LetsNurture Becomes A Proud Host of GOOGLE I/O 2014 Extended Event

Google is a bundle of surprises and we are the receivers of such tech-rich goodies! Google’s platform innovations are always anticipated among the android app developers and hence the Google Developers Group in Ahmedabad was pretty excited to watch the live screening of GOOGLE I/O 2014 Extended Event. Needless to say, when the events are held at LetsNurture, the excitement doubles up!

A Warm Welcoming

The event was organized on 25th June 2014 at 7:15 pm and several developers became a part of it. The registration of the event started at the LetsNurture office around 7:15 pm. As soon as the registration was done, a welcoming speech was given by Paresh, the head and organizer of GDG Ahmedabad and Utpal, the Project Manager at LetsNurture. Paresh gave a brief speech on the expectations from the event and Utpal acquainted the developers with LetsNurture and it’s commitment to nurture ideas and technologies.

Presentations on BLE/Beacons & Chromecast

Before the live streaming of the event commenced, the senior developers of LetsNurture; Priyank, Dhananjay and Pratik gave some incredible inputs through their presentations.

Priyank and Dhananjay gave a live presentation on Beacons and Beacon app development along with how its implication is influencing thousands of tasks. Pratik’s powerful presentation on ChromeCast followed next. His views on how ChromeCast can be the future of TV was quite intuitive.

Scrumptious Pizza Treat

It is quite a known fact that the people of Ahmedabad are food freaks. And when Pizza is added to tempt their tastebuds, there can’t be a better way to party! Everyone at the event gave in to their temptations by having delicious Pizza. Various news and views were discussed among the who’s who of the IT industry. Quite obviously, Google’s I/O Keynote live streaming was the talk of the party. After the small treat, the live streaming of event began at around 9pm.

Android, Android Everywhere!

Android technology is omnipotent and everyone is aware about it. In the beginning of the event, Mr Sundar Pichai, the senior vice president of Google opined that Android has around 1 billion active users. The event initiated with the launch of ‘Android One’ program. This program is aimed at unifying the android experience for the smartphone developers and users.

“Android L” Version Launched

Android’s L version was launched which featured a new cross platform UI known as Material Design. This version has offered precise tools to the developers so that they can make customized typography, colour as well as grid changes. It will also enable the designers to make smooth animations through 60 fps by using Polymer, which is a prototyping tool.

Wear, drive and watch Android

Google made a presentation of its Android Wear SDK to flaunt some functionalities of Android wearables. The touchscreen user interface will enable the users to swipe across Google Now cards as well as other supported applications from their paired smartphone, and give the “Ok Google” prompt for creating reminders, making notes, setting alarms, making calls and more. As soon as the user will install app from the play-store of one’s smartphone, a wearable counterpart will be installed on their smart watches and the features will get synced.

Voice Enabled Technology for Drivers

The Android Auto technology, which is a voice-enabled technology was also announced. It can be utilized by the users to connect the devices while driving.

So when one connects the driver’s smartphone with Android Auto car, it will offer shortcut to different locations and will give suggestions for seamless navigation. This technology will be released at the end of this year.

Entertainment is now sure to get a twist through Android TV which will enable the viewers to watch live TV and YouTube clips. What’s more is people will be able to use remote control as well as smart watch for controlling the TV.

To enhance the gaming experience of the users, Google has made it possible to get the Playstore on Android TV!

ChromeCast Control

Gone are the days when you had to be on the same Wi-Fi network for casting content to ChromeCast! One can now search the nearest devices by connecting on cloud. In case ChromeCast does not identify your device, it will ask for your pin.

Apps: Now Compatible with Chromebook:

Android technology has now become robust enough to send notifications to the Chrome book for giving a perfect user experience. It will be compatible with Chromebook including Evernote, Vine and Flipboard.

Google also announced that in order to optimize app crafting and testing, it has acquired Appurify which is a mobile test automation service. With such fascinating announcements from Google, the event couldn’t get better! Here’s ending with a small note of gratitude to everyone for being present at the Google I/O 2014 Extended event hosted by LetsNurture.

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