The opening Keynote for Google I/O was one of the most important of the whole year. It determines the technological and technical direction of the company and its systems and software solutions. We have several numbers for you, and often funny ones, which were solved here.
Bard in 180 countries
Google has announced that it is canceling the waiting list for Bard and opening it up worldwide, which in numbers means 180 countries. It also adds two new languages, namely Japanese and Korean. Another 40 languages are to be added soon, including Czech. In connection with this, Google also offered 20 programming languages with which its artificial intelligence can work.
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12 billion visual searches per month
The company also said that Lens users make a whopping 12 billion visual content searches each month. The Google Lens platform itself will also soon be integrated with the Barda app.
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How many times has the AI designation been dropped?
Artificial intelligence was logically the talk of the conference, with each Keynote segment discussing the company's AI work. The only thing that may have been said as often as AI is "responsibility", as Google has been touting it in the area of artificial intelligence and generative AI in particular. Can you count the number of times Google CEO Sundar Pichai has said AI? And all the other speakers are not included in the video.
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RCS is used by 800 million people
An initiative by Google to expand the RCS service in the system Android it works because its SMS replacement is used by more than 800 million users. These are monthly active users, and Google claims that one billion people will be using RCS by the end of 2023. Of course, Google could not miss the opportunity to "encourage" the adoption of RCS i Apple, who stubbornly rejects it. They say you should buy it instead iPhone.
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100 billion spam blocked
Google says that thanks to the Call Screen feature and similar features in the system Android an incredible 100 billion spam messages and phone calls were blocked in the last year alone.
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50 Google apps for tablets
Thanks to the new push for tablets with the system Android and the debut of the Pixel Tablet, Google is finally focusing on improving its tablet apps. This includes confirmation that 50 of the company's applications have been updated to work better on large screens. Last year there were only 20 applications. Of course, tablet owners will also benefit from this Galaxy Tab.
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5x more watches with the system Wear OS
The Pixel certainly deserved it Watch, but even so, this number may be growing more slowly than many would like. Wear According to Google, there are now 3x the number of OS 5 devices in the world since its debut year. Last year it was 3 times as much. But it is logical, because Samsung in particular already has two generations of watches here with this system and is preparing a third for the summer.
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300 headphones, 3 billion devices and 3 apps
The company also confirmed a few stats regarding the features for different devices. In a system Android there are now more than 300 headphones compatible with the Fast Pair function. Nearby Share function in the system Android nearly 3 billion devices already support it, and more than 3 apps now support Google Cast.
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