Google IO 2018 highlights

Google IO 2018 Highlights:

• Google assistant: 
• AI: speech conversation from AI to actual person and taking decisions, Booking for a haircut, room, ordering item in Starbucks. 

Demo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JvbHu_bVa_g&feature=share

• Android P: 
• Effective battery utilization based on usage pattern of the user by optimizing battery usage on apps that you might use, adaptive brightness. 
• Understands more about you and what are u going to do next. 
• Lets you decide how much time you can spend on your app (well there are apps already, now its part of Android P). 
• Turn your phone down and it goes to vibration.
• Maps: 
• Walking navigation. 
• Augmented reality in showing information on nearby places 
• VPS: Visual positioning system. 
• Better way to choose restaurants, maps can show customized preferred restaurant by showing your match score based on your interests. 
• Speech conversion from morse code for challenged people. 
• Lens
• Smart text selection: tap the item in your food menu via the phone camera and see what dish it is. 
• Style match: Find price and product details based on the picture which your phone camera is pointing to. 
• Point and view product details demo. 
• Gmail
• Smart compose: provide intelligent suggestions while you type your email.
• Photos:
• Photos to PDF
• Coloring old photos. 

Reference:

• Google IO - 2018 highlights: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rk3EVJ2IQzc