Episode 299 – A Horse Talks to Itself

Google I/O and our 300th episode.

Show Notes

• Google I/O
  • Develop, Grow, Earn – A reworking of the Android stack for VR, a new developer preview, Android Wear 2.0, Recording APIs, Pay APIs, and more.
  • Android Instant Apps – run an app you don’t even have installed.
  • Google announces Assistant, an ongoing two-way dialogue.
• Android News
  • Name Android N yourself.
  • Android N renames Daydream to Screen Saver so they can use the name for something else
  • Current Nexus devices won’t be taking advantage of Android N’s seamless updates, as it requires two system partitions.
  • Google confirms that the Play Store and over a million Android apps are coming to Chrome OS later this year.
  • Google Play Services 9.0, adds video recording API and more.
  • Android Wear 2.0 Preview – Introduces Standalone Apps, new system UI, material design, a complications API, input methods(keyboards and such), etc.
• App News
  • And the winners of the Google Play Award are…
  • Alarm Clock Extreme adds sleep habit tracking to its abilities. (Play Link)
  • Google announces Allo and Duo, new apps for messaging and video calling. Hangouts will remain as a separate app.
  • Android Auto has announced an update to allow the app to be used without an Android Auto compatible automobile.
  • Android Auto is also getting voice commands and wireless connectivity.
• In Other News
  • Alan Young, star of Mr. Ed, dead at 96.
  • Google Photos has 200 million monthly active users.
  • Google plans to start blocking Flash in Chrome this year

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