Wednesday, May 18, 2016

PDA, home automation, messaging … the main Google ads I / O – The World

Sundar Pichai, Google CEO, at the opening  of the conference Google I / O.

This small enclosure Wifi will be able to stream music directly or from a phone, but it will also and above all capable of meeting questions, interact with calendar or contacts. It will also be able to interact with objects connected thermostats like Nest, also owned by Google. No price was announced for this object reminiscent of Amazon Echo. It will be commercially available “by the end of the year.”

  • A personal assistant “smarter”

Without naming competitors, Google says that his personal assistant will be able to answer more complex questions than the others, especially that it will be able to answer questions at two levels, using the answer to the first question as a basis for a second. “For example you can ask who is the director of The Revenant, and what awards he obtained – without ever naming the” said Sundar Pinchaï, Google CEO.

  • Hello, a new messaging application

This new “smart” mobile phone application will offer as main innovation of new semi-automated responses. Equipped with automatic learning capabilities, the software will offer quick answers “ready” to messages received by users but also to pictures. Google says can identify “with 90% accuracy” if a picture of a dog is “cute or not.” The software also learns over time and is inspired by the way its users to express its suggestions for quick answers.

the application will also provide a focus incognito mode, encrypted end to end and has a date expiration to avoid discussions being stored.

  • Duo, a video chat application.

It also encrypted from end to end, this application supports Android and iOS allows video chat “ even when the network is low ” Google says. Main innovation compared to dozens of similar apps, Duo will offer a preview: the called will see the video stream of the caller before you even pick … and may choose whether or not to answer. The application will be available “ summer .”

  • More virtual reality in the next version of Android

Known as “N” – a code name, users are invited to give their proposals for the name of the next version of the software – the next edition of Android will be more suited to virtual reality, promises Google. Available this fall, Daydream, a new platform to produce films or virtual reality games, promises a much better picture quality, with reduced latency, on compatible phones.

Daydream will be accompanied a dedicated controller, sort of minimalist controller with motion controllers, reminiscent of the Nintendo Wii, for orientation in environments in three dimensions. Google Streetview, Google Movies and YouTube will be predictable compatible in order to watch movies “in a virtual reality movies.”

  • A new version of Android Wear

Google has also introduced a new version of its software for connected watches. Again, the Californian giant promises more relevant answers to suggestions, but also a new keyboard. Most importantly, this new version can run without being linked to a connected phone. – Applications can directly use an Internet connection by Wifi

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