Google I/O and our 300th episode.

Show Notes

* Google I/O

* Develop, Grow, Earn – A reworking of the Android stack for VR, a new developer preview, Android Wear 2.0, Recording APIs, Pay APIs, and more.

* Android Instant Apps – run an app you don’t even have installed.

* Google announces Assistant, an ongoing two-way dialogue.

* Android News

* Name Android N yourself.

* Android N renames Daydream to Screen Saver so they can use the name for something else

* Current Nexus devices won’t be taking advantage of Android N’s seamless updates, as it requires two system partitions.

* Google confirms that the Play Store and over a million Android apps are coming to Chrome OS later this year.

* Google Play Services 9.0, adds video recording API and more.

* Android Wear 2.0 Preview – Introduces Standalone Apps, new system UI, material design, a complications API, input methods(keyboards and such), etc.

* App News

* And the winners of the Google Play Award are…

* Alarm Clock Extreme adds sleep habit tracking to its abilities. (Play Link)

* Google announces Allo and Duo, new apps for messaging and video calling. Hangouts will remain as a separate app.

* Android Auto has announced an update to allow the app to be used without an Android Auto compatible automobile.

* Android Auto is also getting voice commands and wireless connectivity.

* In Other News

* Alan Young, star of Mr. Ed, dead at 96.

* Google Photos has 200 million monthly active users.

* Google plans to start blocking Flash in Chrome this year

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