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SAMEER SAMAT: Hi, everyone.
It's great to be back at Google I/O. As you've heard today,
our bold and responsible approach to AI
can unlock people's creativity and potential.
But how can all this helpfulness reach
as many people as possible?
At Google, our computing platforms and hardware products
have been integral to that mission.
From the beginning of Android, we
believed that an open OS would enable a whole ecosystem
and bring smartphones to everyone.
And as we all add more devices to our lives, like tablets,
TVs, cars, and more, this openness
creates the freedom to choose the devices that
work best for you.
With more than 3 billion Android devices,
we've now seen the benefits of using AI to improve experiences
at scale.
For example, this past year, Android
used AI models to protect users from more than $100
billion suspected spam messages and calls.
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We can all agree that's pretty useful.
There are so many opportunities where
AI can just make things better.
Today, we'll talk about two big ways
Android is bringing that benefit of computing
to everyone, first, continuing to connect you
to the most complete ecosystem of devices
where everything works better together, and second,
using AI to make the things you love about Android even better,
starting with customization and expression.
Let's begin by talking about Android's ecosystem of devices,
starting with two of the most important--
tablets and watches.
Over the last two years, we've redesigned the experience
on large screens, including tablets and foldables.
We introduced a new system for multitasking
that makes it so much easier to take advantage
of all that extra screen real estate and seamlessly move
between apps.
We've made huge investments to optimize more than 50 Google
Apps, including Gmail, Photos, and Meet.
And we're working closely with partners, such as Minecraft,
Spotify, and Disney Plus, to build
beautiful experiences that feel intuitive on larger screens.
People are falling in love with Android tablets,
and there are more great devices to pick from than ever.
Stay tuned for our hardware announcements,
where you just might see some of the awesome new features
we're building for tablets in action.
It's really exciting to see the--
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It's really exciting to see the momentum in smartwatches,
as well.
Wear OS is now the fastest-growing watch platform
just two years after launching Wear OS 3 with Samsung.
A top ask from fans has been for more native messaging apps
on the watch.
I'm excited to share that WhatsApp
is bringing their first-ever watch app to Wear this summer.
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I'm really enjoying using WhatsApp on my wrist.
I can start a new conversation, reply to messages by voice,
and even take calls.
I can't wait for you to try it.
Our partnership on Wear OS with Samsung has been amazing.
And I'm excited about our new Android
collaboration on ImmersiveXR.
We'll share more later this year.
Now, we all know that to get the best experience,
all these devices need to work seamlessly together.
It's got to be simple.
That's why we built Fast Pair, which
lets you easily connect more than 300 headphones,
and why we have Nearby Share to easily move
files between your phone, tablet, or Windows in Chrome OS
computer, and Cast, to make streaming video
and audio to your devices ultra simple,
with support from over 3,000 apps.
It's great to have all your devices connected.
But if you're anything like me, it
can be hard to keep track of all this stuff.
Just ask my family.
I misplace my earbuds at least three times a day,
which is why we're launching a major update to our Find My
Device experience, to support a wide range of devices
in your life, including headphones, tablets, and more.
It's powered by a network of billions of Android devices
around the world.
So if you leave your earbuds at the gym,
other nearby Android devices can help you locate them.
And for other important things in your life,
like your bicycle or suitcase, Tile, Chipolo, and others
will have tracker tags that work with the
Find My Device network, as well.
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Now, we took some time to really get
this right because protecting your privacy and safety
is vital.
From the start, we designed the network
in a privacy-preserving way, where location information
is encrypted.
No one else can tell where your devices are located,
not even Google.
This is also why we're introducing unknown tracker
alerts.
Your phone will tell you if an unrecognized tracking
tag is moving with you and help you locate it.
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It's important these warnings work on your Android phone
but on other types of phones, as well.
That's why last week, we published a new industry
standard with Apple, outlining how unknown tracker alerts will
work across all smartphones.
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Both the new Find My Device experience and unknown tracker
alerts are coming later this summer.
Now, we've talked a lot about connecting devices,
but Android's also about connecting people.
After all, phones were created for us
to communicate with our friends and family.
When you're texting in a group chat,
you shouldn't have to worry about whether everyone is
using the same type of phone.
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Sending high-quality images and video,
getting typing notifications, and end-to-end encryption
should all just work.
That's why we've worked with our partners on upgrading old SMS
and MMS technology to a modern standard
called RCS that makes all of this possible.
And there are now over 800 million people with RCS--
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--on our way to over a billion by the end of the year.
We hope every mobile operating system--
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--gets the message and adopts RCS--
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--so we can all hang out in the group chat together,
no matter what device we're using.
Whether it's connecting with your loved ones
or connecting all of your devices,
Android's complete ecosystem makes it easy.
Another thing people love about Android
is the ability to customize their devices
and express themselves.
Here's Dave to tell you how we're
taking this to the next level with generative AI.
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DAVE BURKE: All right.
Thanks, Sameer.
And hello, everyone.
So here's the thing.
People want to express themselves
in the products they use every day,
from the clothes they wear to the car they drive
to their surroundings at home.
We believe the same should be true for your technology.
Your phone should feel like it was made just for you.
And that's why customization has always
been at the core of the Android experience.
This year, we're combining Android's guided customization
with Google's advances in generative AI
so your phone can feel even more personal.
So let me show you what this looks like.
To start, messages and conversations
can be so much more expressive, fun,
and playful with Magic Compose.
It's a new feature coming to Google Messages, powered
by generative AI, that helps you add
that extra spark of personality to your conversation.
So just type your message like you
normally would, and then choose how you want to sound.
Magic Compose will do the rest so your messages give
off more positivity, more rhymes, more professionalism,
or, if you want, in the style of a certain playwright.
To try or not to try this feature, that is the question.
Now, we also have new personalizations
coming to the OS layer.
At Google I/O two years ago, we introduced Material You.
It's a design system that combines user inspiration
with dynamic color science for a fully personalized experience.
We're continuing to expand on this in Android 14
with all-new customization options coming
to your lockscreen.
So now I can add my own personalized style
to the lockscreen clock so it looks just the way I want.
And what's more, with the new customizable lockscreen
shortcuts, I can instantly jump into my most
frequent activities.
Of course, what really makes your lock screen and home
screen yours is the wallpaper.
And it's the first thing that many of us
set when we get a new phone.
Now, emojis are such a fun and simple way
of expressing yourself, so we thought,
wouldn't it be cool to bring them to your wallpaper?
So with emoji wallpapers, you choose
your favorite combination of emoji,
pick the perfect pattern, and then find just the right color
to bring them all together.
So let's take a look.
And I'm not going to use the laptops.
I'm going to use a phone.
So let's see.
I'm going to go into the Wallpaper Picker.
And I'm going to tap on the new option for Emojis.
And I'm feeling in a kind of, I don't know,
zany mood with all you people looking at me.
So I'm going to pick this guy and this guy.
And, let's see, who else is in here?
This one looks pretty cool, the 8-bit one, and, obviously,
that one.
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And somebody said there was a duck on stage earlier.
So let's go find a duck.
Hello, duck.
Where's the duck?
Can anyone see a duck?
Where has the duck gone?
There's a duck.
All right, there he is.
Now, we got some ducks.
OK, cool.
And then, pattern-wise, we've got
a bunch of different patterns you can pick.
I'm going to pick Mosaic.
That's my favorite.
Then I'm gonna play with the zoom.
Let's see.
We'll get this just right.
OK, I got enough ducks in there.
OK, cool.
And then Colors-- let's see.
Ooh, that pops.
Let's go with a more muted one or, maybe, that one.
That one looks good.
That looks good.
I like that one.
All right, select that.
Set the wallpaper.
And then I go home.
Looks pretty cool, huh?
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And the little emojis, they react when you tap them,
which I find--
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I find this unusually satisfying.
And how much time I got?
OK, no.
OK, we'll move on.
Of course, many of us like to use a favorite photo
for our wallpaper.
And so with the new cinematic wallpaper feature,
you can create a stunning 3D image from any regular photo
and then use it as your wallpaper.
So let's take a look.
So this time, I'm going to go into my photos.
And I really like this photo of my daughter, so
let me select that.
And you'll notice there's a sparkle icon at the top.
So if I tap that, I get a new option for Cinematic Wallpaper.
So let me activate that and then wait for it.
Boom.
Now, under the hood, we're using an on-device convolutional
neural network to estimate depth and then
a generative adversarial network for inpainting
as the background moves.
The result is a beautiful, cinematic 3D photo.
So then let me set the wallpaper.
And then I've got to return home.
And check out the parallax effect as I tilt the device.
It literally jumps off the screen.
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So both cinematic wallpapers and emoji wallpapers
are coming first to Pixel devices next month.
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So let's say you don't have the perfect wallpaper photo handy,
or you just want to have fun and create something new.
With our new generative AI wallpapers,
you choose what inspires you, and then we
create a beautiful wallpaper to fit your vision.
So let's take a look.
So this time, I'm going to go and select
Create A Wallpaper With AI.
And I like classic arts.
Let me tap that.
Now, you'll notice at the bottom,
we use structured prompts to make it easier to create.
So, for example, I can pick--
what am I going to do--
City By The Bay in a Post-Impressionist style.
Cool.
And I tap Create Wallpaper.
Nice.
Now, behind the scenes, we're using
Google's text-to-image diffusion models to generate completely
new and original wallpapers.
And I can swipe through and see all the different options
that it's created.
And some of these look really cool, right?
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So let me pick this one.
I like this one.
So select that, set the wallpaper,
and then return home.
Cool.
So now, out of the billions of Android phones in the world,
no other phone will be quite like mine.
And thanks to Material You, you can see that the system's color
palette is automatically adapted to match
the wallpaper I created.
Generative AI wallpapers will be coming this fall.
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So from a thriving ecosystem of devices
to AI-powered expression, there is so much
going on right now in Android.