Published on May 20, 2017
Updated on Oct 16, 2019
In continuation of the last two days the IO event became more detail oriented with deep dive technical sessions covering various aspects of the improvements in Google products and enhanced capabilities that developer can access.
Here is our summary of some important discussions.
1.Improved sign-in, payments and forms in Apps
Google is trying to tackle the challenges of critical flows like login, payments and forms by using new APIs. Android now has Autofill, Google Smart Lock, and Backup and Restore APIs for your apps. These new APIs will help users
1) The login and payment experience,
2) Seamlessly syncing logins between your website and mobile app, and
3) Preventing users from getting locked out when they switch devices.
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2. Android meets TensorFlow
TensorFlow is powering google AI. A detailed session on AI technology for production Android apps was conducted. One of the main benefits of TensorFlow is Portability. You can easily move the neural network model to Android and run the prediction inside mobile phones, to do many AI tricks things like image recognition, motion recognition and etc.
Google provided the tips and tricks to overcome the challenges of the model size and CPU consumption for neural network prediction.
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