Top 10 Takeaway from Google I/O 2023

Looking for the latest updates and announcements from Googe I/O – 2023. This blog will cover the top 10 major announcements like Google Bard, Help Me Write in Gmail, Magic Editor in Google Photos, Pixel 7a, Pixel Fold, and Android 14.

After the latest and advanced development in AI, everyone’s eyes were on Google I/O 2023, which was held on 10 May 2023. As expected, Google announced a major development in AI, such as advancements in Google Bard, the help me write feature in Gmail, Magic Editor to remove unwanted distractions, and PaLM2, a new large language model with improved multilingual reasoning and coding capabilities.

AI is having a very busy year – Sundar Pichai, CEO – Google

Google I/O -2023 was not just restricted to the announcement of AI; there’s a lot more. Here are the top – 10 pick-ups from all the announcements.

PaLM – 2

It is a next-generation language model, which is faster and more efficient than all the previous models. It powers more than 25 products announced at I/O. The health research team of Google used PaLM-2 to create Med-PaLM-2, which is fine-tuned for medical knowledge to help answer questions and summarize insights from various dense medical texts.

Google BARD

It is a conversational AI chatbot that uses PaLM-2 (or Pathways Language Model, a Large Language Model trained on a massive dataset of text and code) to interact with users. With PaLM-2, Bard’s math, logic, and reasoning skills made a huge leap forward, underpinning the ability to help developers with programming. Bard is now available in English, Japanese, Korean, and Spanish. And in the upcoming few weeks, it will be available in 40+ more languages across the globe.

“Help me Write” in Gmail

The Help Me Write feature is one of the most awaited features in Gmail after the smart reply feature was introduced in 2017. The feature will help to save time, improve accuracy & clarity, and make mail more engaging.

Immersive Views for Routes in Google Maps

“Google Maps provides 20 billion kilometres of directions every day,” CEO Sundar Pichai said during the I/O, and to make your trip more comfortable and memorable, Google announces immersive views for routes. Immersive view offers a 3D view of the place and adds information like weather, air quality, and traffic to understand better what’s happening at that location.

Magic Editor in Google Photos

A new experimental editing experience that uses generative AI to help you reimagine your photos and make editing even easier. It will help to make more complex edits without pro-level editing skills. With the magic editor, you can edit a specific part of an image (like the sky or any background) and create new content to fill in the gaps after repositioning your subject.

Turning Ideas into MusicLM

Do you want to create music but don’t know the beat and nodes? Don’t worry; MusicLM is here to help you. It is a new experimental AI tool that converts your text description into music. You need to type your prompt, and MusicLM will create two versions of the music.

Supercharging Search with Generative AI

With the advancement of generative AI, your search experience on Google will now turn 360 degrees. It will be more conversational rather than just some keywords. With this conversational mode, you can ask Google more about the topic you are exploring. The context will be carried out from question to question. You can also find helpful jumping-off points to web content and various perspectives you can dig into.

Pixel 7 a

A-series phone built with Google Tensor G2 (processor) and Titan M2 (security chip), making it faster, more efficient, and more secure. The phone has features like Face Unlock, 8 GB of RAM, an up to 90 Hz smooth display, and wireless charging. Pixel 7a’s camera system has been completely upgraded to bring amazing camera features to more people. The phone’s upgraded main features a 72% larger sensor than Pixel 6a, allowing for 44% more light.

Pixel Fold: Google’s First Foldable Phone

The first foldable smartphone from Google is off to a great start. It comes with immersive-looking hardware with a thin profile & robust stainless steel hinge and a well-thought software experience, making the two displays one unit. The phone has a Google TensorG2 chipset, a second-generation processor, and five years of software updates. The software policy guarantees three major software updates and a five-year Android security update. Android 14 will add more flavours to it.

Android 14 Beta

The much-awaited Android 14 is expected to release the stable version by the end of July this year. It comes with features like per-app language preferences, grammatical inflexion API, regional preferences, non-linear font scaling to 200%, support for built-in and custom animation for predictive back, detection when users take a device screenshot, and many more.