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do you guys remember when Google was just a search box yeah me neither it's Josh lugar from Andhra Authority what's going on everybody and this is my Google i/o keynote rundown this year at Google i/o it's not really a focus on product so much as the ecosystems and the experiences that they will provide but I think there's a really good reason for that we already have so many great products out in the market especially ones from Google in the Nexus five six nine seven and all of the different access devices in Google's own camp that perhaps they didn't feel the need to create new products for this year's i/o instead it's all about polish and it's all about creating even better experiences via all of these devices that are even easier for all of you out there and it starts off with Android ad now in Android M we are going to get a few very key enhancements in there that will probably please a lot of you who didn't really like what was in lollipop starting off with permissions now permissions are not going to be available right away when you are installing an application instead permissions when they are triggered by a particular let's say capabilities of an application they will appear at that time in order for you to know exactly what the app is trying to access when it is trying to access it and then of course we talk about power and charging which is probably the big part for me that to really hear from them in the power section basically we're looking at a new functionality called doze now doze will use all the different sensors that are inside a device and be able to tell if the device is actually being used by the user when it's not being used by the user you're basically going to just see the device powered down to a very low-power state and turn off all of the applications in the background to a low-power state so that when you pick up the phone it will know that it's gotten picked up and it will have the apps available in the background but while it's in the DOS state you're not going to be losing much power up apparently the Nexus 9 you get twice as much battery life from it when using doze frequently then of course USB type-c which is something that I'm still a little bit iffy on USB type-c definitely will bring even better USB charging maybe some better connectivity but it's gonna be a new type of standard that we're gonna have to adhere to in a lot of devices in the coming years or so so that might be a bit of a change that we still need to get used to moving on to Google now Google now since we're talking about androids what I want to move into because Google now has always been really great and I've really enjoyed Google now as a way of just kind of consolidating search but it's contextually based systems or what is going to become the key focus of Google now in the coming year basically we're looking at now on tap now based on what is on your actual screen you're going to perform a search whether it's with your voice or via holding the home button and based upon what is on the screen you will be able to get a very quick search on what it thinks that you're going to want to see we have some examples up there already let's say if you're looking at a particular actress page and you wanted to take a look at their Wikipedia page you can press and hold on the home button they will know that you're looking at a particular actor and then do a search for it on their Android wear on the other hand is getting some updates to it that really feel like they should have been there in the first place first of all a new launcher that will open up when you just tap the screen and the thing that I think would be really useful for a lot people out there is the fact that you have the always-on option let's say you have maps open and this is probably the big use case scenario that I would use with Android where you need to get your directions and be able to go everywhere without the screen turning off and you have to fiddle with the actual device itself in order to get your direct again instead the screen will actually stay on when you're in the Maps application and then you'll be able to do everything from there without any problems project brillo was another announcement that was made here at Google i/o project brillo being basically Google's own foray into the Internet of Things now what we have in the Internet of Things are basically all of the different parts of a person's life being connected to a smartphone but the problem as google sigh is that there's really no one ecosystem no one platform for all of these devices and all of these items to really communicate with one another that is exactly what project brillo is it's not only a user interface or a backends for all of these particular things but it's also a way for all of them to communicate and it consolidates the communication that all these items will have together in order for really all the manufacturers to be able to connect not only to an Android device but also to other devices in its own camp and under the same umbrella for the IOT Google Photos was a little bit confusing because I said it was a brand new product that may not necessarily be the case what we're looking at is a brand new ecosystem of Google Photos it's essentially like Google is creating their own version of Flickr and really it's going to provide a platform for people to upload all of their photos and videos and using the contextual search basis that Google is already using in Google now and across Android it will be able to look into the photos and you'll be able to search them for particular context not only based upon somebody's face but also based upon the context of the photo themselves if you have a bunch of baseball photos for example you'll be able to search baseball and it will be able to recognize that you're at a stadium or that you're actually playing baseball with your kids but one of the biggest parts of Google photos is the fact that you'll be able to upload all of your photos and videos to Google the Google Photos ecosystem free of charge unlimited that's a really big deal if anybody out there who's used to Dropbox for uploading photos and videos and then you've run out of space or you just don't want to pay for the Dropbox Pro well Google is now pretty much eliminating that problem with Google Photos really from there we moved into VR after a big developer section and VR virtual reality is going to be a big part of Google's presence and lead going for not only is VR going to be available in YouTube but it's going to become a platform by which content creators can actually create experiences for everybody there's GoPro arrays and different arrays that will be made available via their geometry to a lot of developers who can create their own camera arrays and be able to get 360 panoramic views of an area going in and out even walking around with the camera to create an experience that someone could actually immersively get into now the reason why I think this is great VR itself is still something that's kind of on the dock yet we're not necessary too sure how we feel about it other than certain iterations like the HTC vive but Google's own way of presenting VR really makes a lot of sense because they're providing it as a way of truly experiencing something through an educational standpoint the jump program and then after that the expedition's program will allow people to take these camera arrays and create experiences that they can then send to people who might want to learn about places that they otherwise will never be able to get to or even create experiences in which they won't be able to educate kids or educate people in a way that where they are right now they might not be able to have VR got a big portion of the last part of this keynote and while cardboard is still one of the easiest ways of doing so it is also the one of the most affordable and that's the reason why going to education is a really good move for cardboard because you can really afford a bunch of cardboard for a bunch of kids and then one tablet to control the entire experience for the teacher and then of course cardboard well that's the thing that we're going to get as we walk out of here so I just wanted to bring you this little run down my little bit of a reaction to being here at the keynote obviously we have these screens behind me that you're already seeing and it's just this big spectacle and was really fun to be here no we're not gonna get any really big freebies or anything like that but I do have still my wrist bands for the after-hours party tonight and I won't be sure to bring you a look at what that is like and I will give you an update on cardboard as well you've probably seen that video being uploaded at the same time as this one so keep it tuned to Android authority for all of the best coverage including even more from here at Google i/o 2015 here at the Moscone Center in San 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