What does that mean in practical terms? Machine learning and artificial intelligence are integrated throughout Google’s products. Google Assistant will be available on more devices (including iPhones), Google Home is getting smarter, “Google Lens” will help your phone understand what it “sees”, there are now smart replies in Gmail and Google Photos will make suggestions for sharing.
And Google wants to bring the benefits of AI to everyone. Machine learning is used to predict the properties of new molecules and design drugs, improve healthcare, and even help you find a job. They also introduced the Tensor Flow Research Cloud, offering computing power free to allow researchers to explore machine learning projects.
Beyond AI, Google may also be making your life more entertaining: they announced a new standalone VR headset (no phone, no cables!), shared YouTube video watching in VR, a new Android TV interface and 360-degree live video on TVs.
And, of course, developers got a closer look at Android O.
Google also recognizes that not all of its 2 billion monthly active Android devices is a high end smartphone or consistent access to a high speed internet connection. Google is developing Android Go to bring computing to more people around the world
Here are my top updates this week, with most - but not all - announced at Google I/O.
- Google Lens uses AI to help your phone understand what it sees
- Three new ways to share from Google Photos: Suggested Sharing, Shared Libraries, Photo Books
- More transparency for AdSense Publishers: page level policy actions and new policy center
- The Gmail app gets Smart Reply
- A sneak peek at Android O
- Android Go is designed to bring computing to more users around the world
Google I/O overview
- All 101 Announcements from Google I/O ‘17 (Google Blog)
- Watch the Google I/O ‘17 Keynote
- All #io17 session recordings will be available on http://g.co/io/videos .
- Google Play Awards show at #IO17 - get the winning apps!
- Actions on Google Developer Challenge: Enter to win more than 20 prizes including a trip to Google I/O 2018. ( Google Developers)
- Join the Google I/O Bubbles Fun
Image: #IO17
Upcoming
- 22 May: Carrier SMS removed from Google Hangouts
- 22 May: Deadline to apply to the Google Jump Start program (360 video)
- 23 May: Google Analytics, Ads & DoubleClick Announcements Live Stream
- 25 May: #AskAdSense office hours
- 30 May: Google Webmasters Office Hours Hangout
- 2 June: Google Webmasters Office Hours Hangout
- June: YouTube turning off the Translation Marketplace
- 26 June: Google Talk retired, replaced by Hangouts
- 31 July: CineSpace short film competition using NASA imagery deadline
- 13 September: Web clipboard to be removed from Google Docs, Sheets and Slides
Artificial Intelligence
- Google.ai
- Making AI work for everyone (Google blog)
- Abu's Story (Google on YouTube)
- Introducing the TensorFlow Research Cloud: 1000 free Cloud TPUs for open machine learning research (Jeff Dean, TensorFlow Research Cloud blog)
- Google rattles the tech world with a new AI chip for all (Wired)
- Build and train machine learning models on our new Google Cloud TPUs (Google Blog)
Google Assistant
- Your Google Assistant is getting better across devices, from Google Home to your phone (Google Blog)
- Your Google Assistant: Ready to Help (Google on YouTube)
- Google Assistant on the iPhone is better than Siri, but not much (Engadget)
- Keyboard typing is already rolling out in Google Assistant (Android Police)
VR and AR
- Inside Google’s Slow-Mo Virtual Reality Moonshot (Backchannel)
- Introducing Worldsense: move naturally in VR (Google on YouTube)
- Expeditions AR - Bringing the world into the classroom (Google on YouTube)
- Soon you'll be able to watch YouTube videos in VR with other people, plus more updates to Tango, Daydream, AR and VR (Google Blog)
- The latest in Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality from Google I/O (Google Blog)
- More on Daydream, Tango, and Developer tools for VR and AR (Google Blog)
YouTube and Video Creation
- YouTube at Google I/O: 360° Live in your living room, Super Chat + real world actions, watch videos together in VR
- YouTube TV Officially Adds AMC Networks Channels, including AMC, BBC America, IFC, Sundance TV, and We TV (TubeFilter)
- How to recover access to your YouTube Google Account, even if you don't know the email username (The Lady from UNCLE)
- Why YouTube's Recommendation algorithm is so mysterious (Tom Scott)
- Google Partner Academy on Air: Understanding YouTube Brand Care (Google Advertiser Community)
- YouTube NextUp class of 2017 from the US and Canada
- YouTube Nextup London class of 2017
Go Live
- YouTube Gaming Sponsorships in YouTube Analytics (BarbaraEMac)
- Why is Twitter betting big on live video? (Recode)
Google+
- Improved photo browsing in the Google+ iOS app (Michael Wattendorf)
- Boost engagement in your Google+ Community (Shelly Corbett)
Other social media
- Introducing Face Filters and More on Instagram (Instagram blog)
- Instagram adds augmented reality face filters (The Verge)
- Twitter updates privacy policy and adds new data controls (Twitter blog)
- Twitter has a list of things it thinks you’re interested in — here’s how to see it (Recode)
- What’s Happening with Me (Biz Stone returning to Twitter) (Biz Stone)
Google Photos and Mobile Photography
- Google Lens uses AI to help your phone understand what it sees (Google Blog)
- Three new ways to share from Google Photos: Suggested Sharing, Shared Libraries, Photo Books (Google Blog)
Google for businesses
- Creating a Google My Business listing no longer automatically creates a Google+ Page (Online Ownership)
Bloggers and Webmasters
- Are you having trouble posting to Blogger? They want to know the details (Blogger Help Forum)
- Google Analytics is enhancing support for AMP (Google Analytics blog)
- Google Analytics to Unify Users Across AMP and Non-AMP Pages (Search Engine Journal)
- Google Webmasters Office Hours Hangout (May 16) (Google Webmasters)
AdSense and advertising
- More transparency for AdSense Publishers: page level policy actions and new policy center (Google Blog)
- Earn more from your apps with the redesigned AdMob (Inside AdMob blog)
- Google I/O: New Ways to Put Customers at the Center of Your Apps and Payments (Inside AdWords blog)
Hangouts and Messaging
- Keep your Google Duo call going across apps, courtesy of Android O's new Picture-in-picture mode (Justin Uberti)
- Make Hands-Free phone calls from Google Home - calls to the US and Canada are free (Google Blog)
- Call a Locksmith! Or Call a Roomie! (Made by Google on YouTube)
- The Allo web client is still a month or two from release, says Google's Nick Fox (Android Police)
- Chat in Google Docs, Sheets and Slides finally switching from GTalk to Hangouts for G Suite accounts (G Suite Updates)
- Tip: Control who can contact you through Google Hangouts (video)
Nexus & Pixel, Android, Project Fi
- Android: celebrating a big milestone together with you (Google Blog)
- A sneak peek at Android O (Android Developers)
- How Google reimagined over 2000 emoji for Android O in the interest of expression (Google Design blog)
- Android O feature spotlight: More natural movement with physics-based animations (Android Police)
- Here are all the Instant Apps announced at Google I/O (Android Police)
- Kotlin is now an officially Google-supported language for Android app development (Android Police)
- Android TV getting a new home screen (The Verge)
- Smarter cars powered by Android (Google Blog)
- Google's Dave Burke: The first rule of Fuchsia is you don't talk about Fuchsia (Android Police)
Productivity
- The Gmail app gets Smart Reply (Google Blog)
- Efficient Smart Reply, now for Gmail (Research at Google blog)
- How to recover files on Google Drive after a malware attack (Google Drive)
- Chat in Google Docs, Sheets and Slides finally switching from GTalk to Hangouts for G Suite accounts (G Suite Updates)
Privacy and Security
- Keeping your Android device safe with Google Play Protect and Find My Device (Google Blog)
- Three years of striking the right (to be forgotten) balance (Google Europe Blog)
- Research: Your Aggregated Consumer Data May Not Be Secure (Advertising Age)
And more
- Google to launch a jobs search engine in the US (Google for Jobs) (Techcrunch)
- What happens when millions of people draw the same thing? (Nat & Friends)
- Helping out in Peru – The Loon Team at X
- Lyft partners with Waymo to develop self-driving car tech (The Next Web)
- This Robot Is Livestreaming All the Gnarly Stuff It’s Seeing in the Deep Sea (Motherboard)
Updated March 2019 to remove Google+ links
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