Highlights of the Google I / O 2021 Developers Conference

 

The activities of the first day of the Google I / O developer conference ended on Tuesday, and as usual the conference started with the company's keynote speech, where CEO Sundar Pichai revealed the most important and newest products and services of the company such as an update to the Google Maps application, a new version of the Android system and even a new artificial intelligence. A quick look at the highlights of the Google Developers Conference this year 2021 and Android 12, which will be the next iOS 15 competitor, which Apple will announce after 3 weeks at the WWDC 2021 conference.

Android 12

Google announced a new version of its operating system, Android 12, which will come for the first time with a revolutionary design known as Material You, a more vibrant and colorful design that works more smoothly and is highly customizable and the new operating system will be able to change the system colors to match The background that you use with your smartphone, along with updated notifications, faster performance, less battery consumption, everything from the lock screen to the home screen and system settings has been renewed. Android 12 also comes with some new privacy features that Google plans to launch soon, including the new privacy dashboard, Android 12 is scheduled to arrive later this year, but the first public beta version is already available on Pixel phones, along with some other phones from about 11 companies, including OnePlus, Oppo, Asus, Xiaomi, Realme, Sharp, Vivo, and others.

Artificial Intelligence LaMDA

Then, Google CEO Sundar Pichai showed off some cool pre-recorded demos of someone having a conversation with an AI powered by the new LaMDA conversation technology, in demos, the AI ​​spoke in the name of Pluto and a kite.

LaMDA is a chat platform based on artificial intelligence and is currently in the research and development stage within the company, and the idea behind it is to have more natural conversations, something the current generation of voice assistants are struggling to understand. To showcase the capabilities of LaMDA, Google showed two short videos of conversations with Artificial Intelligence, and it was amazing how logical and interesting the conversation, but the artificial intelligence is still in an early stage of work, so not everything is properly understood.

Samsung and Google

Google revealed during the event a new version of the WearOS operating system, which is different this time and the reason is that Google has cooperated with Samsung and the two smart watch operating systems WearOS and Tizen have been merged to become the name Wear only.

 The integration of the two operating systems will extend battery life, with heart rate monitoring always and 30% faster loading times for applications, and animations will be smoother, and according to Google, developers will create applications for one platform, and Samsung has confirmed that the next generation of its smart watch The Galaxy Watch will run on this unified platform, and at the same time, Fitbit devices will also work on the new OS.

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Google has made some changes to its maps, including introducing new features for the augmented reality tool Live View, as well as other features to make the maps more useful, such as displaying different restaurants at different times of the day, indicating local landmarks if you are visiting a new city, and showing how crowded it is. A specific area.

Google adds a number of privacy-focused features, including the Sandbox system, which it called the Private Compute Core, and Google activates the SandBox less than Apple, as not all device data is placed in the SandBox, but rather it focuses on storing the data used for machine learning in a way. security. Google will also enable you to change the password for websites from within the password manager. As well as the feature of quick deletion of searches, through which you will be able to delete the last 15 minutes of the search history with one click.

Google also announced that there are now more than 3 billion active Android devices, and with Android 12 you will be able to open your car door with your smartphone, and Google will now allow its Pixel and Samsung Galaxy phones to work as digital car keys, as the feature works via UWB and NFC technologies.

In order to increase productivity and interconnectedness at work, Google announced the Smart Canvas, a new initiative that will provide users with an integrated interactive work environment experience through a variety of tools and there is a smart slice feature that allows you to link to other work applications and the ability to start a video call via an application Meet directly from Google Docs, spreadsheet or demos.

Google demonstrated the Starline project, which uses high-resolution cameras and depth sensors to create a real-time 3D model of a person sitting in front of you so that you feel as if you are talking to the other person face to face.

Google is also working on updating its camera to make it better at capturing and accurately reproducing skin tones in photos.

And the Google Photos service got a great new feature which is "cinematic moments", which uses two images to create a moving image next to a new feature which will allow you to store images in a password-protected space on your phone. These images will not appear when scrolling in the application, the feature will be launched first on Pixel phones and will be available to the rest of Android phones throughout the year.