It was announced today that Google was working on standalone VR headsets with 3rd-party companies. So far, it has been revealed that HTC and Lenovo will both be making one of these Daydream VR headsets.
At the developer event today, Google announced that Android O was being optimized to improve things such as boot times and battery drain. This means devices with Android O will boot twice as fast and applications will have more limits on what they can do in the background.
Google has some good news for Galaxy S8/S8+ owners who were hoping to get to use Daydream sometime in the future. The company says a future OTA update will made it compatible with Daydream headsets and apps. Not only that, but it has been announced that LG's next flagship will also have support...
Along with the new PiP and notification dots for Android O, the new update will also add a previously rumored smart text selection feature. Along with that, TensorFlow Lite will help make apps perform faster, and developers have access to new Play Console Dashboards too.
Today at Google I/O, Google announced that Android would be fully supporting the Kotlin open source programing language. This is a language made by JetBrains that uses syntax which features a lot of built-in modern language features.
Google is still wanting to enable the low-end market to thrive so today at Google I/O they announced Android Go. This variant of Android will be made available for all new versions of the OS and will be optimized for devices running 1GB of RAM or less.
Google announced a new Play Store feature today called Google Play Protect. The new feature will scan all of your installed applications and tell you when it has discovered a new threat.
A new Android O feature that was announced at Google I/O 2017 today is what the company is calling Notification Dots. These will be small circular dots that sit on top of your app icons (like an app badge), and long-pressing on the icon and get a quick preview with the ability to tap and jump...
Recently, Google removed a funding option for YouTube creators while adding in a feature called Super Chat. This lets viewers of live streams to donate money and get their message in front of the eyes of the creator. Today though, Google announced the Super Chat API will that will let these...
Until now, you had to manually flash Android O on your device if you wanted to try it out. But today the company has announced you can enroll into the beta program with the dedicated Android Beta Program website.
Google says more and more people are watching YouTube videos on their TVs so they wanted to announce a new feature today. The company is bringing support for 360-degree videos to the TV with Android TV, Xbox One, PS4 and some smart TVs.
Google Photos is also getting some love at Google I/O today with a few new features for users. Suggested Sharing will use machine learning to suggest what photos you may want to share, and who to share them with. You can also share entire libraries with your contacts. And they've even announced...
Until now, Actions on Google has been limited to Google Home and the Google Assistant SDK, but today the company announced it is coming to both Android as well as iOS.
Inbox by Gmail has had a Smart Reply feature for a while, and Google even brought this to Allo as well. Today at Google I/O the company announced this is finally being added into the core Gmail service as well.
Along with the new Google Home announcements, it has been revealed that Google Assistant will be gaining support for new languages soon. These new languages announced today include French, German, Brazilian, Portuguese, and Japanese.
Today, it was announced that Google Home will be launching in 5 new countries later this year. These new countries that were announced include Canada, Australia, France, Germany, and Japan.
To take care of all the machine learning features woven into Google's products, the company created specialized hardware. Today, the company announced the new TPU boards (which can be combined into pods) for data centers using this hardware.
Ron from Ars Technica has published an in-depth guide to everything that Google has been working on, which we plan to hear about, ahead of Google I/O 2017.
Google I/O is just around the corner and Phandroid has put together a quick list of ten things we want to see from the biggest Google event of the year.
Well, initially I was not going and I received a rejection letter but as it turns out... now I am actually going! Anyone else from AF going? ...or anyone else just around Google Headquarters?
@Rob and I will both be attending this year and if you are around... maybe I buy drinks with @Robs money?
If you're interested in going to Google I/O 2017, you can now head over to the event webpage, and register for your chance to go. As a reminder, there's no guarantee that you can go to the event, as Google is performing its lottery system again.
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