:02:42.560 just hot. It's just to count down the football season. 42 00:02:43.360 --> 00:02:45.479 But you may hear me talk about some drink recipes. 43 00:02:46.120 --> 00:02:48.919 Actually I tried a new RTD earlier this week, A 44 00:02:49.000 --> 00:02:52.080 ready to drink it can had gin in it. Not 45 00:02:52.159 --> 00:02:53.919 a big gin guy, but I must say it was 46 00:02:53.919 --> 00:02:58.159 a quite refreshing, quite refreshing. So whatever pops up, including 47 00:02:58.199 --> 00:03:00.199 the phones, and this is where I look to you. 48 00:03:00.080 --> 00:03:00.120 You. 49 00:03:00.400 --> 00:03:03.159 I look to Callum, read hello Callum, and will across 50 00:03:03.240 --> 00:03:06.280 the way in through the beautiful glass panel, who are 51 00:03:06.280 --> 00:03:09.800 pushing buttons and doing whatever making me sound sexy? Thank you? 52 00:03:10.159 --> 00:03:13.199 Can you put a little reverb, Calum, little a little reverb, 53 00:03:13.240 --> 00:03:16.800 reverb verb, And they were answering the phones. This is 54 00:03:16.879 --> 00:03:19.840 the last time I checked date. Not a podcast, Well 55 00:03:19.840 --> 00:03:21.719 it is a podcast because we put my live show 56 00:03:21.759 --> 00:03:23.759 on the podcast later. But if you do want to 57 00:03:23.800 --> 00:03:26.680 talk to me, and you think you're listening to me live, 58 00:03:26.840 --> 00:03:31.280 the phone number three four six twenty nine texts and 59 00:03:31.319 --> 00:03:34.520 I will say this, uh, Father's Day coming up in 60 00:03:34.560 --> 00:03:37.439 a few weeks. Don't need to get me anything. My 61 00:03:37.560 --> 00:03:40.800 three kids they're gonna get me the usual. I don't know. 62 00:03:40.879 --> 00:03:43.159 Let's see the Mavericks hadn't done anything. They get me 63 00:03:43.159 --> 00:03:45.960 a sports jerseys. They know I don't need any piece 64 00:03:46.000 --> 00:03:50.319 of technology gear or any sort of device. They did 65 00:03:50.439 --> 00:03:53.599 get me. Uh, let's see, I've gotten everything from I 66 00:03:53.599 --> 00:03:56.080 didn't you know what. I will say this, and I 67 00:03:56.599 --> 00:04:01.360 am remissed because I don't follow hockey too much. Dallas Stars. 68 00:04:02.400 --> 00:04:06.159 If the Stars go far, they should finish. My father's dead. 69 00:04:06.439 --> 00:04:08.840 If the Stars win, my kids will give you a 70 00:04:08.919 --> 00:04:11.879 Dallas Stars T shirt. Maybe not a sweater or jersey. 71 00:04:11.919 --> 00:04:13.280 That's a little too expensive and I don't know if 72 00:04:13.280 --> 00:04:15.520 i'd ever wear it around, but that could be the 73 00:04:15.560 --> 00:04:18.959 gift if you're looking for dad, If you're looking for 74 00:04:19.000 --> 00:04:21.480 something in the realm of a TV or a car, 75 00:04:21.639 --> 00:04:25.040 or a phone, or a gadget or sunglasses or whatever, 76 00:04:25.519 --> 00:04:28.279 I could be the guy three four six twenty nine 77 00:04:28.319 --> 00:04:30.720 textan more than happy to talk you off the ledge. 78 00:04:30.759 --> 00:04:34.079 And also, graduates, I will say this, you know, let 79 00:04:34.079 --> 00:04:35.639 me give you a first graduate tip. I've got the 80 00:04:35.639 --> 00:04:39.319 graduations coming. Got a friend of the family their son 81 00:04:39.879 --> 00:04:45.160 graduated from med school. Overachiever, went to his party about 82 00:04:45.199 --> 00:04:50.120 a week ago, and can you believe this? They actually 83 00:04:50.199 --> 00:04:52.839 hit well, do graduates do this? Now where they have 84 00:04:52.959 --> 00:04:56.680 a wish list where they they went online somewhere and registered. 85 00:04:57.199 --> 00:04:59.040 I mean, I guess, I mean, I know you do 86 00:04:59.120 --> 00:05:02.639 that for weddings and potentially baby showers, but I guess 87 00:05:02.720 --> 00:05:05.319 graduates have a wish list now. But you know whatever. Anyway, 88 00:05:05.319 --> 00:05:08.720 I didn't look at the wish list. I got him 89 00:05:08.759 --> 00:05:11.319 knowing that he probably has some sort of a high 90 00:05:11.360 --> 00:05:14.879 tech smart watch, Apple Watch, be it whatever. I got 91 00:05:14.920 --> 00:05:19.040 him a device that sits on the counter, maybe it's 92 00:05:19.160 --> 00:05:24.639 next to his bed, that will hold and charge a 93 00:05:24.959 --> 00:05:31.480 wireless watch and your phone and your earbuts cost about 94 00:05:31.480 --> 00:05:33.120 what was it one hundred and ten hundred twenty dollars. 95 00:05:33.519 --> 00:05:36.040 You can find these from a number of different companies. 96 00:05:36.519 --> 00:05:38.319 It was an Apple did Apple even? I don't know 97 00:05:38.319 --> 00:05:42.199 if it was an Apple brand Moxie. Just just go online. 98 00:05:42.240 --> 00:05:44.519 It's just it's like a universal charger for your watch. 99 00:05:44.959 --> 00:05:46.600 But it's like a three in one thing. I thought, 100 00:05:46.680 --> 00:05:49.000 you know what, that was pretty good. He's going he 101 00:05:49.040 --> 00:05:51.399 graduated med school. He's got to, you know, be matched 102 00:05:51.480 --> 00:05:54.199 up with the hospital. He's gonna have to work like 103 00:05:54.240 --> 00:05:56.399 eighty hours a week. He's gonna need to be woken up. 104 00:05:56.439 --> 00:05:58.839 He's gonna need a phone charge something. Again, that's a 105 00:05:58.839 --> 00:06:03.600 low hanging fruit and there if you give me a call, 106 00:06:04.720 --> 00:06:07.800 hop a note to me on ex Twitter, send me 107 00:06:07.839 --> 00:06:11.600 an email Michael Garfield at iHeartMedia dot com. We do 108 00:06:11.720 --> 00:06:14.959 monitor that. Maybe give me a feel. I'm like Chad GPT. 109 00:06:15.319 --> 00:06:19.920 Just give me a few descriptors about dad or about 110 00:06:19.959 --> 00:06:24.920 the graduate you know it's at likes athletics, works out 111 00:06:24.920 --> 00:06:29.040 in the gym, is a runner you know, likes to travel? 112 00:06:29.360 --> 00:06:31.639 Or you does somebody that I can actually help hone 113 00:06:31.720 --> 00:06:34.920 things down. By the way, the GM GPT stands for Garfield, 114 00:06:34.920 --> 00:06:36.600 it really doesn't. Let me tell you a few things 115 00:06:36.639 --> 00:06:40.240 that we will touch on all right. Number one, how 116 00:06:40.279 --> 00:06:44.720 about all that have you been getting text from somebody 117 00:06:45.040 --> 00:06:50.120 some people about having unpaid tolls? I don't know how 118 00:06:50.160 --> 00:06:54.439 that became the scam, but Google just announced a solution 119 00:06:55.360 --> 00:06:59.800 to help those unpaid toll tech scams. Should you use 120 00:06:59.839 --> 00:07:02.680 an Android phone up, you should be all right? So 121 00:07:02.879 --> 00:07:06.519 staying out for that Apple, Yes, I'm talking about Apple. 122 00:07:06.720 --> 00:07:11.399 Apple may owe you money. Did you know that? I'm 123 00:07:11.399 --> 00:07:14.560 gonna tell you how to get it in about ten 124 00:07:14.600 --> 00:07:20.160 minutes too. Also, sometime during the show the one Smart 125 00:07:20.199 --> 00:07:25.759 Home gadget that you actually need, not want, but need. 126 00:07:25.800 --> 00:07:28.199 If your home is not a smartphone smart home yet, 127 00:07:28.639 --> 00:07:30.000 I will tell you how to make your home a 128 00:07:30.040 --> 00:07:33.079 smart home. But if you could only choose one gadget, 129 00:07:33.800 --> 00:07:35.759 one piece of technology in your home to make your 130 00:07:35.759 --> 00:07:38.279 home smart, I want you to think what it should be, 131 00:07:38.480 --> 00:07:40.680 what it is, and I will tell you my idea. 132 00:07:40.920 --> 00:07:42.800 That's how we do it at the High Tech Textan Show. 133 00:07:43.040 --> 00:07:45.160 Michael Garfield is the name. If you're traveling, we're gonna 134 00:07:45.160 --> 00:07:46.839 come back. We'll also going to have a travel story 135 00:07:47.160 --> 00:07:50.959 record number of flyers this year compared to a year 136 00:07:51.000 --> 00:07:53.040 over year of Memorial Day weekend. It will give you 137 00:07:53.079 --> 00:07:55.160 some tips. That's what I do right here on the 138 00:07:55.199 --> 00:08:27.839 guards High Tech Textan Ship. Appreciate you hanging in there. 139 00:08:28.040 --> 00:08:30.879 Many things that you could be doing. This Memorial Day 140 00:08:30.920 --> 00:08:34.200 weekend of twenty twenty five should do me a favorite. 141 00:08:34.559 --> 00:08:37.480 Don't give me the oh my gosh, I can't believe 142 00:08:37.559 --> 00:08:40.159 the year is flown by. It's already the end of May, 143 00:08:40.279 --> 00:08:44.519 it's almost June. Quiet man, just be quiet, all right. 144 00:08:44.639 --> 00:08:48.559 We see it's been a long year. It's only going 145 00:08:48.600 --> 00:08:50.200 to get longer because it's only going to be one 146 00:08:50.240 --> 00:08:53.080 hundred percent of humidity and one hundred degrees. I'm not 147 00:08:54.200 --> 00:08:57.840 get off my lawne guy, I'm not. I am an optomist. 148 00:08:57.960 --> 00:09:00.799 I mean I make Annie look like a I'll tell 149 00:09:00.799 --> 00:09:03.639 you that, but I'm a realist. I don't know how 150 00:09:03.679 --> 00:09:07.480 the summer did. I mean, summer just kind of smoothly 151 00:09:07.600 --> 00:09:10.559 drags on. Maybe because I'm just waiting for something that 152 00:09:10.720 --> 00:09:12.679 But maybe because I'm waiting for cool weather, because I'm 153 00:09:12.720 --> 00:09:14.679 a runner, like you know, I like doing things outside. 154 00:09:15.240 --> 00:09:19.759 Maybe because I'm waiting for football season. Maybe because I'm waiting. 155 00:09:19.879 --> 00:09:22.720 I don't know the travel somewhere that's cool. I don't know, 156 00:09:22.799 --> 00:09:27.360 but where where you are? Happy early summer and we 157 00:09:27.440 --> 00:09:29.360 still got what seven months ago in this year, so 158 00:09:30.080 --> 00:09:30.840 suck it. 159 00:09:31.159 --> 00:09:31.279 Uh. 160 00:09:31.399 --> 00:09:33.240 That's how we roll. And I also roll with the 161 00:09:33.240 --> 00:09:36.240 phone number. Uh. Maybe may give away something here on 162 00:09:36.279 --> 00:09:39.720 the radio show two three four six twenty nine Texan 163 00:09:39.759 --> 00:09:42.919 three four six two nine to eat x A N. 164 00:09:43.080 --> 00:09:46.799 For some reason, callum wait god Bro Calm does not 165 00:09:46.919 --> 00:09:50.480 answer the phone. It may go to voicemail. Gave a voicemail. 166 00:09:50.840 --> 00:09:53.080 We have a right to play your voice, and then 167 00:09:53.240 --> 00:09:55.120 you could be heard all over the state of Texas 168 00:09:55.159 --> 00:09:59.519 and the entire country. The I talk a lot about it, 169 00:09:59.519 --> 00:10:03.279 and I've talked a lot about smart homes. What makes 170 00:10:03.279 --> 00:10:07.000 a home smart? Well, what's your IQ? What did you 171 00:10:07.000 --> 00:10:11.639 get on the SAT? Now? That's not Smart homes are 172 00:10:12.440 --> 00:10:18.840 homes that have some sort of gadget that assist what 173 00:10:18.919 --> 00:10:24.840 you do in everyday living. It could be something like 174 00:10:25.960 --> 00:10:31.639 an Amazon device, a smart speaker, Google device, Google Nest. 175 00:10:32.039 --> 00:10:35.120 It could be a doorbell, It could be a lighting system. 176 00:10:35.159 --> 00:10:37.320 It could be a thermostat, it could be it could 177 00:10:37.399 --> 00:10:40.080 be to some extent, an alarm. There there are alarms now, 178 00:10:40.159 --> 00:10:42.200 newer alarms that actually could you know, do things and 179 00:10:42.240 --> 00:10:45.960 detect ai your faces as it approaches and automatically call 180 00:10:46.000 --> 00:10:52.360 the coppers or something. Smart. These these these gadgets, in 181 00:10:52.360 --> 00:10:55.559 my opinion, are good. They're great. Now. I know there 182 00:10:55.559 --> 00:10:58.080 are people out there who have trepidation. Well, I don't 183 00:10:58.080 --> 00:11:00.120 want big Brother listening to me. I don't want them 184 00:11:00.120 --> 00:11:02.840 watching me. I don't want you know, I'm fine, you know, 185 00:11:03.039 --> 00:11:06.840 vacuuming my own you know kitchen. That's why there are 186 00:11:06.840 --> 00:11:09.799 smart vacuums and smart mops too. Robo Rock makes a 187 00:11:09.799 --> 00:11:11.720 lot of them. My acts, I'm playing with one or 188 00:11:11.720 --> 00:11:17.080 two right, now. But if you had to choose one device, 189 00:11:17.919 --> 00:11:21.360 or for those of you who do not have one 190 00:11:21.879 --> 00:11:24.600 device that you think is quote unquote smart to make 191 00:11:24.759 --> 00:11:30.399 I'm smart. I have I have my opinion on what 192 00:11:30.519 --> 00:11:34.519 I think the one smart home gadget that you need now, 193 00:11:34.559 --> 00:11:39.120 I could say cameras. If you are obsessed with security, 194 00:11:39.200 --> 00:11:41.559 if you have kids, and you have a relatively large 195 00:11:41.559 --> 00:11:43.480 house or two floors or three floors in your home, 196 00:11:43.519 --> 00:11:44.960 and you want to see what's going on when you 197 00:11:44.960 --> 00:11:47.840 hear noise upstairs, you can log onto your camera and 198 00:11:47.879 --> 00:11:50.039 you know, see what's what's up. You can always check 199 00:11:50.080 --> 00:11:52.480 your backyard, your front yard, what's going on from absolute 200 00:11:52.679 --> 00:11:57.519 that's good security system's good. Lights automatically turn on when 201 00:11:57.519 --> 00:12:02.120 someone approaches at night. That's nice. Smart speakers you should 202 00:12:02.120 --> 00:12:05.080 be if you're home listening to the show via your 203 00:12:05.120 --> 00:12:09.000 smart speaker, all you need to do is just tell 204 00:12:09.080 --> 00:12:13.080 your use your wake up word, like hey Amazon, peep, 205 00:12:13.399 --> 00:12:16.840 I'm just helping you out here, Believe me. Amazon. Listen 206 00:12:17.600 --> 00:12:23.159 to Talk Radio eleven ninety in Dallas on iHeartRadio. Listen 207 00:12:23.200 --> 00:12:28.799 to KPRC nine point fifty on iHeartRadio. Listen to WOAI 208 00:12:29.039 --> 00:12:33.559 twelve hundred on iHeartRadio. You say those words right now 209 00:12:33.600 --> 00:12:36.159 seriously to your smart speaker. You can hear the dulcet 210 00:12:36.200 --> 00:12:39.159 tones of my voice all through your home, not just 211 00:12:39.159 --> 00:12:41.639 through your headphones or on your terrestrial radios or on 212 00:12:41.679 --> 00:12:47.240 your phone. No, that's pretty smart too. But finally, finally, 213 00:12:47.399 --> 00:12:51.360 to pay off this long stick, the one smart home 214 00:12:51.519 --> 00:12:55.840 gadget that I would recommend is one of It may 215 00:12:55.919 --> 00:12:57.639 not be, it may have been the first gadget that 216 00:12:57.679 --> 00:13:00.559 I got my home many many many years ago, and 217 00:13:00.600 --> 00:13:07.480 that is the high tech smart thermostat, especially here in 218 00:13:07.600 --> 00:13:10.519 our great state of Texas where I am based, because 219 00:13:10.639 --> 00:13:14.039 I think to me that takes center stage as they 220 00:13:14.120 --> 00:13:17.840 must have upgrade because in the long run it can 221 00:13:17.919 --> 00:13:24.120 save you hundreds of dollars. I'm not here to endorse 222 00:13:24.399 --> 00:13:27.480 one brand of thermostat. I can go on and on 223 00:13:27.720 --> 00:13:35.159 with nest ecob and Honeywell and blah blah blah, just 224 00:13:35.240 --> 00:13:40.000 it goes on. That's not the point. They're easy to 225 00:13:40.159 --> 00:13:43.039 install yourself. And if you don't think you can install 226 00:13:43.159 --> 00:13:45.879 yourself by ripping out your low tech, old fashion one 227 00:13:45.919 --> 00:13:47.720 and putting a new one on the wall and connecting 228 00:13:47.759 --> 00:13:53.000 a few hours, call a company. Ask your kids, Hey, me. 229 00:13:54.720 --> 00:13:59.639 It can be done, but there's not much to learn. 230 00:14:00.000 --> 00:14:02.120 If there's an app, whatever it is that you could 231 00:14:02.120 --> 00:14:07.279 download for free, connect that smart thermostat to your WiFi 232 00:14:07.279 --> 00:14:09.679 and your home, and at any given time wherever you 233 00:14:09.759 --> 00:14:12.240 are around the world, and I mean around the world 234 00:14:12.240 --> 00:14:14.799 you're traveling. I mean I was in wherever I go, 235 00:14:14.879 --> 00:14:17.960 and I travel quite a bit. I monitor the temperature. 236 00:14:18.080 --> 00:14:21.440 I set my temperature, but it also learns about my 237 00:14:21.519 --> 00:14:24.840 processes when I'm home. I generally work from home during 238 00:14:24.879 --> 00:14:27.919 the week. It knows roughly when I wake up because 239 00:14:27.919 --> 00:14:31.159 there's motion detectors. It senses what's going on. If I 240 00:14:31.240 --> 00:14:34.519 leave the house there's no movement, it could automatically turn 241 00:14:34.559 --> 00:14:37.000 the thermostat up so I can save the energy and 242 00:14:37.000 --> 00:14:40.200 electricity in the summer. It knows when I come home. 243 00:14:40.360 --> 00:14:42.399 Maybe I come home at five o'clock in the afternoon. 244 00:14:42.480 --> 00:14:46.600 Right before that, it'll turn it down. It's that's what 245 00:14:46.799 --> 00:14:50.240 makes it smart. I was reading something online I think 246 00:14:50.320 --> 00:14:54.240 was c net. C net did a survey twenty twenty four. 247 00:14:54.440 --> 00:14:57.799 Energy survey found that about seventy eight percent of US 248 00:14:57.840 --> 00:15:02.000 adults are concerned about the rising home energy cost. All right, 249 00:15:02.519 --> 00:15:05.559 I have no clue why one of us adults aren't 250 00:15:05.559 --> 00:15:07.639 concerned about the rising home energy costs. But that's neither 251 00:15:07.679 --> 00:15:14.080 here nor there. The keeping the thermostat on a hold or 252 00:15:14.120 --> 00:15:15.799 trying to remember when to turn it on or off. 253 00:15:16.639 --> 00:15:20.840 It drains energy and it eats money. I think one 254 00:15:20.840 --> 00:15:22.720 of the most amazing parts of smart thermostat is the 255 00:15:22.720 --> 00:15:25.840 ability to keep your home at a comfortable temperature but 256 00:15:25.919 --> 00:15:31.039 also balance energy uses in some cases. And I kind 257 00:15:31.080 --> 00:15:33.519 of take a buck. I say this because my electricity 258 00:15:33.519 --> 00:15:37.320 in my energy contract is about to renew. I get 259 00:15:37.320 --> 00:15:39.519 a decent rate right now in terms of killo OOP 260 00:15:39.519 --> 00:15:43.000 per hour. I'm still shopping around. I can be convinced 261 00:15:43.200 --> 00:15:46.320 I'm not endorsing one of those either. But I looked 262 00:15:46.799 --> 00:15:48.600 at trends. I went on my bill, and this is 263 00:15:49.279 --> 00:15:52.039 this is how I research things. I look at the 264 00:15:52.399 --> 00:15:54.919 my own usage. You can go back to your energy company, 265 00:15:54.960 --> 00:15:57.919 go online, look at your bill. Obviously, well, at least 266 00:15:57.919 --> 00:16:00.720 for me, my bill rise. This is greatly in the 267 00:16:00.720 --> 00:16:03.879 summer because we live need some air cone deshan. The 268 00:16:03.960 --> 00:16:07.440 cheapest bill I get any year probably in January, December, 269 00:16:07.559 --> 00:16:10.679 January and February. Yes, there are plans that you can 270 00:16:10.720 --> 00:16:13.080 get but also by having a good plan with Killowhites, 271 00:16:13.120 --> 00:16:17.840 but also getting one of these smart thermostats can save 272 00:16:17.919 --> 00:16:23.279 you twenty bucks, thirty bucks or more off your monthly bill. 273 00:16:23.639 --> 00:16:28.799 Especially I think at the winter, why you don't need 274 00:16:28.840 --> 00:16:30.799 to wire these things anymore. A lot of this stuff 275 00:16:30.840 --> 00:16:33.320 is wireless. I mean, it's just because they can talk 276 00:16:33.360 --> 00:16:35.360 and it. Let's put this, they can connect to Wi Fi. 277 00:16:36.080 --> 00:16:42.200 In my mind, a mild mannered smart device, maybe from 278 00:16:42.279 --> 00:16:45.200 Google Nests, maybe from Amazon, maybe from Eco b maybe 279 00:16:45.200 --> 00:16:48.600 from Honeywell Home, whatever it is, Google News, it's got 280 00:16:48.759 --> 00:16:51.240 it has a good ability to address energy issues and 281 00:16:51.320 --> 00:16:57.279 save you, save us all money. It's worth spending two 282 00:16:57.360 --> 00:17:03.000 hundred dollars on this day to make your home more efficient. 283 00:17:03.720 --> 00:17:06.599 So that's what I say. If anybody wants to know 284 00:17:06.599 --> 00:17:09.640 which ones, I'm not endorsing it. I have three floors 285 00:17:09.680 --> 00:17:12.240 of my home, so I have three different thermostats, all 286 00:17:12.319 --> 00:17:15.440 the same brand. Use them for gosh, I've had these 287 00:17:16.400 --> 00:17:20.279 eight nine years or so. I think they're on the 288 00:17:20.279 --> 00:17:23.000 fourth version. Pop me an email, send me a DM 289 00:17:23.119 --> 00:17:24.680 we could be tight eight and I can tell you 290 00:17:24.680 --> 00:17:26.359 which one I had. It's not here to endorse it. 291 00:17:26.440 --> 00:17:29.079 I'm just endorsing smart homes could be good for you. 292 00:17:29.839 --> 00:17:31.920 And this is what I'm here for. I hope so 293 00:17:32.000 --> 00:17:35.200 this is why you listen to me. Now, who's traveling? 294 00:17:35.200 --> 00:17:37.759 That's way. If you're traveling, I hope you lowered. I 295 00:17:37.839 --> 00:17:41.799 hope you wrote using your smart thermostat to figure out 296 00:17:42.000 --> 00:17:45.160 what the temperature is while you're gone. This weekend, Memorial 297 00:17:45.240 --> 00:17:49.960 Day weekend, over three million people are expected to fly 298 00:17:50.240 --> 00:17:52.400 in the United States alone. I like that because that's 299 00:17:52.400 --> 00:17:55.160 an uptick. When we come back, we will talk to 300 00:17:55.240 --> 00:17:58.160 someone who's in charge of the entire customer service with 301 00:17:58.240 --> 00:18:01.880 a very big airline, very big presidence in the state 302 00:18:01.920 --> 00:18:04.119 of Texas and actually across the country, if not the world. 303 00:18:04.960 --> 00:18:08.799 Travel tips that they are launching that they are using 304 00:18:09.400 --> 00:18:12.000 to help travelers go through their system. That's coming up 305 00:18:12.000 --> 00:18:39.160 on Antech Texas Hip. We are back at it. Happy 306 00:18:39.480 --> 00:18:43.640 Memorial Day weekend. It is Michael Garfield, the long running 307 00:18:43.680 --> 00:18:47.039 high tech textan show heard certainly trestly all across Texas 308 00:18:47.079 --> 00:18:49.359 and all around the world on the iHeartRadio network. We 309 00:18:49.440 --> 00:18:51.839 got a few phone numbers here. Actually, I'm gonna hold 310 00:18:51.880 --> 00:18:54.920 off because we have got a very hot topic right now, 311 00:18:55.000 --> 00:18:58.599 especially if you are traveling. This weekend, which I hope 312 00:18:58.599 --> 00:19:00.319 you are, and I hope you made it to your 313 00:19:00.359 --> 00:19:03.480 going safely and having some good time wearing some sunscreen. 314 00:19:04.119 --> 00:19:07.359 Record number of flyers that I've been seeing that have 315 00:19:07.759 --> 00:19:10.640 been up and down this weekend, and you'll get it'll 316 00:19:10.640 --> 00:19:13.160 continue probably at least till Tuesday of Wednesday next week. 317 00:19:14.200 --> 00:19:17.720 I'm based in Houston, which is also where United Airlines 318 00:19:17.799 --> 00:19:20.200 has a very big hub, and obviously I want to 319 00:19:20.200 --> 00:19:22.519 get to the bottom of everything that is everything and 320 00:19:22.759 --> 00:19:25.240 when it comes to summer travel season and all the 321 00:19:25.240 --> 00:19:29.920 cool divite ops and technology that companies are using to 322 00:19:29.960 --> 00:19:34.119 make customer service just so easy and so well. United 323 00:19:34.200 --> 00:19:35.880 has a lot of that stuff. And so what I 324 00:19:35.880 --> 00:19:38.440 did is I whipped up my list of contacts and 325 00:19:38.519 --> 00:19:41.960 I dialed up my good friend Andy Jamison, Andy Managing 326 00:19:42.039 --> 00:19:46.559 director of Customer Service at United Airlines. Andy, as the 327 00:19:46.920 --> 00:19:49.680 weekend is here, how crazy has it been so far? 328 00:19:49.759 --> 00:19:51.799 But how cool and calm has it been thanks to 329 00:19:52.000 --> 00:19:53.039 United Systems. 330 00:19:54.160 --> 00:19:56.759 Well, Hey, Michael, good morning, Thanks for having me. You know, yeah, 331 00:19:56.799 --> 00:19:59.759 you said, we're gearing up for a Memorial week, Memorial 332 00:19:59.759 --> 00:20:04.559 Week in where we're going to see record demand of customers. 333 00:20:04.960 --> 00:20:08.759 We estimate that between May twenty second and May twenty 334 00:20:08.799 --> 00:20:12.039 eight that throughout our entire network throughout the world that 335 00:20:12.160 --> 00:20:14.839 will welcome over three and a half million customers to 336 00:20:14.920 --> 00:20:19.160 the skies of United Airlines. In Houston alone, we anticipate Friday, 337 00:20:19.519 --> 00:20:23.240 May twenty third be in our busiest day, the launch 338 00:20:23.279 --> 00:20:25.759 of a new flight schedule, our summer flight schedule in Houston. 339 00:20:25.839 --> 00:20:29.319 We'll have over five hundred daily departures and over sixty 340 00:20:29.359 --> 00:20:31.440 thousand seats out of Houston. We're excited about it. 341 00:20:32.200 --> 00:20:35.039 You said about three million travelers this week. I think again, 342 00:20:35.240 --> 00:20:37.799 I'm crunching numbers. It seems to be about maybe about 343 00:20:37.839 --> 00:20:42.279 a ten percent increase in compared to last year's I 344 00:20:42.319 --> 00:20:44.640 love it. It's great. It's great for so many industries 345 00:20:44.680 --> 00:20:47.319 and economies. I mean, can you specifically attribute to that 346 00:20:47.400 --> 00:20:49.480 anything or you're just happy to get people from here 347 00:20:49.519 --> 00:20:49.839 to there? 348 00:20:50.759 --> 00:20:53.720 Well, obviously doing it safely is our number one priority. 349 00:20:53.759 --> 00:20:56.319 But we're excited about the growth and capacity, growth and 350 00:20:56.359 --> 00:21:00.160 fight schedules, larger airplanes and because of our I had 351 00:21:00.160 --> 00:21:02.279 a next plan and it continues to work. 352 00:21:02.599 --> 00:21:03.079 This year. 353 00:21:03.799 --> 00:21:07.079 Compared to last year, we're anticipating to fly over five 354 00:21:07.160 --> 00:21:09.160 percent more customers than we did last year. 355 00:21:10.400 --> 00:21:13.880 It's yeah, I love it. I recently, as my listeners know, 356 00:21:14.000 --> 00:21:15.839 I just got back from and you know too, I 357 00:21:15.880 --> 00:21:18.880 was on a long, long journey to the Far East. 358 00:21:18.920 --> 00:21:22.200 I was in that Hong Kong flight. I got there safely, 359 00:21:22.240 --> 00:21:25.039 my friends. I appreciated about that. But some of the 360 00:21:26.039 --> 00:21:28.720 tools that I use when I checked in, I get 361 00:21:28.759 --> 00:21:31.720 it to the bush, intercott and the airport. I love 362 00:21:31.759 --> 00:21:33.720 the fabs that I have the United App, but there's 363 00:21:33.759 --> 00:21:37.440 some neat features that United continues to add to make 364 00:21:37.480 --> 00:21:40.480 travel safe in terms of checking the weather and tracking 365 00:21:40.519 --> 00:21:43.480 your bags. One of which is that bag tracker. You know, 366 00:21:43.519 --> 00:21:47.640 you're now incorporating the Apple Tracker with the fine my stuff. 367 00:21:47.640 --> 00:21:48.319 How does that work? 368 00:21:49.279 --> 00:21:51.640 Yeah, so you could use it through the United App, 369 00:21:51.759 --> 00:21:54.039 or if you don't have the United App, you don't 370 00:21:54.079 --> 00:21:57.480 have to. You know, we get about ninety nine percent 371 00:21:57.519 --> 00:22:00.880 of our bags for their final destinations, either before the 372 00:22:00.880 --> 00:22:03.240 customer reaches there or at the same time. And so, 373 00:22:03.319 --> 00:22:06.440 but there's a few customers that don't reach their destination 374 00:22:06.519 --> 00:22:09.200 with their luggage and when that happens. If it happens, 375 00:22:09.200 --> 00:22:11.400 we'll reach out to you and say, hey, we're working 376 00:22:11.440 --> 00:22:13.240 on it, but if you like to share if you 377 00:22:13.240 --> 00:22:15.279 have an eyeball air tag, if you'd like to share 378 00:22:15.279 --> 00:22:16.559 the information with this, it. 379 00:22:16.440 --> 00:22:19.119 May help us quick quickly reunite you. 380 00:22:19.079 --> 00:22:21.039 With your bag you use. 381 00:22:21.319 --> 00:22:24.640 It seems a lot of digital resources, which which is great. 382 00:22:24.680 --> 00:22:26.480 I mean, there's so many industries I find. I mean 383 00:22:26.519 --> 00:22:28.240 even the cars that I test. I mean you can 384 00:22:28.279 --> 00:22:30.440 remotely start and find them from the app and things. 385 00:22:30.440 --> 00:22:33.440 But I mean the digital resource that your teams continue 386 00:22:33.440 --> 00:22:36.039 to put out to help travelers have that smooth journey, 387 00:22:36.720 --> 00:22:39.640 journey as light years ahead. When I started flying many many, 388 00:22:39.640 --> 00:22:41.279 many years ago. What are some of the other features 389 00:22:41.319 --> 00:22:44.359 that you have from that app or those digital resources. 390 00:22:44.559 --> 00:22:45.119 Well, you said it. 391 00:22:45.160 --> 00:22:47.440 I've been in the industry a long time and it's 392 00:22:47.440 --> 00:22:49.960 been really fun to see it evolve over the years. 393 00:22:49.960 --> 00:22:54.279 But the recent enhancements have been the most exciting. Are 394 00:22:54.400 --> 00:22:58.720 United App. If you're flying, you need the United Airlines App. 395 00:22:58.759 --> 00:23:03.400 It's award winning everything from booking your flights to your 396 00:23:03.799 --> 00:23:08.279 entertainment platform if you're on an airplane, to navigating our airports, 397 00:23:08.559 --> 00:23:13.240 checking in verifying travel documents if you're going international, or 398 00:23:13.240 --> 00:23:15.079 if you just have a question, you could connect with 399 00:23:15.119 --> 00:23:17.519 the United Airlines Agent twenty four to seven. 400 00:23:19.000 --> 00:23:21.200 I've actually tried that just to pop it up. The 401 00:23:21.240 --> 00:23:23.359