Gadgetory

it's time to take a peek at the next version of android I'm Bridget Carey this is your seen that update android users get ready for split screen on your smartphone google revealed the next flavor of Android software right now codenamed Android n only software developers get the chance to tinker with it now since it's unfinished but the big new features include split screen for working on two apps at once on a phone or tablet also there is picture in picture mode so you can view a video in a small box in the corner of a screen and then let you do things like check email while still watching your show some apple devices and samsung phones have had these features already but you know playing catch-up is all part of the game between these companies the notification bar is also getting tweaked if you get a message alert you can type your reply right inside the alert and Apple's iOS also has a simpler feature perhaps battery life will get a boost with improvements to the dos power saver now normally Google likes to unveil the next version of its operating systems at the i/o Developers Conference but Google's trying something different this time releasing it before the conference which isn't until May now it's not easy for Google to get its new software on every Android device when you have so many makers of phones Google's Nexus devices do get them first but only two percent of Android users right now are reading the latest Android 6.0 marshmallow most about thirty five percent are still on 4.4 kitkat which is more than two years old these systems always get named after a sweet treat so we'll have to wait and see what n will stand for maybe something with nougat or good old stuck in your teeth nut brittle why Landry improves so does Google's artificial intelligence computer alfa GO created by google's deepmind team alpha co is doing something no other computer can do and that's beat humans at the most complicated board game the ancient Chinese game of Go the game may look simple with black and white stones but it is complicated for a computer because there are more possible moves than there are atoms in the universe 10 to the power of 170 and instead of processing each possible outcome because that would take forever a computer just sort of needs to play smart alphago defeated the world champion isa doll the top go player in the past decade in the first of five matches the battles are taking place now in Seoul South Korea and they're being live streamed on youtube it goes on through Monday no pressure said all it's just the future of humanity that rests in your hands that's it for this tech news update you can head to see that com for more from our studios in New York I'm Bridget Carey