Google I/O 2021 live updates: The news from Google’s developers conference

Dermatology Help

The AI reply to “what the hell is that factor on my pores and skin.” It would cowl 288 situations and be obtainable in a browser. It is launching within the EU by the top of this yr.

Digital camera fixes its “folks of colour” points

Cameras generally are infamous for dealing with the white steadiness of nonwhite faces terribly, and AI hasn’t a lot helped the issue. Google’s been engaged on higher seize and computational pictures algorithms for darker pores and skin tones, curly hair and extra. Updates will probably be coming to Pixel and the Android ecosystem within the fall.

Put on OS updates

A partnership with Samsung and Fitbit integrations carry a ton of modifications to wearables. Put on OS and Tizen are primarily merging for the perfect of each and cross-platform compatibility. It’s going to provide you with higher battery life, too.

You may additionally see a brand new streamlined interface that takes benefit of extra Google…stuff…in your Watch.

Fitbit brings well being monitoring and extra of its in style capabilities to Put on OS and watches as effectively.

Android integrations

In pinch, you’ll use your cellphone as a distant on your Android TV, Android Auto wi-fi and digital automobile key works by way of NFC and your cellphone.

Hello Android 12

Set a photo as your background and the system will create a custom palette based on the colors in it and uses the hues across the interface. It will be in the Pixel first. Quick settings has been redesigned to include Google Pay and Home Controls. Performance of Google’s apps and the operating system, transition effects and more have been improved as well.

You can try everything on the Android 12 beta today

Android 12 gets biggest design change in years: Everything new and different

Material You lets you transform the look and feel of your apps by creating custom app-wide palettes according to rules that won’t ruin contrast and (hopefully) won’t be ugly thanks to designer input. It comes to the Google Pixel this fall, but eventually will be available on all Google’s products.

Google’s centralized all the privacy controls for easy on/off, and quick settings let you immediately toggle camera and mic settings.

Little patterns in everyday moments

New in Photos, machine learning finds similar photos to generate pattern-based memories that it serves up to you privately. I wonder what it would do with my 40,000 cat photos.

Photos also expands its Cinematic Moments to generate moving pictures across any photos. Plus, Google’s working on giving you control over hiding people or time periods from your Memories.

Shopping

In Photos, you can use Lens in a Photo to find places to buy stuff; the ability to shop from videos is on the way. And for the drop marketing bedeviled, it can show you a bunch of saved carts. It will be able to send you price drop notifications and automatically apply perks (like discounts) that apply to you.

Google’s partnering with Shopify to bring you a ton more merchants within Google Shopping, as well.

Smarter Maps

Via AR, in Live View you’ll see big virtual street signs, it will point towards key landmarks and hotels and provide indoor navigation (first to NY and Zurich). Maps will have more detailed info that’s, for instance, time and location sensitive. Area Busyness will show you how busy an area is before you set out and get trapped.

Is it true that?

We’ve seen a spike in searches starting “is it true that?” The company’s About this result context for search results will be rolling out worldwide.

AR

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Handling complexity

We received detailed updates on AI updates. For instance, Google Lens will be able to provide better info; the example we got was receiving learning resources in another language when you snap a photo of a science problem.

Privacy and security

New password tools include a password importer from other applications, deeper integration across Chrome and Android, password alerts for breaches and a quick-fix feature in Chrome which takes you to compromised accounts to change password.

You’ll find new privacy controls in apps, such as a quick way to delete recent search history, ability to quickly turn off location history in Maps and locked folders in Photos.

The Quantum AI campus

We got a walkthrough of Google’s futuristic Quantum computing facility from Michael Pena, the place where quantum computers live in the cold. Wrapped in a “Bob Ross blanket of love.” Error-corrected quantum computers are the next hurdle. The company hopes to have a real quantum computer by 2029 targeted at large-scale business calculations.

Get Tensor

A new V4 TPU boasts 4,096 chips per pod and dozens of pods in a TPU, 10x interconnect bandwidth than currently available. 1 ExaFLOP! And Google claims at or near 90% carbon efficiency in its data centers.

Google will let you talk with planets

The new LaMDA AI platform applies its knowledge of subjects to deliver better contextual results, suggestions and answers, as well as more natural conversations. It’s just in beta now, since it can also be the place where conversation ends, but the infrastructure pervades all Google’s products.

Google Search

Better AI = Better search results from natural language queries. Yay!

Work from home

An update to Google Workspace dubbed “smart canvas” uses more AI for language suggestions, and idea sharing via Google Meet integration — it integrates into Docs, Sheets and Slides.

Google Meet is getting a companion mode later this year; it will also now use AI to automatically zoom camera views for best face display and provide custom views.

And Google Meet will be available to everyone, not just enterprise users.

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Google maps

New eco-friendly routes for the more fuel-efficient routes and safer routing based on road, weather and traffic conditions.

Covid info

The keynote started with info about how Google has worked to help make accurate information more available to all.