Google I/O 2015: Part IV – New Product Announcement

Formerly in Google I/O 2015 Part-I, Part-II and Part-III- It explained about Android M, Enhancement in Existing Products and Developer Tools. Google came up with many New Products such as HBO NOW, Internet of Things- Project Brillo, Family Friendly Feature and Jump Camera.

HBO Now in Android

HBO Now- coming to Google. HBO Now made large waves when it came to iTunes App Store. An app will be available soon on the Play Store which will allow user to access all the same content on Android device that HBO Now gives on other platforms. HBO Now, the only service for watching everything from Game of Thrones to True Detective, is now getting to Android. There is no confirmed release date but marks the end of Apple’s exclusive access.

Internet of Things and Project Brillo

Google revealed an operating system for Internet of Things- Brillo....

Google I/O 2015: Part III – Developer Tools

Previously, in Google I/O 2015 Part-I- it was discuss about Android M with its upcoming Features while in Part-II briefs about enhancements in its existing products. Google also declare some special tools for Developers are detailed below.

Cloud Test Lab

It is one of the most interesting announcements. It facilitates developers to upload their app and run it on top 20 android devices. It's automated mobile app testing. Cloud Test Lab will then send a report back to the developer with crash reports and other information. This will be available soon.

iOS & CocoaPods

Help to access user favorite libraries through CocoaPods, an official distribution channel for Google SDKs on iOS.

Android Studio

Preview Android Studio v1.3, now 1.3 was announced at this year's I/O with improved Gradle build speed, a new memory profiler and debugging support for C and C++. Addition to this, an...

Google I/O 2015: Part II – Enhancement in Existing Products

Earlier in Google i/o 2015- Part I, a brief about Android M with its many new upcoming features. Google also announced enhancement in existing Products which includes Google Now on Tap, Google Photo App, Offline Google Maps, Android Wear, Google Cardboard. Let’s see in details:

Google Now with Now on Tap

Google Now is getting smarter and it’s going to be incorporated throughout the phone by a program called Now on Tap. With Now on Tap, user can hold the home button that brings up Now cards with relevant information, either user is in an app, email or web browser. For example: If someone emails you about going to a movie, summoning, Now displays information about whatever was mentioned, with links to YouTube trailers, ratings, and other info. If user is messaging about laundry and dinner, it can prompt to set up a to-do item,...

Google I/O 2015: Part I – Android M

Google I/O collectively brings the world's best Android developers and displays best of what comes next for Android. It gives first, glimpse of what will be making its way onto our smartphones in the coming months. It has announced that a new version of Android M with an integrated mobile payments, focuses on battery performance and contextual Google Now searches, at its annual I/O developers conference. It also unveiled a new Google Photos product, virtual reality, Project Brillo (an operating system for internet of things) and many more. Google announced a bunch of updates designed to make its products work better in parts of the world with poor connectivity. Lets start one by one.

Google revealed its next major version of Android. Google debuted the first version of Android M. Android M is far enhanced version of its predecessor Lollipop. It is like a reorganization of...

Android 5.0 Lollipop – New & More Sweeter Taste for Developers

Google announced new Android version 5.0 named Lollipop which is a big leap from its previous version. Android 5.0 introduced many new APIs for the developer to make some really cool applications which is going to support all kind of screens near by you.If we take a deep drive in API detail, Total 14 new packages added and 57 packages got changed with removal of 1 package.

The major changes which should be taken care by the developers are regarding totally new UI called “Material Design”, ”ART runtime”, “Notifications” & “Battery Optimization”. Let’s go through all the main changes one by one.

Material Design: Material design is totally a new way to interact with the application for user. The main principle behind material design is user should be notified for every interaction he makes with application. Shadow, Ripple animation on...