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Google To Carry Android Apps To Its Chromebook Laptop
Google is set to allow its Chromebook laptops to run Android apps in a bit to take on Apple and Microsoft.

The laptops run a version of Google's Chrome browser as a substitute of an operating system like Windows - however till now have been unable to obtain apps.

In response to market analysis firm IDC, in Q1 of this yr Chromebook shipments overtook Macs within the U.S.

The laptops run a model of Google's Chrome browser as an alternative of an operating system like Home windows - however till now have been unable to obtain apps. Later this 12 months, they'll be capable of run all android apps, Google said.

What's A CHROMEBOOK?

Several manufacturers make the machines, together with Acer, and google as sells its personal high end Pixel laptop computer, which has a touchscreen show.S. Chrome OS is now the second most popular Pc working system,' said Google.

'As we continue to extend our deal with mobility, we would like to ensure your apps are easily out there on this new form issue, reaching the many Chrome devices whereas sustaining an ideal expertise.

'As we speak we introduced that we're adding Android apps to Chromebooks, which suggests users can be ready to install the apps they know and love.

'Later this year you may increase your app's attain to a brand new hardware platform and wider viewers whereas maximizing the Google Play ecosystem.

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'With expanded app availability, new use instances and improved workflows may be achieved for all Chromebook customers, whether for private use, for work or for schooling.

The Chromebook was first launched in 2013.

'We launched Chromebooks for people who wished a fast, simple and safe computing expertise,' Google says.

The3 chromebooks will be given entry to the Google Play app retailer for the first time later this yr

'Chromebooks just work -- open the lid, and within seconds, you're in your favorite sites and apps, getting stuff carried out.

'Virus protection and computerized updates are constructed-in, so you do not need to manage your computer.

'And that's labored nice for our users. Colleges within the US are now buying extra Chromebooks than all other units combined'

Google said it was adding apps after customers complained the laptops had limitations.

CHROMEBOOK TAKES THE Number TWO SPOT FROM APPLE

Worldwide Laptop shipments totaled 60.6 million items in the first quarter of 2016 (1Q16), a 12 months-on-yr decline of 11.5%, in response to the Worldwide Data Company (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Laptop Tracker.

Pc shipments to the U.S. fell 5.8% to 13.6 million items in 1Q16.

'Demand for PCs in the U.S. stays sluggish,' mentioned IDC Analysis Director, Gadgets & Displays, Linn Huang.

'However, we must be getting into a interval of reprieve. Peak corporate and education shopping for seasons have traditionally started within the second quarter.

'With some IT buyers eager about early Windows 10 transitions and with the potential continued ascent of Chromebooks in U.S. Okay-12, the Pc market should experience a modest rebound in the coming months.

'So, we're bringing Google Play (the preferred app store on this planet) to Chromebooks.

'This means you'll obtain and use Android apps, so you can make a Skype name, work with Office recordsdata and be productive offline -- or take a break with games like Minecraft, Hearthstone or Clash of Clans.'

The identical apps that run on telephones and tablets will run on Chromebooks.

Google's Pixel laptop measures 297.7 x 224.6 x 16.2 mm, and weighs 3.35lb / 1.52kg

VIDEO Contact screen + highest decision screen EVER in a laptop

'We wished to rethink all the things attainable in a laptop,' mentioned Sundar Pichai of Google, who revealed the primary chromebook at a special event run in Silicon Valley and London.

'The display is the very best decision display ever shipped on a laptop computer, and we don't need users to deal with pixels - so customers will never see them,' he stated on the event in 2013.

'Folks need to succeed in out and contact - so we built in full touch.'

The laptop computer, the primary Google has designed and constructed itself, shall be made in Taiwan.

It can compete directly with Apple.

'Apple has been at this a very long time, and has constructed something wonderful,' Pichai said of Apple's merchandise.

'But when If you live within the cloud this is the best experience you may have.'

The machine makes use of Google's Chrome OS, which is predicated on the agency's web browser.

GOOGLE'S Subsequent-GEN VR HEADSET

The tech large is reportedly working on an replace to its present entry-stage Cardboard, and is predicted to release a headset this 12 months.

The agency is bolstering its Android support for VR and is growing a smartphone-primarily based system which will rival Gear-VR, the Samsung-Oculus Rift collaboration which has been out there since last 12 months.

The brand new headset will support a wider range of gadgets than Samsung's Gear, which is proscribed to Samsung Galaxy smartphones.

In addition, Google plans to solve the lingering latency problem with VR - the slight delay between head movements and the video stream - which can be disorientating and go away users dizzy.

The agency is aiming squarely at Amazon's Echo with the home speaker, which has Amazon's Alexa assistant inbuilt.

Facebook is also developing AI bots that will run inside its Messenger app, Mark Zuckerberg revealed at its developed conference last week. Gaming

Nonetheless, Google believes its search engine and AI experience will give it a huge advantage.

'We need to be there for users, asking them 'Hi, how can I help',' mentioned Pichai, who took over as Google boss when the firm reorganised as Alphabet earlier this yr.

'We want users to have an ongoing 2 way dialogue with Google.'

Pichai showed the system using its good assistant to e-book cinema tickets, downloading them robotically.

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Mario Queiroz confirmed off the brand new Google speaker, referred to as Google Residence, that can be released later this 12 months.

'I should be able to interact with no phone,' he mentioned.

Customers shall be able to simply discuss to the speaker, telling it what to do or asking it questions in regular English.

The gadget can be a top quality speaker, Google claims, permitting users to play again music from online services of a telephone.

It can also management other audio system, forming a voice managed multi room hifi system, and control other units reminiscent of lights and Google's Nest thermostat.

The voice managed assistant will probably be ready to control gadgets and reply queries.

He additionally revealed over 50% of Google's queries now come from cell phones.

'We're evolving search to be far more assistive,' he mentioned.

The speaker is designed to be placed in every room, creating a multi room control system for a complete house.

'We perceive a billion entities, and we can even do actual time visible translation.

Google says that it's 'an order of magnitude forward of everybody else' in understanding natural-language conversational queries.

'We imagine the true check is whether or not people can achieve a lot more with AI helping them,' mentioned Pichai

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It additionally predicts responses to posts, and even photos by analysing what's in them, and has Google's assistant built in.

This enables the app to use Googe's search capabilities to access the assistant when booking eating places, utilizing OpenTable to make bookings, for instance.

The app can even play games with customers, utilizing emoji to spell out film titles, for instance.

Google mentioned it will be available in the summer for both Android and iOS.

Google additionally revealed a new messaging app known as Allo designed to deliver Google's search engine into chats.'

The firm additionally revealed a brand new messaging app called Allo designed to convey Google's search engine into chats.

It permits customers to speak with pals and employees, and has a brand new feature known as 'shout' allowing customers to vary the scale messages seem relying on how necessary they are.

It additionally unveiled Duo, a video calling app.

The new Google Residence speaker will use Google's new good AI assistant, and can go on sale later this year.

The Amazon Faucet (left) is a portable model of the 9.25-inch Echo that sells for $130, whereas the $ninety Echo Dot (proper) can be plugged into any speaker. at are designed to amplify the function that its voice-controlled assistant Alexa plays in individuals's homes and lives. They are going to now full

Sundar Pichai took to the stage at a giant outside amphitheatre holding 7,000 next to Google's Silicon Valley HQ to unveil the Google Assistant and Google Home speaker

GOOGLE'S DAYDREAM: BRINGING VR TO ANDROID

'Cardboard and phones are great, however there is a restrict.

'We wanted to do extra, and that includes solving quite a lot of actually hard issues.

'What we have constructed won't be availabler till fall, however we would like to introduce it right this moment.

Clay Bavor of Google's VR division revealed that VR will probably be a part of Android N, in a characteristic referred to as daydream.

A brand new controller will even be made for the system

The agency revealed new commonplace for phones running the brand new Android VR, and a VR mode for Android N to make apps work extra successfully.

It mentioned Samsung, LG and others will support the software.

The agency has also created a design for headsets, and a brand new controller permitting users to navigate the digital world.

It may even carry Google Play into the virtual world, permitting customers to simply find and install apps.

A brand new controller will even be made for the system, permitting customers to simply navigate the virtual world.

Bavor said Google was additionally working with developers to provide video games for the software.

It is also porting its own apps, together with a film theatre and street view to the VR system.

YouTube may also appear within the headset, permitting customers to search by voice, entry their normally playlist and listen to 3D spatial audio when wearing headphones.

Android powers about 80 p.c of the world's smartphones, largely because Google provides away the software program at no cost to gadget makers.

Google said it's already working with Spotify, Uber and WhatsApp to include their apps in Google assistant.

Google can afford to do that because it designs Android to characteristic its search engine, maps and other digital companies, giving it extra alternatives to point out the digital ads that generate most of its income.

Reporters and bloggers from around the globe attend, guaranteeing that whatever the corporate unveils will also be featured in stories, footage and video delivered to a vast viewers of consumers.

The three-day showcase additionally attracts hundreds of laptop programmers, giving Google an opportunity to persuade them why they need to design purposes and different companies that work with its gadgets and an array of software that features the Chrome Internet browser and Android working system for cell units.

ANDROID N - The subsequent Model OF GOOGLE'S Software

Dave Burke of Google additionally spoke about Android N, the brand new version of the agency's software.

'We have redesigned many of the basic features for Android N,' he said.

It would include Vulcan, a brand new 3D graphics engine to boost video games performance, higher safety and improved battery life.

Google has additionally overhauled the best way Android is updating, allowing it to more simply install updates on person's telephones.

Android N additionally includes a new window break up screen and picture in image mode.

The software program will also be capable of routinely uninstall apps deemed to be a security risk.

It also contains a brand new window split display screen and image in picture mode.

Notifications have also been overhauled, permitting customers to reply directly to a message.

It may even included the newest emoji.

Google mentioned it would launch the software program within the summer, but is making a beta model out there within weeks.

Apple will hold a similar convention in June to unveil its fall software program plans.

Google is holding this year's conference, known as Google I/O, at an amphitheater a couple of blocks from its Mountain View, California, headquarters.

Sundar Pichai took to the stage at an enormous outdoor amphitheatre holding 7,000 next to Google's Silicon Valley HQ.

With more than 6,000 seats, the amphitheater might doubtlessly accommodate a bigger crowd than the San Francisco venue the place Google held I/O in previous years.

Google's bare-bones entry into the nonetheless-nascent field of virtual actuality came two years ago when it unveiled an inexpensive headset made out of cardboard.

The company may now be poised to get extra critical, given far more sophisticated options accessible on the market.

GOOGLE Units THE SMARTWATCH FREE

Google additionally revealed a new model of its Android Put on platform for smath watches.

It permits handwriting recognition, letting customers draw letters on the display'

It also works as a standalone system - not needing a cellphone.

Google showed of V2.

Synthetic intelligence, a time period used to explain efforts to develop software program that acts and behaves more like people, has been a focal level of Google's for years.

Progress in the field has helped Google's search engine comprehend the intent of individuals's inquiries extra quickly and vastly improved the comprehension and responsiveness of its voice-recognition companies.

Google is anticipated to dive deeper into virtual reality and artificial intelligence with a raft of recent merchandise at its annual IO developers convention in San Francisco today.

Analysts have speculated that Google would possibly faucet into its artificial-intelligence analysis to introduce a digital-assistant product that could possibly be set up in properties to help people handle their lives and get info more quickly.

Such a device would signify Google's response to the rising recognition of Amazon's Echo, a cylinder-like machine geared up with speakers and an Internet-linked microphone that permits a virtual assistant called Alexa to work together with its users.

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