However, Google didn’t reveal how much money would be pumped into the new scheme, but any companies interested on getting onboard and joining the initial investments (GoMoment, Edwin, Pulse Labs and BotSociety) are able to apply online.
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Top of the list are smart-suggestions, which provides follow up questions established on context.
Interested companies can contact Google through an online form.
Hall later detailed the feature in a subsequent article.
In March, Google ended support for the Nexus Player, the company’s only first-party Android TV device.
Smart Displays will likely be a big focus at Google I/O, but more on the software side.
HDFC Bank subsidiary and one of the leading stock broking names in India, HDFC securities has announced today, the expansion of its services to Google Home, Google Assistant and Amazon Alexa. Specifically, these are IoT gadgets that take advantage of the Internet of Things.
Google’s latest version of Android is already available for tinkerers, so the broad strokes are well known at this point.
The rebranding, however, can be seen as a promise from the company that a major overhaul is in the picture.
Google is also supporting popular smart device brands in foreign markets, such as IKEA lights, Germany’s Magenta hub, and Xiaomi lights.
Earlier in the week, the company updated its iOS I/O 2018 app with more detailed demo area descriptions.
As we saw previous year, Android P was announced ahead of I/O, but the final consumer release won’t arrive until late August.
Alphabet is one of the most prolific corporate investors in startups.
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Google says these updates will start rolling out to all Wear OS smartwatches in the next few days. About a year later, Google has rebranded the smartwatch platform to Wear OS, and now it’s making Google Assistant more capable than it’s ever been on a watch. They are always working with third parties to do more with the wearables.
