] google i/o is the companies annual developer conference - the keynote presentation that outlines google future plans for its products and services. This is a SUMMARY of the product announcements in the 3 hour video
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[00:00] INTRO by Sundar Pichai - SR VP android & chrome
] over 1M viewing live stream of conference today, female registration is up from 8 to 20 percent YOY,
] mobile momentum, outlining changes to our 2 biggest mobile platforms, android and chrome
] describes some unique user experiences being built on android today including ] micro lending and money transfer ] eyesight diagnostices ] mental health support
] see statistics below for android usage and growth in mobile
] reaching the next B users, emerging markets < 10 % w/smartphone ownership
] Google is creating a series of hardware reference platforms
] $100 smartphone reference design, aimed at bringing a quality Android experience to emerging markets, at affordable prices.
] google will identify and qualify vendors of hardware components for mfgs
] example phone by micromax - features - Duual SIM cards, a 4.5-inch display, expandable storage, and an FM radio -- all for under $100 USD.
] stock android, google play auto installs, auto updates, mfg + carrier can install their ...
] initially headed to India,
] working with carriers to provide affordable packages
[13:30] NEW VERSION android 5.x "L" - the next version of android
] one of the most comprehensive android releases ever, over 5000 new api's, thinking beyond current mobile form factors(phones, tablets)
] a first for google, offering a developer preview version before release, available today
] double the performance
] new runtime
] new UI named "material", design language, adds depth perspective to ui
[14:20] NEW android 5.x material design language by VP Design - Matias Duarte
] specify an 'elevation' value for elements to designate their location, ex float on top of ...
] new support library "pallette"
] updated system font - roboto
] new improved animations
] preview of gmail app in new design language
] polymer - ui library for web, as a web dev you can utilize all same surfaces, graphics, animations at 60 fps
] created new set of design guidelines released at google.com/design
[21:45] NEW android 5.x features by Dave Burke - Director of Engineering
] material language changes - animation effects to improve ui experience,
] improved notifications - grouped and displayed on lock screen
] personal authentication -
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[00:00] NEW android wear - the os for smartwatches,
] will support various screen configurations—circular or square, for example. It understands your voice, so you can interact with it
] smartwatches - LG G watch, Samsung Gear Live, both available today, motorola moto 360 later this summer
] You can interact with it, telling it things like “remind me to check my mail when I get home.” It syncs to your phone, and sets that reminder. That takes place across applications. Dismiss an app on the watch, and it dismisses on the phone, too. You can do things like ask your watch a question (“what is Limburger”) and you’ll get the answer via a Google search that takes place via your phone, and is sent to your wrist. Wear can show incoming call notifications, and let you decline calls from the wrist. You can set a do not disturb mode on your phone via the wrist, so notifications won’t interrupt you at important times. Wear can also control other devices—like a sound system.
] takes advantage of Google Now to give you relevant contextual information as you’re traveling through your day—restaurant reservations, transit schedules, plane tickets—all displayed on your wrist. It can show health data like step counts and heart rates. That’s all “out of the box”
] Developers can use it to build even more sophisticated contextual applications. Because Android notifications APIs let you include things like images, sound, and interactions, those can all be supported on the wrist. Notifications can either be stacked, or have pages.
] The idea is to give people the ability to act on notifications in a meaningful but lightweight manner within seconds—maybe you can swipe through pages in a notification if you want to see multiple steps, for example.
] Google says it is making the full Android Wear SDK available today.
[00:00] NEW android home
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[00:00] NEW google fit - a health data platform
] meant to integrate multiple sources to provide a unified view of a person. You can integrate data from multiple devices and applications into one experience. Google Fit APIs let apps and brands share fitness activity with a user’s permission. They’re also taking in data from hardware like Adidas, and announced partners including Nike.
[00:00] chromebooks - a success story with more new features and android integration coming
] It began with one reference device, and today there are eight OEMs making 15 devices with “many more on the way,” he says. It’s keys are speed, simplicity, and security. All of the top ten highest rated laptops on Amazon are Chromebooks.
] bringing in cues from Android as well. It already supports Google Now. When you unlock your phone, and are close, it can also unlock your Chromebook. Your incoming calls and text messages are displayed on your laptop. Low battery notifications even show up.
] will run android apps in the future
[00:00] NEW android enterprise
] Google is enabling support for enterprise on phones so you don’t need two devices. You can have corporate and personal applications living on the same device. Personal data is isolated from work data. Enterprises can bulk deploy apps, and existing apps don’t need to be modified, if they are Ice Cream Sandwich or above. In the fall, there will be a certified Android for Work program.
[00:00] chrome mobile
] new design elements. Search results in Chrome will feature cards that take advantage of Material Design, for example. It features fast, fluid animations at 60 frames per second—scrolling through images in a Google search, for example, looks like actually flipping through an image book.
] Chrome also gets a multitasking upgrade. Chrome tabs are listed equally among the apps in the recent apps view, for example. It’s meant to make moving between the web and apps much easier. And it’s built on top of a new API that lets apps populate multiple tabs.
] beefed up app indexing, which lets developers give Google the ability to search within apps. A Google search for a restaurant will show it in both the Web, and also the results within an app like OpenTable. This feature was previously only open to a few apps, but is now global.
[00:00] NEW android TV - set-top box initiative,
] With Android TV, smartphones, tablets, and even smartwatches can replace the humble remote control, and the entire platform is designed to give you a fresh Android experience on the biggest screen in your house.
] Basically, it just treats the TV like another Android screen. The interface is extremely slick. It has a very simple UI that reacts to your usage patterns. On the home screen, shows are up top, below them are apps, and below that games
] googles third attempt at TV set top boxes
] bringing mobile games to television with android TV
[00:00] chromecast streamer - updates
] cast your entire Android device screen directly onto your television screen.
] a new website dedicated to helping you find apps for Android, iOS, and desktop browsers that offer built-in Chromecast support
] will let you cast videos from an Android phone even if you aren't connected to the same Wi-Fi network. The feature will be opt-in only, so if you don't like the idea, you don't have to enable it. And Google says it'll detect if the phone is in the same room as the Chromecast before it'll authenticate, which should (theoretically) make it tough to prank your neighbors with unwanted kitty vids.
] new feature called Backdrop. It's a built-in custom screensaver for Chromecast where you can have the device cycle through personal photos or professional image collections when programs aren't being played - instead of same default nature pics that Chromecast shows you now.
[00:00] android auto
] google now for your car, based upon the Open Automotive Alliance announced at CES 2014
] interface for cars that strives to bring a hands-free Android experience to your vehicle's navigation system. Plug your device into a compatible car and Android Auto takes over, feeding you Google Now-style info cards, navigation directions, and tackling things like dictating text messages or letting you answer calls, without taking your eyes off the road
] Navigation, communication and music will take center stage here. Android Auto is contextually aware to give you information like time to your destination when you need it, and it’s voice enabled so you can interact just by talking to it.
] Android Auto will also cast the phone screen to a car’s screen, and let you use the car’s controls to interact. It looks like part of the car, but the apps are running on the phone.
] It brings your personalized experience to any compatible car—so you have the same experience in a rental as you do in your own whip.
[00:00] google drive
] open and edit native Office apps -- no more converting! Docs will even save files as Word files if that's how they were started.
[00:00] new courses in programming
] in conjuction with online education provider udacity
[00:00] statistics
] android users active > 1 B, up from 538M last year
] android os is on 62% of tablets shipped worldwide, up from 46% in 2013, 39% in 2012
these are shipment #'s and NOT useage #'s, they would be a leading indicator of usages #'s
these android #'s do NOT include derivatives of android, like the kindle fire tablet families
] tablet app installs up 236% YoY
] google drive has 190M users
] google drive has new tablet app for presentations
] google play games - adds 100M users in 6 months, new features like 'quests'
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[00:00] google aquihires the team behind appurify
] google ventures funded app testing service
[00:00] cloud
] big data pipeline for batch and streaming processing on its cloud services
] more public cloud tools including a debugge
] It’s trying to make it really easy for developers to offload data, debugging, tracing and processing functions to the cloud.