Google Search for Android adds "OK, Google" support everywhere - Liliputing. Does this mean that the Google Experience Launcher is no more?#
Google Puts the Phone at the Center of Its Multiscreen Universe.#
Engadget: "Living in a Google world: Why Android L means you'll never have to disconnect."#
Watch a brief video of the Samsung Gear Live Android Wear watch. From the video, to my eyes the Gear Live looks as large as the old SPOT watch I used to wear. I am going to hold out for the Moto 360. The Gear Live is going to cost just under $200, so I am guessing the Moto 360 will be closer to $250. I think the Moto 360 is going to be really popular if looks IRL as good as the video and pictures on the Internet.#
The Android "L" Developer Preview#
Common look across platforms, Chrome OS, tablets, and smartphones#
Preview being released to developers today#
Material design = card layout? #
Animated touch feedback#
Unified set of style guidelines#
Dialer is the first show case to the new Material Design#
Interact with notifications on the lock screen. #
Personal Logins (Personal unlocking). User can specify what devices to trust. Enhanced version of what is on the Moto X. I love this feature on my Moto x.#
Will run exclusively on the ART runtime. Will give performance improvement. No application changes. #
64-bit#
Project Volta, latest attempt at improving battery life. Improve instrumentation on battery data. #
Battery saver mode#
Smooth animations#
Chrome tabs appear in the Android recents list (task list) Aimed at simplifying multitasking. Developers can have parts of their apps appear as separate items in recents.#
Links in web pages to the Android apps. Will be open to all Android app developers.#
Google play services ships every six weeks. Factory reset provision (kill switch). #
Ok Google... voice recognition. #
Cancel notifications on the watch and they are canceled on the phone. #
Demo fail. Take a note was supposed to add to Google Keep, but didn't wake.#
Starting to feel like they are showing how a watch could completely replace using your phone. Some of this feels pressed. Not sure following a recipe on a watch is a good use case.#
LG G watch available to order later today on the Play store.#
Samsung Gear Live will also be available to order on the Play store.#
Moto 360 available to buy later this summer. #
Both the LG G and Samsung Gear watches have square screens.#
Android Auto - Open Automotive Alliance#
Connect the android phone to the car, the phone display is casted to the screen in the car. All the apps run on the phone. #
Seems like a lot of content on the screen, which may be too distracting.#
Android auto SDK#
Cars with Android auto by the end of the year. Ford and Chevrolet amongst those that are part of the Open Automotive Alliance#
developer.android.com/tv#
Seamless experience between the phone and the Chromebook. If you have your Android phone, it can unlock your Chromebook.#
Sound familiar with iOS 8?!#
Run Android apps on a Chromebook. As little modification as possible. Still in early preview.#
Demo with Evernote. #
Data isolation and security for corporate and personal data in Android L. Bundled up in a separate app for backward compatibility for older versions of Android. Samsung contributing Knox to the Android platform. Certified Android for work. Includes HP.#
Native Office editing in the Google Docs suite of apps. Example, no more conversion between MS Office and Google Docs. #
Drive for Work provides encryption in transit and at rest. Unlimited storage for $10 per user per month.#
The story of Happy Friends. Dave has gone and done it, and made another tool for Twitter. Happy Friends provides a simple way to narrow the focus of the Twitter stream to a specific person that you follow by just showing their tweets. Of course, the father of outlining would organize the people you are watching in an outline. It looks like a really handy way to get a really focused view of what a person is saying on Twitter, in addition to just watching the Twitter stream.#