Today is one of the most important days on the tech calendar as Google kicked off its I/O developer event with its annual keynote. As ever, the company had many updates for a wide range of products to talk about.
The bulk of the Android news was revealed last week, during a special edition of The Android Show. However, Tuesday’s keynote still included a ton of stuff including, of course, a pile of AI-related news. We covered the event in real-time in our live blog, which includes expert commentary (and even some jokes!) from our team.
If you’re on the hunt for a breakdown of everything Google announced at the I/O keynote, though, look no further. Here are all the juicy details worth knowing about:
Beam is the new name of Google’s 3D video conferencing booths
It’s been a few years since we first heard about Project Starline, a 3D video conferencing project. We tried this tech out at I/O 2023 and found it to be an enjoyable experience.
Now, Google is starting to sell this tech, but only to enterprise customers (i.e. big companies) for now. It’s got a new name for all of this too: Google Beam. And it’s probably not going to be cheap. HP will reveal more details in a few weeks.
AI updates
Google Meet is getting a real-time translation option, which should come in very useful for some folks. A demo showed Meet being able to match the speaker’s tone and cadence while translating from Spanish.
Subscribers will be able to try out real-time translations between Spanish and English in beta starting this week. This feature will soon be available for other languages.
Gemini Live, a tool Google brought to Pixel phones last month, is coming to all compatible Android and iOS devices in the Gemini app (which already has more than 400 million monthly active users). This allows you to ask Gemini questions about screenshots as well as live video that your phone’s camera is capturing. Google is rolling out Gemini Live to the Gemini iOS and Android app starting today.
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