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Biggest announcements from Google I/O 2018


Biggest announcements from Google I/O 2018

Google just wrapped up its 2018 I/O keynote. CEO Sundar Pichai kicked things off by recognizing that the tech industry must always be responsible about the tools and services it creates. From there, the big announcements started and just kept coming. We’ve got a new, ambitious Android update on the way. John Legend is lending his voice to Google Assistant. Gmail can almost write emails entirely by itself. AI was a big theme throughout.

Making natural Conversation between the Robot and the Humans seamlessly.

Smart Compose.

ANDROID P for the next billion users
Goodbye, three-button navigation. Hello, digital wellbeing Dashboard.
 Key interactions like changing apps are now accomplished through iPhone X-like gestures.

What is Digital wellbeing Dashboard?
And there’s a new Dashboard that’s meant to plainly show “how you’re spending time on your device, including time spent in apps, how many times you’ve unlocked your phone, and how many notifications you’ve received.” 

Google Assistant
A new way to interact with the smartphone that can do anything for you, even book appointments hair saloon on behalf.
Google’s virtual assistant is getting some more voice variety
John Legend voice is also coming to Assistant later this year and also 6 new voices.

GOOGLE DUPLEX
Perhaps the most jaw-dropping moment of today’s keynote came when Sundar Pichai played back a recording of Google Assistant calling a hair salon and making an appointment in a conversation that legitimately sounded like two humans talking to each other.

SMART DISPLAYS WITH GOOGLE ASSISTANT COMING THIS SUMMER
A display with the google assistant combine make your work half than you do at your home. Like making appointment, making food order delivery to at your door step and even more like switch on the Light, Tv, Ac, with just your voice interactions etc.
Amazon’s Echo Show is about to face some competition from similar devices running Google’s software.

GMAIL CAN NOW DRAFT EMAILS FOR YOU (ALMOST) BY ITSELF

Google is expanding on its helpful Smart Reply feature with a more ambitious idea: Smart Compose. Smart Compose uses AI “to help you draft emails from scratch, faster.” 





GOOGLE MAPS IS GETTING WAY MORE SOCIAL AND IT’S ADDING AUGMENTED REALITY DIRECTIONS

Point your camera in a direction, and Google will pair AI with Street View data to give you an interactive, AR turn-by-turn experience when you’re on the move. There’s even a cute little fox to help keep you on course.

GOOGLE PHOTOS GETS EVEN SMARTER EDITING POWERS

Google Photos is gaining new features like the ability to separate subjects from the background in photos and pop the color or turn the background black and white.

GOOGLE NEWS — NOW CURATED BY AI

it uses artificial intelligence to analyze all the content published to the web at any moment, and organize all of those articles, videos, and more into storylines. It spots the ones you might be interested in and puts them in your briefing.”

GOOGLE LENS CAN COPY TEXT FROM THE REAL WORLD INTO YOUR PHONE

You’ll be able to point your phone’s camera at text in the real world — say, a written down Wi-Fi password — grab that text, and then paste it into a text field on your smartphone.





Google Play Instant – Now try a game from play store without installing it. Wanna see demo click here..


Thanks and Regards,
Tech Bird


 

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