Google I/O 2019: new Pixel and Home devices, Android Q, 10x faster Assistant, AR Search more

I/O, Google’s annual developers conference, kicked off today alongside a keynote utter together with at that spot are about notable announcements Apple fans should live on aware of. We’ve summarized all the intelligence inwards a bulleted fashion thence cheque out what’s novel inwards the Google world, thence run into us inwards comments.

Here’s what was announced today at Google I/O 2019.

Android Q

The side yesteryear side major iterations to Google’s mobile operating arrangement (Android is reaching version 10) is Android Q. It includes a system-wide black subject along alongside about cool AI-driven features, such every bit suggested replies from the notifications together with alive captioning.

With Android Q, Google is promising (stop me if yous heard this) background safety updates that won’t require a restart together with novel privacy options that volition hopefully throttle what developers tin create alongside your data. Android Q is getting its ain Screen Time—they’re calling it Focus Mode together with it lets yous throttle distracting apps, similar Instagram together with Facebook—while novel parental controls allow parents throttle apps their kids tin access on a per-app basis.

A Smart Reply characteristic volition offering upwards suggested actions, similar to how Siri suggestions run on iOS devices. Android Q, similar iOS 13, volition accept a built-in system-wide black manner option.

The Android Q beta for all Pixel phones is available today.

Cheaper Pixels

The Pixel smartphone construct forthwith includes additional options roofing the lower halt of the market, alongside Pixel 3a together with 3aXL offering features from the premium Pixel devices at lower price, starting at $399.

These phones accept smart cameras the Pixels are known for together with include the AI-powered Night Sight characteristic that boosts nighttime shoots alongside a piffling assist from machine learning.

Google’s adaptive battery engineering scientific discipline delivers upwards to xxx hours of run fourth dimension on a unmarried charge.

A novel Home hub

Google is renaming all of its smart dwelling products nether the Nest construct whilst unveiling a novel covert together with camera-outfitted hub, dubbed Nest Hub Max. You tin play YouTube videos on it, spotter movies together with telly shows, taste pictures or fifty-fifty occupation it every bit a digital photograph frame. Like Apple TV, it acts every bit a remote hub for all your smart hopme products.

The device doubles every bit a safety photographic tv camera that streams video to the cloud. Multi-user back upwards is also purpose of the package, thank yous to Google’s Face Match technology.

Priced at $229, Nest Max Hub is arriving this summer.

Search goes augmented reality

Google Search is getting back upwards for augmented reality objects inwards search results. Similar to AR QuickView inwards macOS Mojave together with iOS 12, people volition live on able to simply click an object to acquire inwards augmented reality mode, which should live on cool for for sure shopping scenarios.

ARe yous seeing this?! With novel AR features inwards Search rolling out afterward this month, yous tin place, persuasion together with interact alongside 3D objects correct inwards your ain space. #io19 pic.twitter.com/Q61U0r2Hvg

— Google (@Google) May 7, 2019

As purpose of Google’s newly-found privacy angle, Search is getting Incognito Mode similar Google’s Chrome browser. So, rather than occupation a privacy-browsing manner inwards your browser, you’ll live on able to acquire inwards Incognito Mode on Google Search for those times when yous don’t desire your searches to live on saved inwards your Google Account.

Today's special: Google Lens. ?️ Automatically highlighting what's pop on a menu, when yous tap on a dish yous tin catch what it looks similar together with what people are maxim almost it, thank yous to photos together with reviews from @googlemaps. #io19 pic.twitter.com/5PcDsj1VuQ

— Google (@Google) May 7, 2019

Search volition also index podcasts together with allow yous play episodes inline. Lens, Google’s impressive AI-powered visual search technology, tin forthwith calculate a tip yesteryear scanning a receipt, read aloud a carte together with fifty-fifty highlight the most pop dishes.

Tidbits

Here are another notable announcements:

New domains for Duplex

Duplex, Google’s creepy human-sounding AI that tin majority a reservation for you, tin forthwith majority a rental automobile from a supported service on your behalf, every bit good every bit reserve a moving painting ticket together with fifty-fifty create total inwards spider web forms for you.

Incognito inwards Maps

Google Maps is getting an Incognito manner akin to the Chrome browser which lets yous inquiry directions together with acquire directions without sharing your information alongside Google.

Coming shortly to @googlemaps, when yous plough on Incognito manner inwards Maps, your activity—like the places yous search or acquire directions to—won’t live on saved to your Google Account. Just tap from your profile painting to easily plough it on or off. #io19 pic.twitter.com/z7GRkkmDbn

— Google (@Google) May 7, 2019

Another legitimately cool characteristic inwards Google Maps: an augmented reality walking mode, something we’ve suspected would come upwards to Apple Maps, too.

Google Maps meets AR.

Rolling out to Pixel phones, starting today. #io19 pic.twitter.com/rDBxvbZyF8

— Google Maps (@googlemaps) May 7, 2019

A faster Assistant

Google has done about plumbing run thence forthwith Assistant is 10x faster, responding to rapid burn downward requests alongside ease without needing to take away heed the Hey Google hot give-and-take multiple times. According to Goole, Assistant volition live on running direct on the novel Pixel phones launching afterward this year.

Running on-device together with coming to novel Pixel phones afterward this year, the side yesteryear side generation Google Assistant tin sympathise together with procedure your requests upwards to 10 times faster, making operating your phone, multi-tasking together with fifty-fifty composing e-mail easier than ever. #io19 pic.twitter.com/iNPpOvwDM2

— Google (@Google) May 7, 2019

The algorithm has been perfected thence Assistant is forthwith smarter, together with you’ll acquire about novel recommendations every bit well, such every bit podcasts together with recipes. On hand off of that, Assistant volition live on picking upwards a novel Driving Mode on Android this summer.

Assistant volition live on also coming to Waze soon, Google has said.

What’s your favorite proclamation from Google I/O 2019?

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