Google I/O 2016 will take place at the Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View, California from May 18 to May 20. We may see Google pursue a similar model to fire up developers about the company’s vision for the connected home. It’s clear that the company is interested in playing a major role as part of the growing world of internet-connected devices, but it’s been a while since we’ve heard anything major from the company in the IoT realm. A recent profile of the Nest team showed a group consumed by infighting and plagued by missed deadlines.
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Reports last month claimed that Android apps could finally make the move to Google’s desktop Chrome OS after an eagle-eyed Reddit user spotted some sneaky code hidden inside Chrome 51.
The most common belief among industry experts is that the to-be launched headset will be powered by built-in Android; this means that no separate smartphone will be required to access the virtual reality. Perhaps it might even reveal the dessert Android N is named for. They did it again with Android M before 6.0 Marshmallow past year, too. Singh was at the helm when Google Enterprise was renamed Google for Work in 2014.
After being pushed back into 2016, the Project Ara modular smartphone could resurface at the Google I/O conference. The Apple Watch proved to be the best project for achieving that goal as Apple needed more than just a fitness tracker. There’s been plenty of talk about augmented reality, virtual reality, new hardware, and new versions of Android.
It’s equally unclear whether the company’s other ATAP ventures, like Project Jacquard, have advanced since Google I/O 2015.
The addition of the placeholder is timely considering that Google’s I/O conference is just a few days away. Google Cardboard is the most low-cost was to experience virtual reality and can be the ideal gateway to new startup ideas.
Android’s evolving capabilities, however, can be expected to inform a variety of Google announcements, including updates on Android Auto and Android Wear.
These are all speculations for now, but one thing that’s for sure is that Google will unveil it during its upcoming I/O conference which kicks off next week.
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Google is building its own version of Amazon Echo, dubbed “Chirp”, according to Recode and The Information. After all, people do not like to wait too long. The operating system accounts for more than 80% of smartphones on the market, and that is a great potential for gaining sales.
