2018 Google I/O - Day 1 Updates

What is Google I/O?

Google I/O (simply I/O) is an annual developer conference held by Google in Mountain View, California. I/O showcases technical in-depth sessions focused on building web, mobile, and enterprise applications with Google and open sources such as Android, Chrome and Chrome OS, APIs, Google Web Toolkit, App Engine, and more. 

I/O was inaugurated in 2008, and is organized by the executive team. "I/O" stands for input/output, as well as the slogan "Innovation in the Open". The event's format is similar to Google Developer Day.

Important Updates From Day 1 in Google I/O

Android P

1) Adaptive Brightness: Google partnered with Deep Mind to create a new feature called Adaptive Battery, using on-device machine learning to study your usage habits and only draw battery power to applications Android P knows you're using – not once that are needlessly running in the background. Additionally, background processes are also moved to low-power cores. 

Machine learning is also being used for another new feature called Adaptive Brightness. Android P will learn your habits of manually changing your brightnedss based on the environment around you, and Google notes that testers of the service manually change their brightness far less.

2) Launcher: Android P launcher will now show you the suggested "app actions" under your suggested apps at the very top. You'll see recommended actions to make a call etc.

3) Rotate Button: A button to rotate your screen from portrait to landscape or vice versa. Even when your phone rotation is locked. 

4) Sush: A new way to use DND. If you turn your phone upside down. It'll automatically put your phone to DND. 

5) Wind Down Mode: After telling the Assistant what time you'd like to go to bed, your screen will switch to a grayscale color and turn on Do Not Disturb once your bedtime rolls around.

Google Assistant

1) Continued Conversation: No need to say "Hey Google" again and again, now you can have the continuous conversation to make some queries.  

2) Book a table: Now you can book a table in a restaurant or a movie ticket directly from Google Assistant. 

3) Duplex: Now Google Assistant will make a call directly to the saloon and book an appointment for you.

4) New Voices: Now you can have 6 new voices in Google Assistant.

5) Pretty Please: Assistant now will understand positive conversation and reply with polite reinforcement.

6) More Languages: By end of this year Google Assistant will support 30 Languages from 18 countries.

*All these Google Assistant features will be rolling out later this year 2018