Wednesday, June 27, 2012

Google IO Announcements Day 1 Android Hardware & Software

New version of Android version 4.1 (Jellybean), Features:

Project Butter - Vsync, triple buffering, more touch response, these will work well with the new multi-core arm processors. Auto adjustment widgets , offline voice typing, this will work in airplane mode! Gesture mode for blind users, new camera features, like pinch and slide, easy delete undo.
More notification features, gmail working in the bar, quick responses to users, social & internet radio from the notification bar, news headlines.

Search feature called google now, show info you looking for in a info card, which this works with improved voice search, google now has new traffic, and bus route features, shows you directions for new appointments, sports stats, flight stats, accessing google now swipe up from bottom of screen or tap on search box. You can now check in & book a tables at restaurants. Jelly bean Android 4.1 sdk out now, open source code out mid-july.

 The New Hardware Google for Android:

Android training for development comes online, Smart app update for smaller app updates, app encryption, Google cloud messaging. Google play will now have magazines, with 14 day trials.

 They now have there own tablet, Nexus 7, made by Asus. Quad-core"16 core cpu", front facing camera, 300hrs stand by times, 9hrs of video play, Tegra 3, 1280x800 HD display, this is a 7 inch tablet. has a whats this song widget, the standard browser with be chrome. internal street view like features inside buildings, also using compass mode. This will be available today, starting at $199, For a limited time, includes $25 of credit for the Google play store, as well as some great free content like your own copy of Transformers: Dark of the Moon and you can buy it here.




The Nexus Q, it is a media streamer, for YouTube, Music , with 1080p video, nfc, and bluetooth.
It has wireless music zones, it can be controlled from a phone or tablet. your friends can add there own songs, like a jukebox by there devices they been with them. Your cloud media on your device can be sent to the Nexus Q to your TV. It will cost $299 and will comes out mid-july. again you can it here.






For Google+ now has events, with party mode, new themes, live slideshows. More on Project glass,
they showed bass jumping out of a blimp to demo the glasses live!, while you Google+ hangouts, they landed on the roof. Just used the glasses from a bike jumping to the roof , while doing a flip in mid air, then repelled down the building, then rode a bike up to the stage of the event, live! The developers can pre-order the glasses only from the Google IO event, for $1500. If you want to watch the entire event for day one its below:














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