Google’s
Role in Success of 2014
➢ Android Lollipop
It may not be the biggest revenue
source for Google, but it definitely is the biggest newsmaker. The new version
of Android, Android 5.0, came out
just a few months ago and Google says it is the biggest update to Android yet.
● Pick up
where you left off
● Material
design: fluid, purposeful motion
● More
tangible interaction
● The right
information at the right moment
● Your device,
Your rules
● More time
playing, less time charging
● More ways to
secure your device
➢
Android Wear
Android
Wear is intended to provide "information that moves with you" and
puts the entire world inches from your suddenly-free fingertips.It
doesn't just tell the time. The wearable operating system makes
suggestions based on time and it factors location into its
context-sensitive data.
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Useful throughout the day
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Just say ‘OK Google’
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Reach fitness goals
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More apps you love
●
Connects to your phone
➢ Android TV
Android
TV is a new variant of Google's mobile OS aimed at TVs, game consoles and set
top boxes. The successor to the ill-fated Google TV, Android TV brings a new,
streamlined user interface to TVs and set top boxes, designed to put content up
front and center. It's based upon the Android Lollipop platform and will be
with us at some point in coming months.
● Less
browsing, more watching
● Just say
what you want to see
● Chromecast
read
● Your remote
stays with you
➢ Android Auto
Let drivers listen to and control content
in your music and other audio apps. Allow drivers to hear and respond to your
messaging service via the car's controls and screen.
● For the road ahead
Android
Auto was designed with safety in mind. With a simple and intuitive interface,
integrated steering wheel controls, and powerful new voice actions, it's
designed to minimize distraction so you can stay focused on the road.
● What you need out on the road
Android Auto
automatically brings you useful information, and organizes it into simple cards
that appear just when they're needed.
● Driven by android
Connect
your phone to access all of your music, contacts, and messages while keeping
your eyes on the road.
In the near future android is coming to many of the cars
➢ Android
One
Android One is beneficial for Google,
which is aimed to replace other versions of Android in Asia with its Android
One, for a number of reasons. Here's why Android One may help Google own the
smartphone segment in emerging markets.
●
An
always up to date version of android
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Simple,
yet powerful features
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Make
it your own
●
Security
built in
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Free
android updates & downloads with Airtel
●
Subscriptions
to full length newspapers & magazine offline
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For
the budget segment phones
➢
Youtube Offline
YouTube
finally launched the offline
viewing feature it promised in 2013 -- but you can only download videos to
watch without internet connection if you're an Android user in India, Indonesia
or the Philippines. The offline feature is the YouTube’s latest effort in a
series of initiatives to make video content more affordable and accessible to
the large base of mobile Internet users in India. It is YouTube’s first release
of ad-supported offline feature on Android and iOS, which was announced earlier
the previous year with the launch of Android One smartphones.
➢ Nexus 6
Motorola
did a fine job with the Nexus 6, but it doesn't seem to have the Google subsidy
anymore. It's still a stock Android device, but it's not very well priced.
The Nexus 6 has broken the 40k price barrier, which has irked a good many of us
● More screen
to see
● More sound
to hear
● More
powerful processor
● More epic
shots
● More doing,
less charging
● Introducing
Android Lollipop version out of the box
➢ Nexus Player
The story of the Google
Nexus Player isn’t really about a set-top box. It’s about Google, about the
fact that no tech company has yet figured out the perfect way to insert itself
into the four-plus hours a day we spend watching television
● Sleek &
Streamlined Console
The
Nexus Player console is designed to fit beautifully alongside your current home
entertainment setup.
● Elegant
remote with voice search
Nexus
Player comes with a voice-activated remote, perfect for playing casual games
and finding your favorite shows.
● Precise
gamepad for serious gaming
Gamepad
for Nexus Player (sold separately) is engineered for fine-tuned control of your
favorite Android games.
●
Less browsing, more
watching
●
Google cast ready
●
Start here, finish
there
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Say what you want to
see
●
Experience the details
●
Free online multiplayer
●
Sync achievements
➢
Google Fit
Google added over 100 new
descriptors to detail your workouts in the latest version of its Google Fit
Android app. The new options pop up when you enter a new workout or edit a previous
activity.
By tracking your movements through
your phone’s accelerometer or a connected Android Wear smartwatch, Google Fit
spits out various charts and data sets to detail whether you're staying
active.
The
app update also adds an experimental feature that continues tracking your steps
even if your smartwatch disconnects from its paired phone. Currently, if you
walk too far away from your phone, or the phone's battery dies, the smartwatch
loses the ability to count up your steps.
➢ Bye
Bye Orkut
It has been 10 years since Google
ventured into the area of social networking with its first social network
Orkut. On the 30th of June last, Google announced it will be shutting down
Orkut on the 30th of September. This infographic from one productions profiles the rise
and fall of Orkut, now destined for the infamous "Google Graveyard"
and takes us through its journey from conception to evolution and its final
demise. In the end Google wanted to focus on You Tube, Blogger and Google+
which simply had much faster growth than Orkut.
➢
Robotics and Artificial Intelligence
All throughout 2014, Google bought a lot of
robotics and artificial intelligence firms. The company's intentions are yet to
be known, but there's no shortage of theories. The company bought four AI firms
last year and had bought seven robotics firms
in 2013.
