We all are familiar with the tofu (small blank rectangular boxes) that appears when your device fails to load the font. It is the biggest problem for the designers to develop the font/typography that loads perfectly on every device and language. Google has the answer now. Google has recently introduced new open source font family that works perfectly fine on each device for more than 800 languages....
As everyone was expecting, Google has announced its new smartphone devices Pixel and Pixel XL in the recent hardware event. Pixel and Pixel XL smartphones were the biggest kept secret in past few weeks. Google has demonstrated the capabilities of these smart devices. The company has also introduced some other hardware devices like Google Home, Daydream View VR, Chromecast Ultra and Google WiFi etc. in the event. Let’s have a look over some of the biggest announcements from Google....
Google has first introduced Android N earlier this year. Since Android 1.5, Google follows a unique tradition of naming the latest mobile operating system after a sweet food. It was the first time when Google has asked public to suggest the name for the Android system. Google has asked people to vote for their favorite name for Android N in company’s I/O 2016 developer conference. Millions of users have voted for their favorite name. ‘Nutella’ was among the most favorite among the online community. But, Google has decided to name the latest version of the Android Mobile Operating System ‘Nougat’....
Google has recently announced new Android feature called ‘Nearby’. It is an advanced feature that suggests the apps or website you might be looking for based on your location. Imagine that you are in the Disney World, and you receive a notification of the apps or website related to that location. Or you are visiting a historic museum and you receive an audio tour about the place. Isn’t it great? Well, all these and many more things like this are now possible with the Google’s latest feature ‘Nearby’. It works like a virtual assistance in your device. It fetches your location, sees the world around you and offers you the options to get better real world experience....
Mobile friendliness and user experience is the most important aspect determining the website performance on the web. Google has recently launched a new tool that lets you test your website performance across the mobile and desktop device. According to Google, nine out of ten users leave your mobile site if they don’t find what they are looking for right away. If you have a business website that isn’t mobile optimized, imagine how big opportunity you are missing out. Google has introduced this new tool to help webmasters dealing with the website mobile friendliness and speed issues....
Google was expected to announce what the company is up to do in coming year in I/O 2016. They have not disappointed the community. Google has showcased lots of upcoming software and hardware products. From Google Assistance to Daydream and Google VR headset, Google has shared their future plans with the community. Have you missed the live event? Don’t worry. Here we have covered every important announcement from Google I/O 2016....
