Android Now Walks Your dog, Does Laundry
Erik Sass @eriksass1, (may 29, 2015)
ok, perhaps that’s an exaggeration, but best fairly. Google previewed the new version of its Android operating device at its Google I/O developers’ convention on Thursday, and even if it’s not rather ready to hit the highway, “Android M” will boast a whole array of new features, together with a new cellular fee machine, Android Pay, that makes it a major rival to Apple Pay.
the brand new Android Pay is a huge step ahead from Google pockets, which has languished, unloved, these previous few years. Android Pay permits you to pay with your cellular software by way of simply tapping it in opposition to a NFC reader on the point of sale (and it’s ready to head, so no fiddling to open an app sooner than you should utilize it).
Android Pay works with a variety of NFC readers, and consumers can use it to pay at over seven-hundred,000 retail places nationwide. Google has already struck deals with Visa, MasterCard, American express, and uncover, plus numerous banks including Chase, Citibank, Capital One, and U.S. bank. And Android Pay is appropriate with other apps for mobile e-commerce functions.
Android M also includes a new feature for its Google Now private assistant called On tap, which mainly permits you to name upon Google Now’s knowledge from anywhere you happen to be (virtually) for your telephone. as an example if you’re speaking to a chum to decide on a spot to eat, which you can summon Google Now On tap from throughout the chat window to get restaurant reviews and guidelines. that you would be able to also convert textual content messages in an instant into calendar appointments.
Android M also revamped browsing functionality with Chrome customized tabs to share login data throughout apps and browsers, so users now not need to make a choice from an app and an online browser when clicking on hyperlinks in apps. users can now open the browser inside the app, which will have to make the entire experience a lot much less hinky and annoying.
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