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    Google Play App Signing is a new feature from Google which stores your signing key in the cloud

    At Google I/O today, the company announced a new feature for developers to help them manage their APK signing key in the cloud. This will help to prevent your signing keys from being maliciously destroyed as well as not worrying about using the same key on multiple applications for simplicity.
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    Google talks about making the battery menu actionable with Android O

    Google feels that people are helpless when they look at the battery screen on Android and sees an application using too much battery life. In Android O, the battery screen will show battery drain as a percentage, how much of your battery an application used in the foreground vs the background...
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    Google is working on a way to optimize the size of APKs for developers

    Applications seem to be getting bigger and bigger these days, but Google wants to help. During a Google I/O session today, the company talked about a new feature that can shrink the size of APKs by removing redundant resources.
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    Google’s TensorFlow AI platform play is showing a lot of progress

    Yesterday during Google I/O's keynote, Sundar spoke about the progress Google has made with AI and their TensorFlow platform. This has resulted in the company releasing new hardware, applying those new features to multiple services and even using AI to make better neural networks.
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    Google brings high-end 3D graphics to mobile VR with Seurat

    Google has introduced a new way for developers and movie studios to render 3D imagery for mobile VR even faster.
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    You can now use Google Cast to show off Daydream VR to your TV

    Daydream 2.0 Euphrates now includes support for Google Cast, meaning that you will be able to share what you are watching or playing onto your TV.
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    Google has updated its Complications API for Android Wear

    Google has introduced a new API for Android Wear 2.0 Complications. This will allow developers to easily implement Complications into new and existing watch faces.
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    Android developers can now autosize TextViews

    Google has announced that Android developers can now create "autosizing TextViews" using Google's developer tools.
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    Verizon will be the first US carrier to offer a Tango smartphone with the ZenFone AR

    During Google I/O 2017, Johnny Lee of Tango confirmed that Verizon would be selling the ASUS ZenFone AR when it's made available later this Summer.
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    Daydream Euphrates is the latest update to Google's VR platform

    Daydream Euphrates has been announced at Google I/O 2017 and will bring an all-new experience to your virtual reality devices. The update also includes a built-in VR web browser, while also adding a 2D panel to allow users to access normal Android functions in VR.
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    Google is focusing on building app features, not building features into Android

    Jacob from The Verge takes a look at what was announced during the I/O 2017 keynote, and states that the event confirmed that Google is more interested in building features into apps, versus building new features into Android.
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    Android Pay expands to Canada, Spain, Brazil, and other countries

    Google has confirmed that Android Pay will be coming to the following countries in the coming months: - Canada - Brazil - Russia - Spain - Taiwan
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    How to watch Google's VR and AR I/O livestream

    Google I/O 2017 is still taking place, and today at 12:30 there will be a live stream of the conference regarding Google's AR and VR initiative, where are expecting to learn more about the new standalone VR headset.
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    The EmojiCompat support library will let older Android devices have newer emojis

    At Google I/O, the has announced a new support library called EmojiCompact. It's this new feature that will allow Android 4.4+ devices to use even newer emojis that get added to the system.
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    Google announces the Actions on Google Developer Challenge

    In an attempt to get more developers using the Actions on Google platform, the company has announced an open challenge for developers. Over 20 prizes are available including a trip to Google I/O 2018.
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    Google is letting any developer create Android Instant Apps now

    We recently saw the Stack Overflow application was compatible with Google's Instant Apps feature and now it looks like the platform is available for all developers.
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    Devices at Google I/O show a Google search bar below the dock icons

    At Google I/O, the company is showing off the latest version of Android on a few Pixel phones. Someone was able to grab a photo of one that showed a search bar tucked right under the dock icons on the home screen.
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    Google says Android TV's version of Android O will come with a redesigned home screen

    While this wasn't mentioned during Google I/O, in blog post the company did say that Android TV would be getting a revamped home screen with the big Android O update.
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    Video shows off WorldSense technology, a way Google will track head movements in VR

    At Google I/O today, we learned that Google would officially be working with OEMs to make a standalone VR headset. They're able to do this, and track movements, thanks to a collection of sensors and technology they're calling WorldSense.
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    Google says the ASUS Zenfone AR will be available this summer

    ASUS revealed the Zenfone AR a while back, but it's been a while since we heard anything about the device. Today at Google I/O though, it was revealed that ASUS will begin selling it sometime this summer.
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    Google is leveraging AI to create a powerful job hunting tool

    There have been rumors about Google wanting to create a job hunting tool and today at Google I/O they revealed some details about it. It won't simply be a directory of available jobs though, and will utilize AI and machine learning to make it easier to find jobs close to you, and jobs that are...
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    Google brings AR to their Google Expeditions project

    When Google launched Google Expeditions, it was just using Google Cardboard viewers to bring kids into immersive experiences. Today at Google I/O though, the company says they're experimenting with AR as well so kids can see virtual items inside their classrooms.
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    There were over 82 billion apps installed from Google Play last year

    Along with some YouTube stats that Google talked about today at Google I/O, we also learned a bit about the Play Store too. It has been revealed that over 82 billion applications were installed in 2016, which is up from 65 billion the year before.
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    Google uses Tango's Visual Positioning Service to tell you where to go in a store

    Google is wanting to help people find the products they are looking for when they're inside a store. To do this, they're leveraging their Tango technology for what they're calling VPS (Virtual Positioning Service) to guide you within a centimeter of where the product is.
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    People are watching 1 billion hours of YouTube videos every day

    During they keynote today, it was announced that we are all watching over 1 billion hours of YouTube videos each and every day. Not only this, but watchtime on mobile has increased by 60% and watchtime on TV has increased by 90%.
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