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Google shows off Project Ara prototype, launches developer challenge

Google showed off its Project Ara prototype on the second and final day of the I/O developer conference. Paul Eremenko, the head of Project Ara gave a peek about the company’s modular phone project that was announced in February.

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Did Google accidentally reveal HTC-made Nexus 9 render?

Last week a leak suggested that HTC is making Google’s next Nexus tablet. Dubbed as HTC Volantis, the tablet will pack a 8.9″ display with a resolution of 2048×1440 pixels.

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Asus to reportedly launch a Android Wear smartwatch later this year

Asus is working on a smartwatch that runs on Google’s Android Wear, according to a report from TechCrunch. It says that the company is planning to release an Android Wear-powered smartwatch in September.

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Android L developer preview now available for download

Google launched Android L developer preview at the I/O conference two days back. Today, the company is making the preview available on Nexus 5 and Nexus 7  (2013) Wi Fi. The software developer kit is now available for download through the Android SDK Manager.

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Google Search update adds “Ok Google” detection from anywhere in the phone

Along with a bunch of announcements at the I/O developer conference yesterday, Google has bumped an update to  Search for Android. The latest update adds the ability for a user to say “Ok Google” anywhere on the device to initiate voice search.

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Samsung and Google collaborate to integrate KNOX into Android L

Samsung and Google have teamed up to integrate KNOX technology into the next version of Android announced at the I/O developer conference.  The move comes from the duo with an aim to allow more security to enterprises and IT administrators such as a separate container to manage and secure business data.

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Google updates Drive with Microsoft Office editing and more new features

Google announced several updates and enhancements to Drive at the I/O developer conference. For starters, users can edit Microsoft Office files through the cloud-based platform. This mean users can view, create and share documents, spreadsheets and presentations on both mobile devices and the desktop in their native format.

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Google announces Google Fit platform for fitness and health tracking

Google officially announced its own health and fitness tracking platform that competes with Apple’s recently launched Healthkit. Dubbed as Google Fit, the platform will aggregate and collect your fitness data at one place. It will help users monitor their fitness activities like heart rate, blood sugar, steps taken etc on this platform.

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The basic idea is that Google is creating a single set of APIs which will allow fitness/health tracking apps and devices to share data with the aim of building a more “complete picture of the user’s fitness”. Users will be given full control over sharing their information with apps and will be able to delete data at any time.

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Google Fit partners already include Nike, HTC, LG, Withings, Motorola, Noom, Runtastic, RunKeeper, Adidas, Mio, and Polar. Nike also announced that it will integrate its popular Fuel points system into Google Fit for other apps to use. Adidas is also developing a line of sensor-based health wearables that will integrate with the Google Fit platform.

The Google Fit Platform Preview SDK will be available in the next few weeks.

Google unleashes Android L developer preview

After series of leaks and speculations, Google finally announced Android ‘L’ at the ongoing I/O developer conference. As of now the officials are calling it simply L and it is a developer preview and not a final product.

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Google I/O 2014: Android has 1 billion 30-day active users

Google’s senior Vice President for Android and Chrome, Sundar Pichai announced at the ongoing I/O developer that there are more than 1 billion 30-day active users.  This is up from 538 million active monthly users during the same period last year.

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