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these are the top five things we want to see at Google i/o over the years Google has introduced lots of new things at its annual IO event there's been Google home new versions of Android and the unforgettable project brillo this year is the tenth Google i/o so here's our wish list for what we want to see and number five is a music strategy google has Google Play music along with YouTube music now there's a rumor that a new YouTube service called remix is coming and it will swallow up Google Play Music I'll use Google Play Music and I'm all for this idea whatever you do Google do not have two separate services that are essentially the same coming in at number four are some new Google home features Google did add a ton more control to Google home recently it now controls more than 5,000 smart devices but home is still trailing Amazon's insane amount of skills maybe Google can come up with better chromecast integration for example you can ask home to show you something from Netflix but you can't tell it to play a particular season or episode with your voice also Amazon has a pretty simple online tool that lets anyone create a custom Alexis skill easily maybe Google can copy that strategy at i/o at number three is figuring out TV google has been trying to figure out a television plan for years remember Google TV it was discontinued within four years of its introduction then there was that oddball Nexus Q then we got Android TV which was on the Nexus player the player was introduced and discontinued within two years in parallel is the chromecast which is pretty decent as long as you have a phone to send it content maybe this is the year Google puts Android into the chromecast number two goggle fuschia the mysterious operating system could be the future of both Chrome OS and Android now Android apps can run on Chrome OS but that's still kind of messy Android can sort of be a desktop interface take a look at a Samsung device with a deck stock reports say fuchsia can run on phones and Chromebooks so maybe it is the future of Google devices whether it merges chrome and Android or just something else entirely it would be great to find out what the plan is for fusion hey Google can you clear this up and the number one thing on our wish list for Google i/o 2018 is a lot more messaging apps we've only got duo and Hangouts and Google Voice and messenger with a low on life support Google this cannot stand ABB's kidding here's what we really love to see some amazing Android news if you've been following the news on Android pee you may be underwhelmed Android Oreo brought us picture-in-picture video smarter text selection notification dots on app icons and the ability to snooze notifications Android pee has not supports rounded corners for notifications it may be named popsicle yay here's hoping Google is sitting on some awesome features for the next version of Android and we'll see them at i/o big thanks to Paul Greg Michael Jessi Steven Risto and everyone else who chipped in with their ideas on Twitter we'll have all kinds of coverage on Google i/o at CNET so make sure you check that out oh my as a kernel see you online