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TODD KERPELMAN: Hello, I/O Live.
Todd Kerpelman here, and I am joined
by Leor Stern, who is product operations lead for Wear OS
by Google.
Hi, Leor.
LEOR STERN: Hi, Tom.
Hi, I/O.
TODD KERPELMAN: So I couldn't help
but notice there's quite a number of watches around.
What's going on?
LEOR STERN: Yeah, there are quite a few.
In fact, there are 29 watches here,
which represent a broad spectrum of the watches
available today running Wear OS.
You can see some of the kind of high-end, luxury-oriented
watches that we have here, like the Hublot, which
is a limited edition watch.
You can see a good sampling of fashion watches
from brands like Michael Kors and Fossil.
And on your right we have a bunch
of more fitness-oriented watches, which
have features like GPS and a heart rate monitor,
and are great to use when you go out for a run or a workout.
TODD KERPELMAN: All right.
Very cool.
And so, what is new with Wear OS this year?
LEOR STERN: So what we're looking at here,
behind us, are these four displays,
which represent the four product pillars of Wear OS, one
of which is the Assistant.
And we launched a new UI for the Assistant.
It's actually rolling out to watches now as we speak.
And then next to that is the productivity pillar,
which is focused on things like being
able to see when your next appointment is
at a glance or a bunch of new features for Google
Keep on Wear.
Next to that, we have the connectivity and communication
pillar.
We're doing a lot of work on notifications,
on making the watch a great way for you
to be in touch with the people and things that matter to you.
And then lastly, the fitness pillar,
where we're also doing a lot of work on Google Fit
and also focusing on third party apps,
like Strava, like Lifesum, that bring
a set of powerful features to Wear OS users.
TODD KERPELMAN: Excellent.
Getting fit is always good.
So I know you had mentioned that we
have some neat new features that take
advantage of the Assistant.
Can we see a demo of that?
LEOR STERN: Yeah, absolutely.
So we've got a couple of things at I/O this year
that are in developer preview.
We're previewing a new power saver mode for the watch
where, once you dip below a certain battery threshold,
will actually disable a bunch of the radios
and different features to extend the battery life of the watch
and make it easy for users to get back to turning everything
on with a long press.
The other preview that we have is Kotlin support for Wear OS.
And the big feature that we're demoing here in the booth
is the new Assistant UI for Wear,
for which we can segue to my colleague Kangwon for a demo.
TODD KERPELMAN: All right.
Let's go take a look right now.
Hey, Kangwon.
I hear there is a new Assistant on Wear OS.
Can you show me what it does?
KANGWON LEE: Of course.
Now it has all the actions available on the watch.
So let's see.
Do I need an umbrella tonight?
So it gives me the weather information.
What's added is I can continue this conversation using
suggestion tips or I ask more questions, such as,
what about tomorrow?
These are called suggestion tips that
are relevant to the context and gives me more information.
These are first-party actions, and I'm going to show you other
third-party actions because Google knows about the weather
but not everything--
Google cannot turn on the light on this one,
because this is not Google product.
Would you tell it to let there be light?
TODD KERPELMAN: All right, I'll do that.
Let there be light.
KANGWON LEE: There you go.
TODD KERPELMAN: Whoa.
That's amazing.
KANGWON LEE: Yeah.
Pretty cool.
TODD KERPELMAN: Yeah.
Any other third-party devices it can talk to?
KANGWON LEE: We actually have a robot vacuum right behind me,
so let me try to start cleaning this floor.
Start cleaning.
TODD KERPELMAN: Whoa.
Look at it go.
Go little robot vacuum, go.
KANGWON LEE: [INAUDIBLE]
TODD KERPELMAN: Get those chips.
Get them, get them, get them.
That is awesome.
And is there an action that will make my kids put
their dishes away after dinner?
KANGWON LEE: You can build your own.
That's the whole point.
You can have your own actions.
TODD KERPELMAN: All right.
That will be available next year.
Wow.
That was fun.
All right.
So I have one last question for you.
What time is it?
I'm just kidding.
My last question is, if I'm a developer
and I want to find out more about building something cool
on Wear OS, where would I go?
LEOR STERN: So now, developers can build actions
on Google for the Assistant and just keep the watch in mind
and make sure you test it on watches.
And, of course, everyone should come check us out
at wearos.google.com to learn about the platform
and everything it has to offer.
TODD KERPELMAN: All right.
So there you go.
Actions on Google and wearos.google.com.
And hey, did you like this video?
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Thanks, everybody.
We'll see you soon.
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