7 Google products with 1 billion users, AMP, The Physical Web, VR Symposium
I’ve taken a little hiatus from writing here, so here goes with the first post of the year! From Gmail reaching 1 billion users to the web, VR and Android Studio.
Gmail now has 1 billion users
One billion is a lot of people. Gmail has now become the 7th Google product to reach one billion users.
The Physical Web & Chrome for Android
The Physical Web helps users to discover URLs relevant to where they currently physically are, through beacons, and from Chrome 49 it will show Physical Web content.
Learn more about AMP — Accelerated Mobile Pages
The idea with AMP (Accelerated Mobile Pages) — an open source initiative — is to make mobile pages a lot faster and also to make it a lot easier for publishers to get their content out.
Smashing Magazine also published the great article Everything You Need To Know About AMP, Google’s Accelerated Mobile Pages.
YouTube VR Symposium in London
I spent Friday last week in London at the YouTube VR Symposium, for filmmakers and creators to give them a glimpse into what’s doable, things to think about with creating VR content and 360 degree movies. Exciting times!
Chrome for iOS drastically improved
The latest version of Chrome on iOS is a lot faster and more stable, with way less crashes and a lot faster JavaScript execution.
Google Translate now covers 103 languages and 99% of the online population
By its impressive work during the last ten years, Google Translate now covers 103 languages and 99% of the online population
Dark theme for Chrome DevTools
We’ve had a lot of requests from developers about adding a dark theme to the Chrome Dev Tools, and now we have a version for you to test!
Project Loon heads into carrier testing
Project Loon, intended to bring Internet to remote parts of the world, is about to go into carrier testing this year. A lot of work has gone into ballon design and testing, and this is the next step.
More news
- Google brings 40 US national parks to Street View
- Spatial audio for the Cardboard SDK — for creating fully immersive audio experiences
- Android Studio 2.0 Beta
Originally published at robertnyman.com on February 18, 2016.
