Week 95 – QotW – Google IO

Beyond Devices Podcast

For the second week in a row, our Question of the Week episode focuses on a developer event, this time around Google's I/O conference. We focus mostly on the first day keynote, which covered a ton of ground in two hours, from a general pitch around Google's AI and machine learning capabilities to the Google Assistant and Home, Google Photos, YouTube, Android, and VR and AR. We discuss most of these things and the overall structure and focus and what it says about Google's strategy. The following three posts may also be of interest to you: • Jan's media comment on the Google I/O announcements: https://jackdawresearch.com/2017/05/17/google-io-announcements-reflect-reduced-role-of-android/ • Jan's Techpinions column on Google I/O: https://techpinions.com/googles-fading-focus-on-android/50103 • Several Tech Narratives pieces on the announcements: https://www.technarratives.com/2017/05/17/?-google-makes-assistant-and-home-announcements-at-io/ https://www.technarratives.com/2017/05/17/google-photos-hits-500m-maus-adds-sharing-and-ai-features-photo-books/ https://www.technarratives.com/2017/05/17/?-google-announces-standalone-vr-headsets-samsung-daydream-partnership/ https://www.technarratives.com/2017/05/17/google-launches-vertical-jobs-search-feature/ You can also find the podcast on iTunes (itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/beyon…ast/id1002197313), in the Overcast app (overcast.fm/itunes1002197313/be…odcast/id1002197313), or in your podcast app of choice. As ever, we welcome your feedback via Twitter (@jandawson / @aaronmiller), the website (podcast.beyonddevic.es), or email ([e-mail]).