Episode 350 – Google I/O

By | May 24, 2017

Google I/O was last week

Show Notes

  • Android News
    • Android App beta on Chrome OS will last at least through the summer.
    • Android O users will update graphics drivers through Play Store
    • Android O will allow you to automatically reenable wifi near trusted networks
    • Netflix was just the first: Play Console lets developers exclude app availability for devices that don’t pass SafetyNet
    • Actions on Google are coming to Android
    • Android announces support for Kotlin.
  • App News
    • Play Store has a new icon
    • 82 Billion Installs app installs last year
    • Google Phone will have post-call messages and some sort of voicemail backup.
    • Google Voice gets new widgets and call screening interface.
    • SMS Support in Hangouts ends, excluding Google Voice and Project Fi.
    • Google Assistant now supports keyboard input.
    • Cartoon Network app now supports Chromecast
  • In Other News
    • Talks on planned laptop ban for Europe-US flights end without a ban.

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