If you are an avid tech follower or just someone who stays on the internet a lot, chances are you heard of Google I/O. Well, more or less, it's Google's biggest event of the year; and where a lot of products and services are announced.
This year's edition was no different either. We saw new products and old-updated ones. I made a rough list of the major announcements. Here they are:
Although this device is not available to the general public as of now, it will be from next year; according to Google.
Google Home:
With tech diversifying, thanks to IoT, Google decided not to give Amazon complete monopoly with the Alexa. Instead they chose to reply with their very own assistant - Google Home. As you might have guessed, Google Home does basically the same thing as something like Alexa but since it is built with and in the Android ecosystem, it has the ability to do things like - cast using (of course) Chrome Cast. Although this device is not available to the general public as of now, it will be from next year; according to Google.
Android:
This probably should have come first but, meh, better second than never, right? Anyways, we saw an update to Android N. Basically it's no longer a developer preview but now a beta release which you could get on your Nexus device. There was also the promise of stability; in essence, you could install this on your main device and not fear the presence of bugs or the OS crashing altogether. There were other cool stuff regarding Android N though - no, an official name has not been given; but more on that later. As i was saying regarding "cool stuff", you can now do split multitasking
As you can see, this functionality is available for both phones and tablets alike.
Told you, I was serious. This is still a prototype though; but I'm sure a fully working model is not too far away - although, there was a demo of this at the I/O. The best part is Day Dream is a big part of this. No, I'm not talking about your phone staying awake while charging. I'm talking about the platform that Google's virtual reality runs on. There is a lot to be done with this and I sure am hyped already!
Allo is a texting app while Duo is for video calls. I'll go into details in a separate post. For now, just know that Google is not backing out of the messaging war.
I'll get into details on each of these in subsequent posts; so do stay tuned!
PS: If you would like to suggest the next Android Name; head on to https://android.com/n. A part of me can't help but think that Google already knows what to name Android N; but are waiting for someone to suggest it so they can say "We went with what you suggested!". Nice try Google. Maybe that's just the paranoia talking.
As you can see, this functionality is available for both phones and tablets alike.
Android Wear 2.0:
With this update, you can now use your watch independent of your smartphone. Well, amongst other features. Pretty cool, huh?
Virtual Reality:
You've probably heard of Google Cardboard or even used one. How impressed were you? Not very, I'm sure. Well, get ready to be wowed! Google came back and I daresay with a bang! Their own VR headset is so cool that it comes with a remote controller - I'm serious.
Told you, I was serious. This is still a prototype though; but I'm sure a fully working model is not too far away - although, there was a demo of this at the I/O. The best part is Day Dream is a big part of this. No, I'm not talking about your phone staying awake while charging. I'm talking about the platform that Google's virtual reality runs on. There is a lot to be done with this and I sure am hyped already!
Messaging:
A part of me sure hoped that Google would make a do-it-all messaging app; but, no! They just had to break it into two separate apps! One is called Allo while the other is Duo .Allo is a texting app while Duo is for video calls. I'll go into details in a separate post. For now, just know that Google is not backing out of the messaging war.
I'll get into details on each of these in subsequent posts; so do stay tuned!
PS: If you would like to suggest the next Android Name; head on to https://android.com/n. A part of me can't help but think that Google already knows what to name Android N; but are waiting for someone to suggest it so they can say "We went with what you suggested!". Nice try Google. Maybe that's just the paranoia talking.
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