Tag Archives: Google IO 2018

Google’s new all-in-one storage service for Google Drive, Gmail, and Google Photos – Google One is finally going live in Australia after the service was launched here last month. Customers who previously paid for additional storage from Google are receiving an email advising their storage account ‘has been officially upgraded …

Google I/O is all about helping developers create great products for and using Google services and apps. The now yearly Google Play Awards is an event that is used to show off the very creme de la creme of the best apps created. Ahead of Google I/O, the Awards were …

The upcoming new Smart Displays which give Google Assistant a screen to display things on, are launching later this year – first in the US from July, but everywhere else later. We checked out the Lenovo 8″ and 10″ Smart Displays at Mobile World Congress, but we got the chance …

During the Google I/O Keynote, one of the more exciting user focused features announced was in Google Lens when Aparna Chennapragada, VP of Product, Augmented & Virtual Reality showed off the new Google Lens feature: Smart Text Selection, the ability of Lens to recognise text in the real world and …

At Google I/O alongside new features for Augmented Reality, Google has also announced a new tool, which allows anyone to create their own Virtual Reality tour which can be viewed by anyone in a Google Cardboard headset. The tool, called Tour Creator, lets you use either your own 360-degree photos …

After Google added pre-set Routines to the Assistant back in March, Google has unveiled the option to create your own custom routines. The downside to the new usability function is that it’s only available in the US. The six pre-set Routines added in March are being joined by the custom …

We just went through what Google is offering with the Android P update for Android TV but there was actually a surprise hardware announcement from Google for Android TV with the Android TV dongle we saw heading through the FCC a couple of weeks back now official. The dongle – …

At Google I/O we didn’t see anything about AndroidTV in the keynote, but at the ‘What’s New in Android TV’ session run by Sascha Prueter, Director Android TV and Benjamin Baxter, Developer Advocate they announced new features and improvements coming to Android TV with Android P. The session started off …

Everyone loves the AI features of GBoard (and other keyboards) that predicts what the next word(s) will be and make it easy for you to use the prediction. Google are now bringing this to the new Gmail with a new feature announced today called Smart Compose. Powered by Google’s AI, …

At today’s Google I/O Keynote at the Shoreline Amphitheatre, we got our next look at what’s coming in Android P and the official launch of the Android P Beta program. What’s new in Android P? According to David Bourke, Android P strives to move closer to having AI at the …

ChromeOS was rumoured to get Linux app support a while ago now, and while we saw hints of it coming fairly recently, it was always believed that this feature would launch at Google I/O 2018. After a sneak-peak over the weekend, Containers on ChromeOS is now official. ChromeOS’ Developer channel …

Prior to MWC 2018 Google announced that ARCore had left beta/developer preview stage and was now 1.0 stable. Today at Google IO they have announced new updates to ARCore which will help to continue the evolution of AR on Android — now incorporated into hundreds of apps on the Play …

Since Google announced Lens at I/O last year, Google has slowly been adding increased functionality as well as expanding availability to more devices. Today they’re announcing more functions, and also a new, hopefully easier way to use it by adding it into the camera app In terms of availability, Google …

As a follow-on from Google’s Digital Wellbeing initiatives at the Google IO 2018 keynote today the new changes Google has in store for Google News were outlined. At the core of the new Google News is their commitment to improve news — no more fake news. Google have committed $300 …

Yesterday we reported on the expectation that Google would focus on the digital wellbeing of its users. At the keynote speech at Google IO 2018 today Sundar Pichai outlined Google’s plans to help users achieve that balance. Digital wellbeing has become an issue in recent times with people feeling and …