Google introduces “Awareness API” to respond according to your environment

Have you ever wondered if your smartphone can sense where you are? What you’re doing? Or what’s your nearby location? Thought of capturing an image, including the weather information and also combining your current situation together? At the recent Google I/O conference, Google has announced new tools for developers that can be customized to respond to the user’s current situation.

Google is introducing its Awareness API to make the smart features accessible. Think of you are jogging and your music application opens an energetic music playlist. Now let’s consider another scenario where you are driving nearby to any pharmacy and if it is open, then your system application will prompt an alert.

Functions like user location, user activity, and nearby locations are also performed by the API. Earlier, combining these functions using multiple API slow down the device speed. Also, smartphone suffers battery draining and slow processing issues. With the introduction of Google’s Awareness API, all functions will now be flawlessly accessible by combining API’s. Also, data can be interoperated between the Google devices and Android smart wearables.

This new Awareness API contains two API’s, first is Fence API which identifies the user’s current situation and second is Snapshot API that requests the information about the user’s current context.

Few instances shared by the Google are:

• Let’s say a weather application could easily sense Chrome cast plugged into your bedroom TV to display the current weather details on its screen.
• Suppose an alarm clock can wake you up the next morning based on your last sleep time and when will be your first meeting will be on that day.
• Even while jogging you forgot to put on your track application, then also the application automatically gets on.

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Biggest Announcements from Google I/O 2016

At this Google I/O year, Google has made a wide appearance with the latest technology. Google is packed with the several new announcements for this year.

Here are overall biggest announcements made by Google I/O 2016:

Google Home

To enrich the user experience, Google will launch its Home speaker later in this year. This will give control of the connected devices in the home and also user can voice control their speaker. The entire function is performed solely with the voice commands, hence, buttons are not available. Even user is facilitated to do integration with the third party services that will allow performing other actions like doing the reservation in restaurant or making a call to book a taxi.

Google Assistance

User will experience a more impressive voice search option with Google Assistance which supports “conversational understanding” feature. Countless possibilities are provided with this improved voice search feature that will continue to perform the search without missing a single beat.

Google Allo

Allo is a new messaging app from Google that includes several new features which keep it apart from its top rival like the Facebook messaging app. Loaded with exciting features, this app features a whisper/shout feature which basically control the font size of the text message using the slider. If user feels to capitalize all letters or shrink their text size, then this can be performed using the slider.

Smart replies is another cool feature where the responses to the conversations or an image are scanned to reduce extra typing work. Users are also allowed to open their chat in an incognito tab where all messages will be encrypted. Additionally, user gets facility of end-to-end encryption and self-destruction of messages

Another exciting feature includes bot support. This means users are allowed to use multiple bots within the app without quitting the Google chat. Also included is a Google Assistance bot to perform a search in the chat.

Of course bot support is also available. From right within the app, users can interact with a wide range of bots. For example, an OpenTable bot will allow users to choose a restaurant and book a reservation without ever leaving an Allo chat. And of course, there’s also a Google Assistant search bot. Want to search for a cute cat GIF from within a chat? No problem. This app is available for both Android and iOS.

Google DUO

To boost the feature of Google Allo messaging app by adding video calling facility, Google DUO app is available with many smart features. Talking about the Knock Knock feature, user can easily view incoming video call details before answering the call. Also, user can easily switch their data connectivity between Wi-Fi and Cellular. The video quality will be managed automatically according to the bandwidth strength. This app is available for both Android and iOS.

Google Android N

Now a major update will be released later this year is an Android N mobile software. An enormously important feature included in this major improvement is performance and graphics. This ensures the smooth running of the device. The Vulcan software is used for performance improvement for graphics, whereas software is optimized to boost the performance.

A smart feature available by Android will be auto removal of the apps from the UI if they are no longer needed. So, if a user is looking for any app then they can easily find it on the screen. A Quick search filter is available to search an app quickly. Android N improves its security by implementing block-based encryption. Also, the user will get the updates automatically download and installed.

Android N will support spilt screen apps feature for phones and tablets where the picture in picture facility is available only for Android TV. User can directly reply to the notification from the direct reply feature. It will also support Unicode 9 emoji and support all skin tones. The beta version of the Android N is already pushed out, however, the Android N will be released later this summer.

Android Wear 2.0

A big release by Google is the Android Wear 2.0 that can work independently without a smartphone. This means a user will get the details without ever require to connect their app with the smartphone. The data will be updated as long as the smartphone is connected to the internet either by Wi-Fi or Cellular.

Google Daydream

An all new Virtual Reality platform is available known as Google Daydream. This VR based platform is designed to standardize the mobile-based experience. Google plans to create a reference design for controller and VR headset.

Instant Apps

With the instant apps facility, the user can directly start using an app within the Google Play store without downloading and installing the app.

Demos of the above products are impressive, however, they possess high challenge to actually use in real life.