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What’s new in Wear OS - I/O '24
- Wear OS has grown its user base by 40% in 2023 and now has users in over 160 countries, thanks to several new watch launches, including from Pixel, Samsung and other brands.
- Google has released the Developer Preview of Wear OS 5, with a strong emphasis on enhancing battery life according to a new guide released by the tech giant.
- Users can now experience longer workouts as Wear OS 5 consumes 20% less power than Wear OS 4 when running a marathon helpful for people tracking their performance.
- Jetpack Watch Face APIs will limit some data sources for complications as well as apply publishing limitations to new watch faces built with AndroidX or the Wearable Support Library.
- Adoption of Compose on Wear OS has increased by 200%, with Google recommending it for building user interfaces for Wear OS apps. Recent updates include SwipeToReveal and expandable item, with better WearPreview supporting annotations.
- Jetpack Tiles library 1.4 introduces preview support for Android Studio to iterate on Tile development more easily. ProtoLayout's stable 1.1 version introduces a number of changes, with the upcoming 1.2 version to be an even more responsive layout tool.
- Google has released new guidelines on building responsive UIs for different watch display sizes with updates to existing libraries for adaptive layouts and components.
- A new sensor panel in Android Studio Koala Feature Drop (Canary) makes it easier to test Health Services in Wear OS apps enabling developers to configure device capabilities and stimulate auto-pause and resume of exercises.
- To make developing easier, we’ve updated the ComposeStarter sample on GitHub to include examples of using previews and screenshot testing.
- Developers are recommended to learn about designing and developing on Wear OS, take the Codelab and start building using the latest Wear OS 5 emulator and Wear OS samples on GitHub.
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Scaling Across Screens with Jetpack Compose @ Google I/O ‘24
- At Google I/O 2024, new updates were announced for Jetpack Compose, allowing for building across form factors, including adaptive layouts, Compose TV and Wear OS.
- The Compose APIs are now in beta and provide layouts and components that can adapt when switching between small and large window sizes.
- Three new scaffolds provide navigation UI that adapts to the different window sizes that users can place apps on different devices.
- ListDetailPaneScaffold & SupportingPaneScaffold helps developers build apps that easily switch between one and two pane layouts.
- The latest updates to Compose for TV in beta include better performance, input support, improved components, a new project wizard and settings screens.
- Jetpack Glance 1.1.0 is now available in RC, bringing a new unit test library, Error UIs, and new components.
- Jetpack Compose allows developers to build for the watch form factor, with top apps such as WhatsApp, Gmail and Google Calendar built entirely using Compose for Wear OS.
- With Jetpack Compose, Soundcloud supported more screens using 45% less code.
- Developers can learn more about the latest updates for Compose and building for Android Wear OS, tablets, foldables and TVs via the dedicated blogs, technical sessions, codelabs and integration guides.
- Jetpack Glance has new Canonical Widget Layouts on GitHub built on top of the Glance components, while a new range of WearPreview supporting annotations enhances your app usage and user interface.
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Android 15 beta 2 launches with exciting new features beyond Gemini AI
- Google delivered its big I/O 2024 keynote with focus on Gemini AI, but surprisingly, there were no Android 15 demos during the show.
- Android 15 beta 2 is now available on Pixel devices and other Android phones and tablets, along with exciting new features.
- Google is shifting its attention to artificial intelligence, but Android still plays a significant role in accessing Gemini AI.
- Android 15 beta 2 launch coincided with the announcement of new features for the mobile operating system.
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AR Content is Coming to Google Maps, But It Won’t Matter Until There’s a Headset to See it Through
- Google is starting a pilot program to allow select partners to create and display AR content in Google Maps.
- The AR content will be connected to physical landmarks and can be viewed through Lens and Street View.
- While this is a step towards 'all-day AR glasses' future, it is uncertain where Google's XR strategy is headed.
- AR applications on mobile devices are not immersive enough or additive to engage users for extended periods.
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Seamless SAP Migration to Google Cloud: Accelerating Solenis's Digital Transformation Journey
- Specialty chemical manufacturer, Solenis, migrated its on-premise SAP workloads to SAP on Google Cloud to help improve its agility, scalability, and cost-efficiency in order to tackle a complex and unwieldy IT environment.
- Google Cloud Consulting worked with Solenis for less than five months to migrate SAP workloads, including Adobe Document Service and GRC, amongst other applications to ensure that Solenis was able to minimise downtime during the migration.
- During the migration, the Solenis team faced a number of performance and technical issues working to migrate workloads to Google Cloud from its SAP ERP Central Component (ECC) and SAP Global Trade Services applications. However, with guidance from Google Cloud Consulting, the team was able to resolve potential issues
- With real-time access to data from SAP HANA, businesses can make faster and informed decisions, deliver a more personalised and responsive customer experience, and provide a platform for innovation.
- Google Cloud’s capabilities and features allowed Solenis to reduce complexity and lower operational costs whilst allowing for ongoing maintenance work without business interruptions.
- Solenis was able to ensure uninterrupted service for their customers, avoiding the negative impacts of downtime, and to improve its security posture and achieve compliance with a number of industry regulations, such as ISO 27001, because of the security features of Google Cloud.
- Since moving SAP to Google Cloud, Solenis experienced a 10x increase in response and transition times leading to improved efficiency and productivity with an overall performance improved by 35%.
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Google is named a Visionary in its first 2024 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for SIEM
- Google has been named a Visionary in the 2024 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Security Information and Event Management (SIEM).
- Google's powerful search capabilities drive threat hunting and rapid investigation.
- Google Security Operations provides a unified platform for SIEM and SOAR functionality.
- Google Security Operations offers AI-powered and intelligence-driven security operations platform.
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Announcing general availability of Ray on Vertex AI
- Developers and engineers face several major challenges when scaling AI/ML workloads.
- To address these challenges, Ray provides a comprehensive and easy-to-use Python distributed framework.
- Today, we are thrilled to announce our seamless integration of Ray, a powerful distributed Python framework, with Google Cloud's Vertex AI is generally available.
- With Ray, you configure a scalable cluster of computational resources and utilize a collection of domain-specific libraries to efficiently distribute common AI/ML tasks like training, serving, and tuning.
- Ray on Vertex AI empowers AI developers to effortlessly scale their AI workloads on Vertex AI's versatile infrastructure, which unlocks the full potential of machine learning, data processing, and distributed computing.
- Integrating Ray’s ergonomic API with Vertex AI SDK for Python, AI developers can now seamlessly transition from interactive prototyping on their local development environment or in Vertex AI Colab Enterprise to production deployment on Vertex AI's managed infrastructure with minimal code changes.
- Using Ray on Vertex AI for developing AI/ML applications offers benefits, including leveraging Vertex AI TensorBoard for validating your tuning jobs and using Cloud Storage to conveniently store model checkpoints, metrics and more.
- HEB, one of the largest grocery chains in the US, uses Ray on Vertex AI to achieve speed, reliability, and cost savings.
- The eDreams ODIGEO Data Science team are currently using Ray on Vertex AI to train their ranking models to enable the best travel experiences for consumers across the globe.
- Ray on Vertex AI will empower you to build innovative and scalable applications.
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Accelerate SAP S/4HANA deployments with ‘Guided Deployment Automation for SAP’
- Google Cloud has introduced Guided Deployment Automation for SAP on its cloud-based Workload Manager to simplify and automate the deployment process of SAP workload on Google Cloud.
- Guided Deployment Automation for SAP permits customers to specify the workload they are trying to deploy, before incorporating guided guidance, best practices and deployment automation into the console.
- This service provides customers who choose to deploy SAP S/4HANA on Google Cloud with several benefits such as efficiency, reliability and flexibility.
- The solution is designed to simplify the optionally very lengthy and error-prone deployment process by automating key steps and enabling infrastructure provisioning.
- Customers can deploy in “one click” directly from the console or generate an equivalent Terraform and Ansible to include in existing pipelines or customise further.
- Google does not charge for the deployment service, but customers pay for the services consumed during the deployment.
- Guided Deployment Automation for SAP aligns with best practices and the latest guidance from both Google and SAP and incorporates built-in checks and safeguards.
- The solution is accessible via Workload Manager and requires users to select which supported SAP products and versions they want to deploy.
- Google Cloud’s Workload Manager for Guided Deployment Automation for SAP will also generate infrastructure as code (Terraform, Ansible) based on users’ selections.
- This automation also performs operating system configuration and installation of required agents while incorporating a temporary VM instance to help with orchestration and execution.
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Automatically disabling leaked service account keys: What you need to know
- Google Cloud's Identity and Access Management (IAM) has released stronger security defaults that improve baseline security and control of cloud environments.
- Google offers alternatives for organisations such as external authentication to access its APIs and resources.
- To minimise risks of service account keys being leaked elsewhere, Google is enhancing its detection service that regularly scans public repositories for leaked keys and notifies affected customers.
- Starting June 16, 2024, exposed service account keys that have been detected in services including public repos will be automatically disabled by default for new and existing customers.
- Disabling leaked service account keys is an organisational policy update, made possible by close partnership with secret-scanning programs at public repositories such as GitHub and GitLab.
- Despite the risks, service account keys remain widely used in production environments, but Google is giving its customers the option of opting in to the enhanced service earlier.
- After June 16, disabling leaked key protection will be turned on by default for existing customers who didn’t make a selection, to help safeguard their cloud environments.
- To automatically disable exposed service account keys, follow three simple steps: go to the organisation policies page, set the policy source to override parent's policy and add a custom allow rule.
- It's important that your organisation adopts security best practices such as avoiding embedding keys in code to minimise exposure risks, performing frequent key rotations, and enforcing strong IAM policies based on the principle of least privilege.
- Google is committed to protecting your Google Cloud environment and offers additional layers of security to safeguard your cloud environment from security threats.
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Google I/O 2024: Revolutionizing Artificial Intelligence with Project Astra and Vo
- Google I/O 2024 showcased groundbreaking announcements revolutionizing the interaction with technology.
- Gemini models empower developers to debug code, gain insights, and build AI applications.
- Project Astra leverages the potent Gemini model for faster information processing and integration of video and audio inputs.
- The introduction of Vo, Google DeepMind's advanced generative video model, enables the creation of high-quality videos from text, image, and video prompts.
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Google Play gets new features for improving app quality, adoption, and purchase experience
- Google Play introduces new features to improve app quality, trust and user acquisition.
- SDK Console is now available for all SDKs, providing usage statistics and tools for fixing quality issues.
- Play Integrity API offers app access risk check, Play Protect status, and detection of high volume requests.
- Developers can create custom store listings based on keywords, target specific devices, and manage deep links more easily.
- Engage SDK introduces a new surface to personalize app content and attract new users.
- Google Play Commerce adds new payment options, optimized pricing, and improved purchasing experiences.
- Increased payment options, support for Pix in Brazil and UPI in India.
- Automatic price recommendations, higher pricing limit, and badges for purchasing decisions.
- Developers can offer payment plans for long-term subscriptions and test purchase experience with Play Billing Lab app.
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Google I/O Explained: Nutshell
- A.I. in Searches: Integration of artificial intelligence technologies into the core functionalities of the search engine.
- VEO A.I. Generator: Users provide raw data or input parameters, the AI processes it using advanced algorithms and generates the desired output.
- Project Astra: Personal A.I. agent that can see and hear, performing tasks for users.
- Gemeni 1.5 Pro: Google made quality improvements across key use cases, enhancing translation, coding, and reasoning capabilities.
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The 4 biggest things Google didn’t announce at Google I/O 2024
- Google I/O 2024 keynote had no hardware announcements, but there was a possible tease of something in the future.
- The Google Pixel 9 was not shown at Google I/O 2024, but it is expected to release in the fall. We might see significant design and features updates, including three models with a triple camera setup, 120Hz refresh rate display, and Google Tensor G4 chip.
- The Google Pixel Watch 3 is expected to release the same time as the Pixel 9 series. We might see the circular case with 41mm and 45mm sizes, an ultra-wideband chip for location tracking and short-range communication.
- We did not see the Pixel Fold 2 announcement this year, though there could be design updates, a Tensor G4 chip integration, and 16GB RAM.
- The Google Glass could make a comeback since AI in glasses was shown during Google I/O 2024 demo. It is unclear whether Ray-Ban Meta glasses or a new version of Google Glass are in the pipeline.
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Google I/O 2024: Project Astra, Gemini Nano Protecting Users From Scam And More
- Google's latest AI initiative, Project Astra, aims to create a real-time, multimodal AI assistant for users.
- Gemini, a set of AI advancements from Google, includes Gemini 1.5 Flash, Veo, and Gemini Nano.
- Gemini Nano features local processing on Android devices to protect users from scam calls.
- Google's AI advancements focus on improving user experiences and changing how users interact with digital assistants.
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Google I/O: Google Gemini, Project Astra Etc
- Google I/O, the annual developer conference, focused heavily on artificial intelligence (AI).
- Google Gemini, the AI model, now has a faster Flash version to compete with OpenAI's GPT-4o.
- Google introduced AI Overviews in Search, Ask Photos assistant, and Gmail email summarization using Gemini.
- Google also announced Project Astra, an AI agent prototype, and Google Veo, a generative AI for creating high-quality videos.
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