Google I/O 2014

Yet another protester. This one making less sense. Accusing Google of building robots that kill people, working with the CIA and being totalitarian.
 
Pretty impressive stuff. No one really impressed by the unified design across all Google services (ala the Project Hera rumours)? I am.

Android Auto looks pretty decent, as does Android TV. Sony's 2015 range running this is a huge coup for Google.

For the devs, 5,000 new API's i nothing to be sneezed at, either.

I'm still sifting through all of it, but well done Google.
 
skimread said:
It just further fragments Android.They should have made it an app on Android or part of Google Services on Android instead of it's own separate Android OS. They probably want to lure car manufacturers but I personally would skip it until they add it to tablets
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Actually, that sort of fragmentation shows purpose. You don't necessarily want car apps running on your phone- that leads to a disjointed and less than optimised experience. Splitting the functional use cases apart, while still ensuring commonality through unified design, makes sense.
 
OrbitalDawn said:
One thing I don't like is all your browser tabs also showing up in recent apps.
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Actually, if you think about it, it unifies the multitasking experience, and I guess it's part of their push to give web apps and services the same sort of parity as native apps.

I do agree that if you have a large number of tabs open in Chrome, it could become messy. But how often do you actually use the recent apps screen to go back and forth between apps? Honestly, I don't.

Being able to scroll through my Chrome tabs, though, would be pretty useful.
 
Maverick Jester said:
Actually, if you think about it, it unifies the multitasking experience, and I guess it's part of their push to give web apps and services the same sort of parity as native apps.

I do agree that if you have a large number of tabs open in Chrome, it could become messy. But how often do you actually use the recent apps screen to go back and forth between apps? Honestly, I don't.

Being able to scroll through my Chrome tabs, though, would be pretty useful.
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what phone do you have. since i've got the S5, i use the recent apps quite a lot. because of the menu button that has been replaced by the recent apps button. sooooo much better.
 
Maverick Jester said:
Actually, if you think about it, it unifies the multitasking experience, and I guess it's part of their push to give web apps and services the same sort of parity as native apps.

I do agree that if you have a large number of tabs open in Chrome, it could become messy. But how often do you actually use the recent apps screen to go back and forth between apps? Honestly, I don't.

Being able to scroll through my Chrome tabs, though, would be pretty useful.
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I don't use it at all, really.

But if you want to scroll through Chrome tabs, why not just open Chrome and scroll through them?

I guess I just don't see the benefit of having them there... How does unifying it help me?
 
OrbitalDawn said:
I don't use it at all, really.

But if you want to scroll through Chrome tabs, why not just open Chrome and scroll through them?

I guess I just don't see the benefit of having them there... How does unifying it help me?
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Scrolling through Chrome won't have the same effect. From what this has shown, it looks to be a continuous flow.

I do see the benefit, perhaps because I do feel at times that each Chrome tab should be treated with the same level of parity when I want to switch between them or other apps. And I think that the function would be across all Google services, not just Android.

The way I see it- is Google preparing us for the eventual situation where there are no native apps, only their equally functional web-based counterparts. Very much what Ubuntu are aiming for with their mobile OS.
 
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