As per tradition, the first day of this year’s Google I/O was big in terms of both the quantity of announcements and their potential impact. Predictably, Android ‘M’, the latest update to the world’s most popular mobile operating system, hogged the headlines but Google had other cards up its sleeves as well with respect to IoT, wearables and virtual reality.
If you were on the lookout for a one stop article to update you on all the big, bold, brash things that happened on day one of Google I/O, then this is it.
It all started off with:
ANDROID M
Android M was the star of the show and took centrestage at the keynote address with the help of Google’s Senior VP, Sundar Pichai. Overall, Android M won’t have the same effect as Android Lollipop in terms of public perception because the new update has more to do with under-the-hood refinements and the way apps behave than major visual upgrades.
Android M is scheduled for a public release later this year while developers will now be able to download a preview version of the OS update.
ANDROID M: Better battery life
The biggest new feature that Android M brings to the table is the way it will push out more battery life from smartphones. Google showed off its ‘Doze’ feature which lets Android M detect if the phone is being moved by the user. If not, then Android M will let the phone doze off and put less pressure on the battery. While an Android phone will still be able to display notifications when dozing, many non-essential apps will either stop working in the background, or will conduct only critical operations.
ANDROID M: Offline maps
It’s not just Chrome that Google is embellishing with offline features in Android M, it’s Google Maps as well. Everyone’s favourite navigation app now is able to get more done without a data connection including searching for locations and turn-by-turn navigation
DEVELOPERS, DEVELOPERS... (you know the rest):
Google I/O is primarily meant to be an event for developers so it was no surprise that Google had some big announcements for them as well. The company announced Android Studio 1.3 preview, a new version that brings support for C and C++, and Polymer 1.0. Android Studio, a tool that helps devs simplify the way they create UI for their apps.
Google also reached out to iOS developers and made it easier for them to integrate Google tools into their own apps by embracing Cocoapods, a standard popular among iOS developers.
Google has also simplified testing app stability with the help of the Cloud Test Lab which will test an app across 20 devices.
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