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Pumped for I/O
- Thread starter Ddyracer
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Overall a very "meh" conference.
As expected lots of concepts and deals...
The only interesting part was Android L. It looks pretty cool, even though it did rip off the iOS UI.
I bet Android YouTube and Chrome still can't play audio in the background.
Apple's conference was much more impressive and brought substantial changes.
As expected lots of concepts and deals...
The only interesting part was Android L. It looks pretty cool, even though it did rip off the iOS UI.
I bet Android YouTube and Chrome still can't play audio in the background.
Apple's conference was much more impressive and brought substantial changes.
So much this. Buy Pushbullet + MightyText, slap all that stuff right into the Chrome browser and have it work on any computer = world domination.
I was hoping Android and Chrome would be integrated together. So if you connected your Android phone to a monitor, the desktop would opened up.
Yep, Pushbullet allows any phone or tablet to send notifications direct to your PC. Only problem is, you can't answer the phone from the PC like you can with iOS8 and a Mac. It is close, but not the same. Sure Mighty Text and SMS's will work, but not the phone portion. And it lacks complete integration like with Apple.
What makes Android Auto better than Carplay? I missed the entire Android Auto presentation.
Android Wear looks okay to me. It's interesting, but I also must confess that it's possible the only reason I'm interested in it is because of the beauty of the Moto 360.
The only other great thing about Android Wear is the ability for your device to know it's you when it senses your watch via bluetooth, thus turning off the lock screen notification. That's an awesome feature.
I guess that's what the smart watch comes down to... more convenience.
The only other great thing about Android Wear is the ability for your device to know it's you when it senses your watch via bluetooth, thus turning off the lock screen notification. That's an awesome feature.
I guess that's what the smart watch comes down to... more convenience.
Oh boy. This again. The Galaxy devices have been doing a number of these things since before iOS has been doing them. I'll give you the head up notifications, but everything else is just intuitive at this point.
That's awesome.
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I think Motorola could straight kill it if they make smart decisions.
The crowd were going mental for the 360.
Oh sure, complete integration would be optimal of course. And hopefully that's what they're moving towards. But for now, I would be quite happy with just the Pushbullet and MightyText functionality baked into Chrome and perhaps made a bit more streamlined. I'm not that concerned about answering the phone through my computer honestly.
Up close with the Moto 360, the best-looking smartwatch yet
http://www.theverge.com/2014/6/25/5843028/up-close-with-the-moto-360-the-best-looking-smartwatch-yet
http://www.theverge.com/2014/6/25/5843028/up-close-with-the-moto-360-the-best-looking-smartwatch-yet
Condensed Google I/O in 9 min video: http://www.theverge.com/2014/6/25/5843146/google-io-2014-highlight-reel
Agreed same here. Don't care for answering the phone on PC myself. Cross platform is much more important for me.
Ahhhhhhhh that is painful
Sorry but that is simply an unacceptable design compromise given that the object is completely round.
the new recents is nice, like the google integration like chrome tabs and google search. just wish there was a multi window in android. also cloud backup for everything.
cloud game saves is great, now bring that for every app and sync it to drive.
cloud game saves is great, now bring that for every app and sync it to drive.
The new 'recent' look is actually one of the few things I'm not too thrilled about. Looks weird and possibly cumbersome to use. Won't know for sure until I actually try it out, of course.