It's the best time of the year - for Google fans, at least!
We're bound to see/hear a lot of great new announcements and info, so I thought it might be useful/entertaining to have a thread to keep track of new features and updates, product announcements, and other details as we all follow along with our livestreams/liveblogs of choice. This will also be a great place for any general chit-chat that doesn't quite merit its own thread just yet.
Any new products that get announced will also likely be accompanied by new forums here at AF, so we could also include links to those as they get spun up.
Useful links to get us started:
Keynote highlights:
Not keynote, but still highlights:
GSMArena also has a nice single-post collection (okay, two single posts, which is still much more efficient than most of the other tech blogs so far) of the new features and changes specific to Android M:
We've got a little over an hour now before the keynote kicks off - what are you expecting/hoping to see?
I may not have a surplus of time to keep up with things today, so all Moderators and Guides are welcome to edit this post to keep things up to date as new links are posted.
We're bound to see/hear a lot of great new announcements and info, so I thought it might be useful/entertaining to have a thread to keep track of new features and updates, product announcements, and other details as we all follow along with our livestreams/liveblogs of choice. This will also be a great place for any general chit-chat that doesn't quite merit its own thread just yet.
Any new products that get announced will also likely be accompanied by new forums here at AF, so we could also include links to those as they get spun up.
Useful links to get us started:
Keynote highlights:
- Android M: Granular app permissions
- Android M: 2x Battery Life thanks to "Doze" feature
- Android Pay to replace Google Wallet
- Brillo / Weave: Internet of Things
Google+Google Photos, with tons of new features - on the web and on your phone- Google Now on Tap makes freaky-smart Google Now even more so
- And a more detailed demo (thanks @EarlyMon!)
- Google Cardboard refresh and VR Field Trips
- Family-friendly Play Store section
- Developer landing pages in the Play Store
- Maps gets better Offline support
Not keynote, but still highlights:
- Inbox by Gmail now open to all (also: Trip Bundles, Undo Send, Swipe to Delete, and Signatures!)
- Reminders created in Keep now show up in Inbox
- Automatic App Data Backup and Restore (thanks @bjacks12!)
- Dark System UI Mode in Dev Options (thanks @El Presidente!)
- Rearrange/Remove Quick Settings in Notification Area
- Adoptable Storage Devices (SD cards aren't orphaned anymore) (thanks @Hadron!)
- Launcher gets a vertically-scrolled app drawer
- Smart Lock acts as a password manager using your Google Account (Android & Chrome) (thanks @bjacks12!)
- now live in Google Play Services 7.5 and at https://passwords.google.com!
- Dial "M" for Multiwindow Mode in M Preview (thanks @EarlyMon!)
- ATAP: Project Soli - Minority Report-style gesture for controlling devices
- ATAP: Projects Abacus (sensor-based authentication) and Vault (secure storage in microSD form factor)
- ATAP: Project Jacquard brings smart electronics to textiles
GSMArena also has a nice single-post collection (okay, two single posts, which is still much more efficient than most of the other tech blogs so far) of the new features and changes specific to Android M:
I may not have a surplus of time to keep up with things today, so all Moderators and Guides are welcome to edit this post to keep things up to date as new links are posted.
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