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the google i/o keynote for 2014 has come to a close and as all of the people over here file out of this huge room you know what time it is it's josh regard from android authority what's going on anybody and this is the google i/o 2014 keynote rundown so obviously one of the first things that we do kind of have to talk to talk about because you're going to see a lot of new stories about it all over the Internet at least right now or at least when it just happened was that there were a couple protesters here at the show now I'm not too sure how they even got in that's what I'm most curious about whether they were press or maybe they were people that actually paid to be here but essentially a couple people came out and they were just saying that Google either needs to get a conscience or they build killer robots I kill people well obviously you're dealing with a crowd that will not believe in such a thing so they were easily escorted out of the out of the room and who knows what happened to them probably arrested or something like that really the first huge announcement that we got was a preview of the new l series now whether that's going to be called something like lemon drop or lollipop or licorice is something that we don't know just yet but it's just L so that's the L preview that we're going to have and it will be available for all the developer edition phones that are available out right now but also you will be able to get the image from the Nexus 5 for example and that's something we're going to be working on right away to bring you a look at what the what the hell preview kind of brings to the table but a couple of things that I wanted to talk about there are just the new design elements and now if you updated your Google+ application in recent weeks then you probably have had a little bit of a taste of what this particular material designs what they're calling it is all about basically it's about providing death and whether that's through provide having drops shadows behind particular elements or bring a certain elements forward while dimming the background a little bit it's just a way of showing you exactly what you're looking at in a way that puts it front and center and also from there it also provides a nice a nice sort of apparatus for creating animations that sort of make everything flow in and out of the general space whether or not that's because you press on a particular type of element on there and it comes out maybe like a line or notification that comes up in the drop down is a kind of what they're kind of going for here in this new version of Android they say it's going to be the biggest release of android yet and we will have a bigger review or rather preview of it for you a little bit later on once we get the image on one of our devices one of our guys is going to be able to do that as I don't have my Nexus 5 on me at the moment so from there the L preview is really the basis so it's really the platform by which the integration with all of the different eco all the different devices across the ecosystem is going to be and we got a lot of previews from that there are things like Android wear and Android auto which I'm going to go ahead and get into we got a lot of great announcements here and yes they are typically developer centric so it's something that a lot of us consumers may not always be able to get into but that's the point of google i/o it's for the developers about being able to develop great apps being able to develop great experiences across all particular devices no matter if they're smart phones or smart watches or anything like that so we got a lot of information especially in the middle about Google Cloud Google Play services and new ways that developers will be able to get their work done in an easy fashion and aside from that however we also got a lot of greats announcements when it came to the integration of our devices and the collaboration that our devices can have in order to make our experiences even better the first one of course has to do with wearable tech wearable tech is a big deal this year and we got to see previews of particular devices like the LG G watch Samsung is falling in line and creating their own version of a smart watch as well based on Android wear and that's Steve samsung gear live and then after that of course the motorola 360 while the first two are going to be available later today for order on Google Play we will not be seeing the Moto 360 and so later this summer one thing that was very interesting to me was the inclusion of automobiles when it comes to android integration and Android auto is the name of that particular wing of Android and essentially what it will do is it will work into the interface of the screen that is inside of your car and it's an apparatus by which you can easily access all of your Android capabilities and whatnot and be able to easily text or do music or play music or do navigation without having to take your eyes off of the wheel now the one of the quick things that I thought of when I first saw that was the fact that well you still have to touch the screen so anybody who is prone to distractions will probably have a problem with that they'll still be looking at the screen a little bit more more than they are looking at the road but for the most part it is a nice way of integrating the Android ecosystem weather is the smartphone or the SmartWatch into the automobile and yes texting while driving is something that I think we all do on some level are these looking at our phones to either change the song or to check the navigation steps but all in all being able to make the automobiles safer for all of us is something that I think is a great idea let's move on from there and finally into the android TV announcement now Android TV is not necessarily new but it is a new way of looking at what was once just a smart application on top of Google TV which is what it was originally called Android TV is yet again another API that is going to be put into various televisions that will be released over the next year so you are going to need to get a television that actually has excuse me that actually has that functionality inside but it integrates perfectly with your smartphone and you are actually able to use your smartphone as the remote control for the TV as an apple be made available that pretty much works at your remote control Google games is a great addition to Android TV that I think a lot of people are going to love in that you will be able to play a bunch of games on Android TV and be able to play multiplayer games as well on that big screen even if that other person is playing from somewhere else on their tablet or their smartphone so that is a great integration there but Android TV is a big development and unfortunately but unfortunately not all of us will be able to get an android TV as easily whether it's because of cost or because of the fact that we already have a great TV and we're not really looking to replace it anytime soon but from there we do have a chromecast which has been given a little bit of an update as well now chromecast has been given a few new features that I think we've all kind of been waiting for primarily being able to change the background on the actual splash screen that comes up and be able to put our own photos on there and that is exactly what they did being able to put you on photos on there is kind of a big deal and I think it's a great addition that is available from there you are actually able to cast what is on your smartphone straight to your TV and I'm talking about the entire screen this is full screen cast capability that is available and that will allow you to get a lot done on your TV as a post on your smart phone and just be able to really blow up that image and do anything from there after that another good feature about chromecast is the fact that if anybody comes to your house for example and goes to your living room you will be able to let them cast from their smartphone to your chromecast using the cloud at first I thought it was kind of problematic because someone might be able to create an application or some sort of a hack that would be able to take a look at the information stored in the chromecast and get the password of your Wi-Fi network I still think that might be a little bit of a problem but we have been told that it's going to be an opt-in system you will only be able to allow certain people that you trust to be able to connect to the chromecast using this feature so the chromecast is getting a lot of play as well so if you don't happen to have the resources or what not to be able to get an android TV at least the chromecast is still a great viable solution to be able to get all those services maybe not the entire functionality but a good amount of it onto your chromecast and be able to do it in an affordable fashion and I kind of want to know what the future is when it comes to the Chromebooks now Chromebooks have been given their own section inside of the presentation and while the aren't necessarily that many huge analysis when it came to the Chromebooks it still shows that the Chromebooks are a viable very viable alternative to all of the PCs and the max that are out there especially for people who are working and there was a big there was a lot of focus on what it looked like using Chromebooks when you're working and being able to sync with all of your co-workers and be able to share everything that you are putting together Chromebooks are kind of still a little bit of a French product at least for me you want to be able to get much of video editing done but as far as just pure text editing and maybe some simple on the cloud functionality Chromebooks are a very good and viable solution and they happen to be one of the most popular apparatuses for people out there who need exactly that so there as you can see they're taking all of the chairs out and everyone's kind of filing out there's a huge crowd over there that's why I'm taking my time over here because being up being able to get to that crowd is going to be absolutely nuts all in all this was a great show that all of the lights there was a very interesting a countdown apparatus over there that eventually turned into this this large contraption that pretty much just announced that it was time for the show to start but there's still a lot to look forward to here at Google i/o I will be attending a few sessions like I told you earlier and I share a few of the things that they do talk about at these i will go to some wearable sessions and some android sessions so i will have some information for you there but stay tuned because i will be picking up my LG G watch pretty soon I have my pick of that order here live and i think the g watches us is the newer or rather the more fresh the pressure of the two devices since we already have gears so i'm going to go for that 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