Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=862r3XS2YB0
1. Voice query, rich information
- Search with voice
- Google Photos: pick the photo you want
- Google Assistant: Conversational / Getting thing done
2. Google Home
- Powered by Google Assistant
- Manage the home things: light, thermal things, speakers, etc.
- 'Ask google'
3. Allo: New 'smart' messaging app
- Reduces the effort of typing
- Understand the context & Suggest smart reply
- Even understands the photo
- Google assistant
- User can express emotion by adjusting the message's font size.
4. Duo: 1:1 Video Calling app
- Receiver can see the caller before picking up the phone
5. Android N Release (soon)
- Performance
- Vulkan: Direct GPU access
- Android Runtime: JIT(Just-in-time) compiler
- Faster app installation & less storage use
- Security
- File-based encryption
- Media Framework Hardening
- Seamless updates
- Productivity
- Multi-tasking
- Recent app screen: Clear all
- Quick switch: Double tap the recents button. It shows the previous app.
- Multi Window
- Multi screen
- Picture-in-picture (PIP)
- Notification
- Unicode-9 Emoji Standard
- Reply message on Notification window
6. Daydream: Virtual Reality in Android N
- Manufacturers are making daydream-ready devices.
- Requirements: VR Mode / Performance / Low latency / VR System UI
7. Android Wear 2.0
- Can operate as stand-alone (No smartphone)
- Watch face
- Messaging: New input methods: smart reply, handwriting, keyboard
- Fitness
8. Android Studio
- Speed: Faster Builds, Test recording, new Layout designer
- Smarts: APK analyzer, Layout inspector, Expanded Android code analysis, IntelliJ 2016.1
- Platform support: Enhanced Jack compiler & Java8 support, Enhanced C++ support (CMake, NDK)
9. Firebase: Mobile analytics tool
- (I don't know much about it)
10. Android Instant app: without installing the app, we can use the app.
- By downloading only 'necessary part' of the app.
- Will be supported from the Jelly Bean.
11. Machine Learning
- Alphago won SeDol Lee
- Machine arms learn how to grab objects by machine-learning.
- Computer visions, etc