Google today made some announcements at its I/O 2016 presentation including new messaging apps, an Amazon Echo-like audio device called Google Home and a new VR platform, among other things. But what did the Twitter hivemind think? Let's take a look:
Late adopters, rejoice! Google Home just crashed Amazon Echo's party #IO16 #competitiongood https://t.co/Dy083maEvX pic.twitter.com/qJAHgSpPzK
— Jennifer Krazit (@jenguevin) May 18, 2016
Good God, the Allo app even identifies ingredients in photos of food! https://t.co/KHF3w9I2G0 #io16 #dnaTech pic.twitter.com/KZifkV56eD
— DNA (@dna) May 18, 2016
Knock Knock lets you see live video of caller before you pick up https://t.co/XrQjdWgTYs #liveblog #io16 pic.twitter.com/355j4XmsHe
— CNET (@CNET) May 18, 2016
Google’s version of the Amazon Echo, the Home, is homely all right. Very homely. #GoogleIO2016 pic.twitter.com/014VMxnVlQ
— Omar L. Gallaga (@omarg) May 18, 2016
I enjoy that the audience went wild for test recording & options for cloud-based test labs. Not VR, TESTING is the winner #GoogleIO2016
— Lisa Schmeiser (@lschmeiser) May 18, 2016
#Google Introduces Daydream mobile platform to make it easiere to create HQ VR https://t.co/zkF5z9NkaP #GoogleIO2016 #io16 ~kim
— The Nerd Element (@TheNerdElement) May 18, 2016
In the future, families won't talk to each other, but to their virtual assistants. https://t.co/AadtlKVkr7 #GoogleIO2016 #googlehome
— Rich DeMuro (@richontech) May 18, 2016
You can watch the full Google I/O presentation below:
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