The first day of Google I / O 2021 rich in promise, generous in concrete announcements.

It was expected this Google I / O 2021, after the cancellation of the previous edition. In a mixed, face-to-face format, the first day of the Mountain View developer conference kept its promises. On the one hand, short-term announcements, such as Android 12, the more extensive interconnection of Workspace, the improvement of Wear OS. On the other, projects for the future such as Starline which aims to revolutionize conferences, LaMDA, a new conversational AI model, or the plan to commercialize a quantum computer by 2029.

What needs to happen quickly.

Android 12, the queen announcement.

This is probably the main announcement of this 2021 edition of Google I / O, the revival of Android for its 3 billion devices equipped. Google has been up to the task with profound changes in the design of Android 12. The new system, Material YOU, opts for color, customization, enlarging the icons, and making its animations more fluid. A design that aims to be more dynamic, accessible, and fun for users.

Notable additions to this new version of Android, several welcome elements to allow the user to control their privacy. A dashboard to manage the permissions of the applications, check which ones have had access to the microphone, camera, location. It is on these last three elements that Android 12 puts the package with more transparency on their use by the applications and the possibility of cutting them. Note as a bonus, remote control for some 80 million devices equipped with Android TV, a smartphone capable of serving as a key for a car.

Google and Samsung join forces to improve Wear OS.

This is an update that will make a date and consolidate the friendship between Google and Samsung. The American and Korean companies have announced the unification of Wear OS and Tizen, their respective smartwatch operating systems. The update is presented as more efficient, more fluid, energy-efficient, with easier access to shortcuts. Bonus, it will soon be possible to listen to your Spotify or YouTube Music tracks offline. Enough to overshadow Apple?

Google Workspace, integrated work.

Google has long wanted to make users of its G Suite platform more efficient. Now that it has become Google Workspace, it keeps its watchword, the interconnection between its services. “Smart Canvas” is the perfect illustration of these efforts. An example: it will be possible to join a Meet meeting integrated into a Google Docs shared between all the participants. Google Docs has been particularly pampered, with a series of new features expected.

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