![]() Before diving into Android P news itself, I think it's worth mentioning that last years Project Treble (Google's AOSP restructuring and modulization project with OEM's and SoC vendors) already has a positive effect - betas as available for more than just Google's own Pixel reference devices, now supporting models from Essential, Nokia, Oppo, Sony, Vivo, and Xiaomi. Android PĬurious early adopters have already been able to play around with Android P Preview - but today Google released a new Android P beta. Smart Compose is rolling out in the coming weeks. Machine Learning appears to be at work here again. I don't recall it mentioned by Sundar but it strikes me from his example that the Smart Compose is adaptive by nature, as in learning and adhering to the users style of language. It remains to be seen whether this is an assistance or a pain in the ass, but it's an interesting idea and I have no doubt that people who write a lot of similar responses will benefit from this. GMail is gaining yet another element of intelligence by the addition of Smart Compose - a feature which will offer to autocomplete your sentences as you respond to email within GMail. ![]() It remains to be seen just however, just how this is different than placing a tablet on a tablestand and it doesn't seem particular original (Amazon's Echo ecosystem already sells similar devices) It is suppose to add visual output devices for the assistant experience like we have audio devices in the Google Home products. Staying within the Google Assistant theme, leads straight into one of the few actual hardware products which were - not exactly launched yet, but more teased about - namely Smart Displays. Machine Learning, deep learning and neural nets aside - this is starting to truly be something we can call AI. Update: Since writing this article, I've spend a little time investigating and it's deeply impressive what's going on here once you think more about it. One of the more dystopian demos was when we saw their Duplex technology do truly autonomous work like booking a haircut appointment and making a restaurant reservation.Īt this moment, I find myself sitting at Google I/O 2019 wondering if Google Assistent on my phone will be screening calls, ensuring telemarketers and mother in law (just kidding Jacqueline) are filtered before the actual call reaches me. Google used machine learning to develop a more natural speech synthesization and added new natural sounding voices for the Google Assistant thanks to their WaveNet technology, which is now also able to accept multiple commands at once as well as carry out longer contextual conversations - without you having to invoke it with "Hey Google" again (the mike remains actively listening for 8 seconds after the latest feedback was given). ![]() There were no real major revelations in this years Keynote (unlike last years commitment to the Kotlin language) and everything was more about refinements and iterations on existing stuff. Unfortunately once again I was not one of the 7000 participants with a place in the shade, so on with the sunscreen, cap and sunglasses. This post will focus on the Google Keynote - Developer Keynote, talks etc. Like the previous years, the first day is split into 3 core activities Google keynote by CEO Sundar Pichai, Developer Keynote by various program managers and finally the many smaller discrete technical sessions which will also dominate the following 2 days. As a senior Android developer, there is simply no better way to spend time and money than getting to know the latest and greatest technology while also networking with Googlers and peers. I have returned to Google's backyard, the outdoor Shoreline Amphitheatre venue, for the 2018 Google I/O festival. Content licensed under Creative Commons (CC BY) Casper Bang. Attendance was funded by me as a private individual so views and opinions do not reflect those of my employer. Disclaimer: The following content is based on personal recollections and interpretations and may therefore be incomplete or faulty.
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