Google To Convey Android Apps To Its Chromebook Laptop

Google is about to permit its Chromebook laptops to run Android apps in a bit to take on Apple and Microsoft.

The laptops run a model of Google's Chrome browser as a substitute of an working system like Windows - but till now have been unable to download apps.

Based on market research firm IDC, in Q1 of this yr Chromebook shipments overtook Macs in the U.S.

The laptops run a model of Google's Chrome browser as a substitute of an operating system like Home windows - but until now have been unable to obtain apps. Later this 12 months, they may be capable to run all android apps, Google stated.

What's A CHROMEBOOK?

Several manufacturers make the machines, including Acer, and google as sells its personal high finish Pixel laptop, which has a touchscreen display.S. What about Chrome OS is now the second hottest Computer working system,' mentioned Google.

'As we proceed to increase our give attention to mobility, we wish to ensure your apps are simply out there on this new type issue, reaching the many Chrome devices while sustaining a terrific expertise.

'Right now we introduced that we're adding Android apps to Chromebooks, which implies customers will likely be in a position to put in the apps they know and love.

'Later this year you can develop your app's reach to a brand new hardware platform and wider audience while maximizing the Google Play ecosystem.

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'With expanded app availability, new use circumstances and improved workflows can be achieved for all Chromebook customers, whether for personal use, for work or for education.

The Chromebook was first launched in 2013.

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

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

'Chromebooks simply work -- open the lid, and within seconds, you are in your favorite sites and apps, getting stuff finished.

'Virus safety and computerized updates are constructed-in, so you don't have to handle your laptop.

'And that's worked great for our customers. Schools within the US are now buying more Chromebooks than all other units combined'

Google stated it was including apps after prospects complained the laptops had limitations.

CHROMEBOOK TAKES THE Number TWO SPOT FROM APPLE

Worldwide Laptop shipments totaled 60.6 million items in the primary quarter of 2016 (1Q16), a yr-on-yr decline of 11.5%, according to the International Information Company (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Laptop Tracker.

Laptop shipments to the U.S. fell 5.8% to 13.6 million units in 1Q16.

'Demand for PCs within the U.S. remains sluggish,' mentioned IDC Research Director, Devices & Displays, Linn Huang.

'However, we ought to be getting into a period of reprieve. Peak corporate and training buying seasons have traditionally began in the second quarter.

'With some IT patrons thinking about early Home windows 10 transitions and with the potential continued ascent of Chromebooks in U.S. Ok-12, the Laptop market should experience a modest rebound in the coming months.

'So, we're bringing Google Play (the most well-liked app retailer on the planet) to Chromebooks.

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

The identical apps that run on phones 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

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'We needed to rethink every part possible in a laptop,' mentioned Sundar Pichai of Google, who revealed the primary chromebook at a special occasion run in Silicon Valley and London.

'The screen is the very best resolution display ever shipped on a laptop, and we don't want users to deal with pixels - so customers won't ever see them,' he said at the occasion in 2013.

'People want to reach out and contact - so we in-built full contact.'

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

It'll compete directly with Apple.

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

'But if If you reside in the cloud this is the very best expertise you possibly can have.'

The machine makes use of Google's Chrome OS, which relies on the firm's web browser.

GOOGLE'S Subsequent-GEN VR HEADSET

The tech large is reportedly engaged on an replace to its current entry-stage Cardboard, and is anticipated to launch a headset this 12 months.

The agency is bolstering its Android assist for VR and is growing a smartphone-primarily based system which will rival Gear-VR, the Samsung-Oculus Rift collaboration which has been available since final yr.

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

In addition, Google plans to resolve the lingering latency drawback with VR - the slight delay between head movements and the video stream - which can be disorientating and depart customers dizzy.

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

Fb is also creating AI bots that can run inside its Messenger app, Mark Zuckerberg revealed at its developed convention last week.

Nonetheless, Google believes its search engine and AI expertise will give it an enormous benefit.

'We want to be there for users, asking them 'Hello, how can I help',' said Pichai, who took over as Google boss when the firm reorganised as Alphabet earlier this 12 months.

'We would like customers to have an ongoing 2 way dialogue with Google.'

Pichai showed the system utilizing its smart assistant to book cinema tickets, downloading them robotically.

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Mario Queiroz showed off the brand new Google speaker, called Google Home, that might be released later this yr.

'I should be capable to interact without a cellphone,' he said.

Users shall be ready to easily speak to the speaker, telling it what to do or asking it questions in normal English.

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

It can also management different speakers, forming a voice managed multi room hifi system, and management other units equivalent to lights and Google's Nest thermostat.

The voice controlled assistant will be ready to control units and answer queries.

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

'We are evolving search to be way more assistive,' he said.

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

'We perceive a billion entities, and we may even do real time visual translation.

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

'We imagine the actual take a look at is whether humans can obtain much more with AI helping them,' said 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 allows the app to use Googe's search capabilities to access the assistant when booking restaurants, using OpenTable to make bookings, for example.

The app may also play games with users, utilizing emoji to spell out movie titles, for instance.

Google stated it is going to be available in the summer season for both Android and iOS.

Google also revealed a brand new messaging app called Allo designed to carry Google's search engine into chats.'

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

It allows users to speak with mates and staff, and has a new function referred to as 'shout' permitting customers to vary the scale messages seem depending on how vital they are.

It also unveiled Duo, a video calling app.

The new Google Home speaker will use Google's new smart AI assistant, and will go on sale later this year.

The Amazon Tap (left) is a portable version of the 9.25-inch Echo that sells for $130, while the $ninety Echo Dot (proper) could be plugged into any speaker. at are designed to amplify the position that its voice-managed assistant Alexa performs in people's homes and lives. They will now full

Sundar Pichai took to the stage at a large outdoor amphitheatre holding 7,000 subsequent 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 limit.

'We wanted to do more, and that entails solving quite a lot of really exhausting issues.

'What we have built will not be availabler until fall, but we would wish to introduce it right now.

Clay Bavor of Google's VR division revealed that VR can be a part of Android N, in a feature known as daydream.

A new controller will even be made for the system

The firm revealed new normal for telephones operating the brand new Android VR, and a VR mode for Android N to make apps work more successfully.

It stated Samsung, LG and others will help the software program.

The firm has also created a design for headsets, and a new controller allowing customers to navigate the virtual world.

It will even bring Google Play into the digital world, permitting users to easily discover and set up apps.

A brand new controller will also be made for the system, allowing users to easily navigate the digital world.

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

It is also porting its personal apps, including a film theatre and avenue view to the VR system.

YouTube will even appear within the headset, allowing users to search by voice, entry their normally playlist and listen to 3D spatial audio when sporting headphones.

Android powers about 80 p.c of the world's smartphones, largely as a result of Google offers away the software program free of charge to system makers.

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

Google can afford to do that as a result of it designs Android to characteristic its search engine, maps and other digital services, giving it extra alternatives to show the digital ads that generate most of its revenue.

Reporters and bloggers from all over the world attend, ensuring that no matter the company unveils will even be featured in stories, photos and video delivered to an enormous audience of consumers.

The three-day showcase also attracts thousands of laptop programmers, giving Google a possibility to persuade them why they need to design functions and different services that work with its devices and an array of software that features the Chrome Web browser and Android working system for cellular gadgets.

ANDROID N - The subsequent Version OF GOOGLE'S Software program

Dave Burke of Google additionally spoke about Android N, the new model of the firm's software.

'We have redesigned a lot of the basic options for Android N,' he stated.

It will include Vulcan, a brand new 3D graphics engine to boost games efficiency, higher security and improved battery life.

Google has also overhauled the way Android is updating, allowing it to extra simply set up updates on user's telephones.

Android N also contains a brand new window split display and image in picture mode.

The software may also be able to automatically uninstall apps deemed to be a security threat.

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

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

It will even included the latest emoji.

Google stated it is going to launch the software in the summer, but is making a beta model obtainable within weeks.

Apple will hold the same convention in June to unveil its fall software plans.

Google is holding this yr's conference, called Google I/O, at an amphitheater just a few blocks from its Mountain View, California, headquarters.

Sundar Pichai took to the stage at a giant out of doors amphitheatre holding 7,000 next to Google's Silicon Valley HQ.

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

Google's bare-bones entry into the still-nascent area of digital actuality got here two years in the past when it unveiled an inexpensive headset made out of cardboard.

The company may now be poised to get extra serious, given far more sophisticated choices out there on the market.

GOOGLE Sets THE SMARTWATCH FREE

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

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

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

Google confirmed 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 point of Google's for years.

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

Google is anticipated to dive deeper into digital reality and synthetic intelligence with a raft of latest merchandise at its annual IO developers convention in San Francisco in the present day.

Analysts have speculated that Google would possibly faucet into its synthetic-intelligence analysis to introduce a virtual-assistant product that may very well be set up in houses to help people manage their lives and get info extra quickly.

Such a system would characterize Google's response to the growing recognition of Amazon's Echo, a cylinder-like gadget outfitted with speakers and an Web-linked microphone that allows a digital assistant called Alexa to interact with its users.