Read a file, open an app, have a business meeting, listen to music from multiple devices - smartphones, watches, PCs, tablets, smart speakers and headsets - seamlessly throughout the day.
This is Google's long-term vision for users, coupled with a strengthening of artificial intelligence and security and with an eye on the war in Ukraine.
Taking stock of the news is the annual Developer Conference which opened in San Francisco, online and with a small number of attendees, marking a small return to post-Covid normality.
A parenthesis of the event was dedicated to current affairs and the war in Ukraine, in which Google made a contribution as well as other technology companies.
CEO Sundar Pichai explained that the anti-aircraft alert activated in March for Android users, in agreement with the Kiev government, sent "hundreds of millions of notifications to help people get to safety", while from the next YouTube videos with Ukrainian content will have automatic subtitles "to increase access to accurate war information".
On the subject of cybersecurity, Google has instead announced that it has protected "the websites of over 200 Ukrainian organizations and newspapers" with Project Shield, its shield against Ddos attacks, those that make a site go haywire.
The event then focused on the news of the Android 13 operating system expected in a few months.
"More than a billion new Android phones have been activated in the last year," explained Big G. With the update comes a new standard for text messaging called Rich Communication Services that enables end-to-end encryption protection. end.
Then comes Google Wallet, a payment app that will store credit cards, tickets for events, boarding passes.
Another novelty, for now only American, concerns the virtual credit cards that will complete the payment details with virtual numbers thus reducing the risk of fraud and identity theft.
During the event, the company illustrated other security initiatives, such as the phishing protection of the
Google Workspace work environment;
Protected Computing which transforms and anonymizes data and explained that it will launch 'My Ad center' to control ad privacy settings.
One of the issues on which the American giant has been beating for some time is Artificial Intelligence (AI).
In the future he will apply the "understanding of the scene" to Research, that is, the ability to collect information on several objects together.
And here comes the Monk Scale inclusivity app that fine-tunes results based on skin tone.
The AI is then giving life to the next generation of Google Maps to have a more immersive visualization and also with environmental insights.
And again thanks to this technology, the Translator adds 24 new languages, bringing the total number to 133.
On the product front, at the Developer Conference Google launched Pixel 6a and Pixel Buds Pro, which also arrive in Italy at the end of July.
The first is a mid-range smartphone with a Tensor processor, the second are wireless earphones with active noise cancellation that fit in the ear.
But the company's portfolio will also include the Google Pixel Watch, Pixel 7 and Pixel 7 Pro, and a Pixel tablet.