On Wednesday, May 11, the annual developer conference Google I/O took place, where the American technology giant presented many innovations. With the exception of the software ones, these were, for example, telephones Pixel 7 and 7 Pro, smart watch pixel Watch or tool for removing personal data from search results, or a number of changes in the store Google Play. In addition, he boasted some interesting numbers.
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24 new languages
Google Translate has learned 24 new languages and in total it now knows more than 130. The new languages include, for example, Maldivian, Guarani, Bambara, Kurdish (Sorani dialect), Ngali, Tigray, Ewe, Oromo, Dogri, Konkan or Sanskrit. They are mostly (minority) languages used in Africa or India.
2 billion search queries related to coronavirus vaccines
Google CEO Sundar Pichai revealed at the conference that "his" search engine has already recorded over 2 billion queries related to vaccines against the disease COVID-19. Just for fun: to date, nearly 11,7 billion relevant vaccine doses have been administered worldwide.
500 million users of News
New RCS (Rich Communication Services) messaging standard to replace traditional 'SMS' is the world's next 'big thing' Androidu. In the Messages application alone, RCS now has over half a billion monthly active users. And those users will also get end-to-end encryption in group chats later this year.
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3x more active devices with Wear OS
Thanks to the debut of the operating system Wear OS 3 and especially the partnership with Samsung are now three times as many devices active with Wear OS than a year ago. Wear The OS first appeared in watches Galaxy Watch4 and unsurprisingly, it also powers the Pixel watch Watch.
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3 billion active androiddevices
There are now 3 billion active devices worldwide Androidem. Google highlighted that over a billion have been added in the last year alone. For comparison: the number of active iOS equipment reached 1,8 billion at the beginning of the year.
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270 million active devices with a large display
Google said that devices with large displays such as androidtablets, are gaining popularity. There are currently nearly 270 million of these devices active globally.
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20 optimized apps for tablets
Google also announced that it has optimized 20 of its apps for tablets. These include YouTube Music, Google Maps or News. In this context, let us remind you that the Google Play store is changing its design for tablets.
6 new hardware products
Google presented a total of 6 new hardware products at its conference this year. In addition to the aforementioned Pixel 7 and 7 Pro phones and the Pixel watch Watch it was a mid-range smartphone Pixel 6a, Tablet pixel and Pixel Buds Pro headphones.
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