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hey what is going on guys lon here from android authority and Google i/o is right around the corner so let's talk about it let's talk about what we can expect from google i/o this year so 2014 has been the year of wearables and this year at Google i/o were expecting a lot when it comes to wearables earlier this year Google unveiled Android wear and os made specifically for wearable devices because up until this point OEMs have had to either make their own wearable operating systems or heavily modify the phone version of Android to work on a wearable device but obviously Google is looking to resolve that with Android wear but we still don't know everything we need to know about it so we're expecting to learn a lot more about Android wear I oh and on top of learning more about Android wear we're anticipating an official announcement of the LG G watch which is rumored to also be given away this year for i 0 at n DS and then there's the Moto 360 these are both unveiled at the same time as Android wear and will be the first to smartwatches to carry the new OS but we don't know much about either of these two watches outside of their design so we're definitely going to be expecting to learn about the specs of both of these watches and most importantly the pricing and availability besides the G watch and the motor 360 there's also been some rumblings that we might see a samsung Smart Watch also powered by Android wear and potentially ones from HTC and a sous there's no doubt that we're going to see the G watch and the Moto 360 but as far as everything else we're just going to have to wait and see as far as any other mobile hardware is concerned there's been a lot of rumors of a new nexus 8 / nexus 9 tablet codenamed the volantis supposedly made by HTC rumor specs include an 8.9 inch display at 2048 x 1440 resolution a Tegra k1 processor 2 gigabytes of ram 16 or 32 gigs of internal storage and 8 megapixel camera on the front 3 megapixel front facing camera and aluminum zero gap construction and stereo front-facing speakers whether we'll actually see this tablet at i/o seems unlikely as it's rumored for a fall release but based on the rumored specs it sounds like it'll be a beast of a tablet if we do indeed get a new Nexus tablet typically we don't expect a new version Android without some reference hardware to go along with it and Google usually doesn't unveil a new version of Android at i/o they've only done that once so far a couple of years ago with the original Nexus 7 but sundar pichai recently just confirmed that we will be seeing the next version of android at i/o whether that will be 4.5 or five point 0 or the official el release that everyone is anticipating we don't really know yet but what we do know is that it is coming but it's only going to be shown off at i/o and not officially released until the fall which falls in line with other major Android releases and the rumored release date of the next Nexus tablet what we do know though is that there definitely is going to be a new design refresh at least when it comes to the apps with what Google is dubbing as quantum paper along with a new design quantum paper is supposed to unify and create a much more consistent experience across all apps whether it's on Android the web or iOS we might see some android TV related stuff as google has been trying to establish themselves in the TV space for a while now and the Nexus Q and the Google TV have pretty much been failures but they've had success with the chromecast and they're looking to capitalize on that success with Android TV which is basically Android adapted for large screens so instead of an actual device it's been rumored to be a platform that OEMs can use to manufacture devices with from the leaked screenshots that we've seen it looks to be very simple and intuitive with a tiled interface and you're going to get access to all of your usual apps that you'd expect from a set-top box including the Play Store and supposedly gaming is going to be a big part of Android TV as well Google is also looking to bring Android into cars with partners like Audi GM and Honda already on board and we're expecting Google to introduce auto link a feature that will allow drivers to interact with their Android smartphones directly through their in car dashboards we don't know much else about it but don't expect Google to make any announcements as far as to what cars will actually be carrying the technology we don't really know what other surprises Google might have up its sleeve but I'd keep an eye out on project tango project ara the driverless car nest Chrome OS and the list goes on but that is it guys let us know in the comments section what you are looking forward to most at google i/o or what you're hoping to see at Google i/o our very own Josh pagar will be there covering it live so make sure to subscribe to the channel down below if you haven't already so you don't miss out on any of that content and also give this 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