Very soon, Google I / O 2018 will begin. As Google services and the Android operating system are of interest to most Internet users, the upcoming conference is one of the most significant technological events of the year. What will be announced in the next few days and what technologies will be further developed?
The annual developer conference held by Google is interesting not only for programmers but also for billions of Internet users, most of whom are also users of search giant products and services. The annual Google I / O conference in May largely determines the priorities for the development of the industry for the whole year. What will she enjoy? The answer to this question was considered by Nick Statt (Nick Statt) on the pages of the resource .
This year, Google I / O will again be held at the Shoreline Amphitheater in Mountain View, California. The conference will begin on Tuesday, May 8, 2018, and in its course the audience will learn a lot about the future of the mobile Android OS and Google's efforts towards the development of artificial intelligence.
It is also expected that additional information on the new platform for portable devices - Wear OS. Attention will probably be paid to Google Assistant, Android TV, Google Home, Google Play and the company's search engine. During this period of the year, Google aims to show everyone that its software is smarter and more progressive than similar products from its competitors - Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Microsoft.
Android P
The main theme of Google I / O is usually the newest version of the mobile operating system Android. This year, we will talk about Android P. In last year's version of Android Oreo, the display of notifications was revised and the approach to software update of mobile devices was improved. It is expected that changes in the latest mobile software will be visual and will touch upon the improvement of the interface of the most popular operating system for smartphones.
Those who have worked with the first evaluation version of the new OS for developers, released in early March, mark certain trends. In Android P paid attention to "find a place" is becoming increasingly common in modern full-screen smartphone screen capture. Changes will affect the privacy settings, unification and simplification of the approach to design and increase the usability of menus, docks and settings screens. According to rumors, some features of the approach to gestures, similar to the iPhone X from Apple, can also be implemented in Android P. However, already in the coming Tuesday, users have to learn about the upcoming OS a lot of new things.
Artificial Intelligence
However, Google I / O will not only consider the new version of Android, but also the prospects for the development of the company's artificial intelligence technologies. The head of Google, Sundar Pichai (Sundar Pichai) has been positioning artificial intelligence for several years already, as what will become an important direction for the company in the future. It's about software that can see and understand the world around us, identify objects, and analyze the natural language. And it will help Google in the coming years to improve each of its products.
Moreover, this process has already begun with products such as Google Assistant (voice and text functions), the Google Translate translation program and the Google Lens object recognition and imaging platform.
During Google I / O, it is likely to learn something new about Google Lens, the TensorFlow platform and the Tensor Processing Unit chips. These chips are designed specifically for artificial intelligence training systems, and they help the company accelerate the learning process for its neural networks.
It is also expected to hear about artificial intelligence something as grandiose as what was discussed during the conference for the developers of Facebook - F8, when representatives of the company considered artificial intelligence as the future business of Facebook. No one is surprised that Google and Facebook are competing, attracting the best talents, and both companies have competing artificial intelligence units, whose salaries are among the highest in the technology industry.
Google Assistant and Google Home
Assistant remains the most significant competitor to Amazon Alexa and to a lesser extent Apple Siri and Microsoft Cortana. Assistant is able to work on devices running iOS and Android operating systems as an application and voice interface. But even more, it can be interesting as a software layer of the operating system designed for smart home devices, which are already represented in the market by a line of clever columns from Google.
It is expected that during the conference it will be necessary to hear not only some new functions of Google Assistant, but also new approaches to the integration of this software with Google Home. However, the announcement of devices, most likely, will take place during the autumn presentation, simultaneously with the debut before the general public of the Pixel devices. Thus, at the upcoming conference for developers, no new hardware products from Google are expected.
However, given that the company is expanding the presence of Google Home on the market and provided support for third-party developers for Google Assistant, it is possible that something very impressive will be said on this topic.
Google Photos, Google News, Google Play
Since Google Photos, Google News and the Google Play platform as a whole are very popular products, they are paid attention every year to Google I / O. As for Google Photos, it is expected to hear how the company's software, which recognizes the image and objects, has improved the application for storing photographs and helps to create interesting montages, GIF and other short video content.
Most recently, the resource reported on the plans of Google to rework its platform News for computers and mobile devices. Presumably, the Google Newsstand application is converted into an all-in-one mobile Google News application with additions to the larger volume of YouTube videos and the rapid download of the company's proprietary format - AMP - for all platforms. It is expected that Google News will debut at the opening of Google I / O.
Material Design Update
The philosophy of Material Design, the modern approach to the design of the user interface of Android, Chrome and mobile applications, is almost four years old. Many people have already heard about "Material Design 2". But in 2018 the speech probably does not go about a complete revision of the approach to design.
Some changes in the design of Chrome and the recent significant redesign of Gmail give reason to believe that this is a more unified approach to the design of software for Android devices, Chromebook computers running on a PC, Chrome and web applications. And Google I / O is a great opportunity for the company to show its new approach to a wide audience.
Wear OS
As you know, the software platform from Google for wearable devices is now called not Wired OS, but Wear OS. An introductory version of the new Wear OS was released simultaneously with the developer-designed version of Android P. Wear OS is characterized by much-needed enhancements to mobile devices concerning the battery life of the device without recharging and a dark user interface mode that is more comfortable for the eyes when you just need to look on the clock and quickly perceive the information displayed on their display. Google recently announced several updates for Wear OS, which bring more features to Google Assistant into the platform for wearable devices.
Probably, it is on I / O that Google will tell more about the first update of Wear OS and the release of the second, more widely available, evaluation release of the operating system for developers. It should be noted that the application of the first version was limited only to models from Huawei.
It is possible that Wear OS will become the platform that will change the user's views on what a smart clock is capable of with its software. The main feature can be the voice control capabilities realized through the integration of Google Assistant.
Android TV and Android Auto
Android TV and Android Auto are not among those Google developments that are often spoken on the Web. But, one way or another, during the Google I / O conference, about them, probably, something will be said.
Android TV has been around for years. Last year, users saw the redesign of the home screen for the version of Android O and nothing more impressive. However, in this context, you should also remember rumors that Google can release such a Chromecast dongle on Android TV with support for 4K, which provides a full-fledged television interface.
The Android Auto software has been on the market for several years. Of recent improvements, wireless support for the Pixel and Nexus devices, which was implemented in the past month, is especially noticeable. In January this year, Google announced that the Assistant software will soon become the core of Android Auto's voice features. Thus, on Google I / O, the public can familiarize with this function of the software intended for cars.
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