IO2024 - Droid Life

Android 14 for TV Means Better Performance, Multitasking

Tim May 15, 2024 14

Google has announced Android 14 for Android TV OS, bringing with it a variety of improvements and changes. Detailed during Google I/O, we're getting the general "performance improvements," but beyond snappier navigation, there's actually a few new things are...

Many More Android Apps are Coming to Your Car

Tim May 15, 2024 3

If you're someone driving around a car equipped with Android Automative, you'll soon be sitting back and relaxing in that driver's seat (while parked, of course), enjoying a ton of new apps. Thanks to behind the scenes work done by Google, developers will soon...

Google to Deploy New Theft Protection Features for Android

Tim May 15, 2024 2

At Google I/O this week, the company announced a plethora of new theft protection features, ranging from features that will hopefully prevent and deter theft from taking place, to changes designed to make a thief's newly stolen property more difficult to wipe...

Wear OS 5 Brings Significant Battery Improvements, Developer Preview Later This Year

Tim May 15, 2024 4

Google announced this morning that Wear OS saw massive growth in 2023, with the platform's user base boosting by 40%, with said users populating over 160 countries across the globe. Point being, there are many people using Wear OS right now and it looks like...

Google Play Gets Cross-Device Listing Enhancements

Tim May 14, 2024 1

For users who want to use an app on multiple devices, such as on an Android phone and Android tablet, it's hard to know how an app will look and behave on any given screen size. Thanks to enhancements inside of Google Play, you'll soon be able to better tell...

Google Injects Gemini AI Right Into Google Search

Tim May 14, 2024 3

Google is bringing Gemini to Google Search, meaning your search results are about to get a massive dose of artificial intelligence. The first feature of this rollout is AI Overviews, which has been in Labs for a while. It's now rolling out to everyone starting...

WATCH: Google I/O Keynote Starts at 10AM Pacific

Tim May 14, 2024 5

Today's the day, with Google I/O 2024 kicking off this morning at 10am Pacific. Kellen is lucky enough to be down in the Bay Area for all of the action, but for the rest of us, a livestream will have to suffice. In today's keynote, we're expecting a healthy...

Monday Poll: What are You Hoping to See at Google I/O 2024?

Tim May 13, 2024 17

Google I/O kicks off tomorrow at 10am Pacific. At that point, anything could happen, though, we're somewhat confident in the sort of news Google will announce. There'll be the usual developer-focused stuff with regards to Android, plus we're sure there'll be...