
14/05/2024
Google I/O 2024 happened and though it had a lot of interesting announcements.
It fail flat compared to what we have become accustomed to with events.
Sundar Pichai and others from Google’s leadership team announced all kinds of AI-powered goodies from the stage at Mountain View, CA.
All the big Gemini AI and Android 15 news was released, but it still didn’t have the excitement experienced from a Apple Event.
Why is that?
Apple does an amazing job in building anticipation and creating a experience like none other.
The question is how does Apple constantly capture our attention?
Here are some of the Key Announcements from the Google I/O:
Project Astra: Google just unveiled the AI assistant of the future with Project Astra, which uses video you capture with a phone and voice recognition to deliver contextual responses to your questions.
Google Workspace: Gemini is being rolled out to even more popular Google services, like Gmail, which can summarize emails that are part of a longer email chains. There’s also a smart reply feature that will allow Gemini to deliver more contextualized replies after analyzing your email conversations.
More AI in Android: While Google didn’t directly show off or mention features specifically about Android 15, the company did share how more AI features are coming to Android.
Google Search: Searching with Google is getting a tremendous boost with new Gemini features such as faster answers with AI Overview, creating a travel itinerary, and the ability to use video to solve problems.
Google Veo: Using generative AI, Google Veo can create realistic, detailed 1080p videos based on your request. Meanwhile, Imagen 3 can generate images based on text prompts.