Google I/O has already come and gone. If you missed the three-day showcase of Google’s latest innovations, don’t worry. Here are all the big news items you want to know.
The next version of Android is Called “Android L”
This year, Google’s latest operating system is departing from the typical, sugar-coated naming tradition. Dubbed as “Android L,” the next edition of Android
with a minimalist name has been designed with anything but minimalism
in mind. Google is packing a ton of new features in Android L all while
making the OS feel faster and run better than ever.
Some highlights from the latest Google update include enhanced notifications, unlocking your device with your Android Wear smartwatch, better search, better graphics processing, better battery life, and more-integrated search. Google is trying to make as much about Android a little better with Android L, and you can read about all the major changes here.
Google I/O has already come and gone. If you missed the three-day
showcase of Google’s latest innovations, don’t worry. Here are all the
big news items you want to know.
This year, Google’s latest operating system is departing from the typical, sugar-coated naming tradition. Dubbed as “Android L,” the next edition of Android
with a minimalist name has been designed with anything but minimalism
in mind. Google is packing a ton of new features in Android L all while
making the OS feel faster and run better than ever.
Some highlights from the latest Google update include enhanced notifications, unlocking your device with your Android Wear smartwatch, better search, better graphics processing, better battery life, and more-integrated search. Google is trying to make as much about Android a little better with Android L, and you can read about all the major changes here.
Google’s new Operating System for wearables, Android Wear, was announced a few months ago in March. Here at I/O we finally got an up close look
at the new technology for our wrists. Based on our first impressions,
Android Wear has a lot of potential as a useful watch, but it might be a
while before we get a truly beautiful device.
At Google I/O we also learned just how users will use Android Wear in their daily life. “Glanceability” still remains Google’s biggest focus, and the company will be using all the data it learns about you to make the Android Wear experience a personalized one that knows when you want certain information. Notifications will come in three main types — stacks, pages, and replies — and will allow you to interact with everything from direction to text messages from your friends and family.
One thing Android Wear is still figuring out is how to look sexy. Wristwatches, as much as they help tell time, are also an important piece of jewelry for many, and the days of ugly smartwatches are still around. However, some of the upcoming Android Wear devices, such as the Moto 360, are finally starting to look rather interesting.
Since Android’s debut in 2007, Google has taken the experimental OS for cellphones and turned it into the leading standard across consumer electronics of all sorts of shapes and sizes. To help keep things simple for developers and end-users, Google spoke a lot about how it’s unifying the Android experience for these many devices, and making it easy for developers to build applications that interact with all devices at once.
With wearables like Google Glass and Android Wear, Google is making Android Wear a seamless experience between your smartphone and the gadgets you connect to it. Notifications will automatically appear on your peripherals with no additional coding, and with a few lines of code developers can let users interact with their wearables using one of Google’s three notification types: stacks, pages, and replies. This allows developers to easily add support for Google’s new Android Wear technology, and gives users a similar experience no matter what device they use.
The notification standard is extending beyond Google’s mobile products, too. Users of Chromecast and Chrome OS will see similar connectivity and notifications on their devices when they connect and interact with their smartphones. The idea is that notifications across all Chrome and Android devices will be similar in style and easy for users to recognize and interact with. This unity will help Google sell these products as a complete experience for users.
Some highlights from the latest Google update include enhanced notifications, unlocking your device with your Android Wear smartwatch, better search, better graphics processing, better battery life, and more-integrated search. Google is trying to make as much about Android a little better with Android L, and you can read about all the major changes here.
Android Wear isn’t sexy, but it sure is smart
The next version of Android is Called “Android L”
This year, Google’s latest operating system is departing from the typical, sugar-coated naming tradition. Dubbed as “Android L,” the next edition of Android
with a minimalist name has been designed with anything but minimalism
in mind. Google is packing a ton of new features in Android L all while
making the OS feel faster and run better than ever.Some highlights from the latest Google update include enhanced notifications, unlocking your device with your Android Wear smartwatch, better search, better graphics processing, better battery life, and more-integrated search. Google is trying to make as much about Android a little better with Android L, and you can read about all the major changes here.
Android Wear isn’t sexy, but it sure is smart
Google’s new Operating System for wearables, Android Wear, was announced a few months ago in March. Here at I/O we finally got an up close look
at the new technology for our wrists. Based on our first impressions,
Android Wear has a lot of potential as a useful watch, but it might be a
while before we get a truly beautiful device.At Google I/O we also learned just how users will use Android Wear in their daily life. “Glanceability” still remains Google’s biggest focus, and the company will be using all the data it learns about you to make the Android Wear experience a personalized one that knows when you want certain information. Notifications will come in three main types — stacks, pages, and replies — and will allow you to interact with everything from direction to text messages from your friends and family.
One thing Android Wear is still figuring out is how to look sexy. Wristwatches, as much as they help tell time, are also an important piece of jewelry for many, and the days of ugly smartwatches are still around. However, some of the upcoming Android Wear devices, such as the Moto 360, are finally starting to look rather interesting.
Google is unifying development for all its products
Since Android’s debut in 2007, Google has taken the experimental OS for cellphones and turned it into the leading standard across consumer electronics of all sorts of shapes and sizes. To help keep things simple for developers and end-users, Google spoke a lot about how it’s unifying the Android experience for these many devices, and making it easy for developers to build applications that interact with all devices at once.
With wearables like Google Glass and Android Wear, Google is making Android Wear a seamless experience between your smartphone and the gadgets you connect to it. Notifications will automatically appear on your peripherals with no additional coding, and with a few lines of code developers can let users interact with their wearables using one of Google’s three notification types: stacks, pages, and replies. This allows developers to easily add support for Google’s new Android Wear technology, and gives users a similar experience no matter what device they use.
The notification standard is extending beyond Google’s mobile products, too. Users of Chromecast and Chrome OS will see similar connectivity and notifications on their devices when they connect and interact with their smartphones. The idea is that notifications across all Chrome and Android devices will be similar in style and easy for users to recognize and interact with. This unity will help Google sell these products as a complete experience for users.
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