10 highlights from I/O 2022
Photograph of Sundar Pichai onstage. The ‘I/O’ logo is on a screen behind him.
1.Straight from Sundar
In his keynote address, CEO Sundar Pichai shared how we’re continuing to advance Google’s mission: By turning information into knowledge, and advancing computing to make that knowledge accessible to the world, no matter where you are.
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Image of Maps immersive view looking at a detailed view of London.
2.Mega Maps
Immersive view in Google Maps helps you experience a place like you’re really there, on nearly any device. Plus, the magic of Live View is now available to developers with the new ARCore Geospatial API.
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Illustration of the Nest Hub Max with abstract visuals of Look and Talk.
3.One look says it all
A new opt-in feature called Look and Talk is coming to Nest Hub Max. Just look at your Nest device and start talking — that glance is all you need to activate Assistant’s help.
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Mosaic of photographs of people of varying skin tones.
4.Scale up
The Monk Skin Tone Scale is designed to be more inclusive of the spectrum of skin tones. It will be used to make various Google products better — and we’re making it available for anyone to use.
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An image of the coral Pixel Buds Pro.
5.Pixel power
The Pixel Buds Pro and Pixel 6a are nearly here! And we gave a sneak peek of more Google hardware coming soon…
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Three photos; one of a woman using a phone, a man holding vegetables, and a car driving. In the center is a Google Search bar with a microphone icon and a camera icon.
6.Search your way
We’re making it possible to search any way, anywhere, in the way that’s most natural to you — through text, voice, images, or even multiple modes at once.
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Abstract security images. A blue shield is in the center, with a person icon in the middle of it.
7.Safety first
With the new Account Safety Status, you’ll be alerted with a simple yellow icon across your apps when you need to take action to secure your Google Account.
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Mosaic of various Android-enabled devices. The Android icon is in the center.
8.All in on Android
A public beta of end-to-end encryption for group messages. An improved tablet experience — and new apps. Google Wallet. Fast Pair support. The Android update list goes on and on and on…
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A screenshot of portrait light being used in a Google Meet call.
9.Meet cute
Two new features, portrait restore and portrait light, will make sure your video calls look good regardless of your camera quality, WiFi connection, or your background lighting (basement office, anyone?).
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Illustration of a globe with various chat bubbles feating different languages around it.
10.Speaking my language
Google Translate is getting 24 new languages, including the Indigenous languages of the Americas, Quechua, Guarani and Aymara. This update means Google Translate now supports 133 languages.
But wait, there’s more!
Ten I/O highlights aren’t enough? In that case, here are 100. We collected 100 wow-worthy announcements from yesterday’s show. Whether you’re looking for hardware news, what’s up with Workspace tools or the latest with Maps, we guarantee it’s on the list.
