Following on from the success of its makeshift Google Cardboard headsets, Google has decided that standalone headsets aren’t for it (yet) and so has produced a series of reference designs and specifications for devices that will make up its new VR platform.
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“Brands are exploring bots that offer customer service or support and help them sell products and services, and Google will launch Allo this summer with a host of well-known brands such as OpenTable, Uber and GrubHub”, Forrester analyst Julie Ask said.
So we need to understand that Google Daydream is not just a device. Here is a rundown of most important additions to Android.
Although some of the new updates announced are useful but people have been already utilising those functionalities before; why would they even consider a shift if nothing fresh has been added? Come to this session and test your Android apps for Chrome OS.
The event started on Wednesday and it was a journey full of innovation. Also, it was disappointing that there were no announcements regarding Project Tango and Ara.
(Pichai even gave Amazon a shout-out for introducing Echo’s capabilities to consumers.) According to Pichai, Google Home will be like a control center. This is the company’s attempt to match Apple’s Siri and Microsoft’s Cortana.
That being said, I’ve been firmly in the “these virtual assistants are useless” camp, and this new stuff does little to pull me out. After activating the speaker by saying ‘OK, Google, ‘ you’ll be able to tell it to play music, set timers, check traffic information, turn on your lights and book cinema tickets.
Google Home, for instance, will mostly do the same things already performed by the Echo, a cylinder-like speaker that Amazon released a year ago. Making it the stock messaging app for Android would help, but there’s no indication if that’s going to happen. The highlights for 2016 were virtual reality, chatbots, artificial intelligence and smart messaging app, nothing “out of the world” believe some.
The messaging app takes cues from Facebook messenger bots, Snapchat, and machine learning techniques; all of which have been previously witnessed. “We can use the mobile platform to get the word out”. One of the key features of the app is called Knock, Knock, which shows a live preview of the video before you pick up the call.
Instant Apps is Google’s answer to the pain of installing phone apps you know you’ll use just once or twice, for shopping or booking a parking spot, for example.
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The update provides an interface for users to choose which data source they want for a complication, allowing them to swap out, say, a calorie-tracker for a water-tracker or step-counter. While Cardboard works with a wide range of smartphones, the new viewer and controller are created to only work with handsets supporting Google’s upcoming Daydream virtual reality platform – initially designed for Android smartphones but set to come to other devices.
