Google I/O 2012 keynote liveblog
Check back at 5:30pm BST / 9:30am PST
After the excitement of E3 and WWDC, it's now Google's turn to impress everyone with a keynote speech of its own on the first day of the Google I/O 2012 developers conference.
In the past, The Big G has used this keynote to announce both new versions of Android and new hardware.
If rumours about a Google tablet and Jelly Bean are to be believed, that's exactly what we'd expect to happen today, as well.
Check back here at 5:30pm BST / 9:30am PST for our liveblog.
Google I/O 2012 keynote livelog18:47 - And that's it! Well, the Nexus 7 looks like it could be a winner at that price, and JB wasn't half sharp either, but that Google Q was a bit of a miss for me personally.
Hope you all enjoyed the livestream!
18:45 - "No more passing round a keyboard or laptop" - The last house party I went to, they all used apps that let you do this (stream music around the house), but not spend $299 for the privilege (it is the official price)
18:44 - Nexus Q price has apparently leaked. It'll be $299. Lets see if that holds up when they officially announce it in a sec
18:43 - Lots of faintly embarrassing demonstrations going on. Not as bad as Apple's promo vids, but still fairly unimpressive
18:37 - Only, you know, it's an eyeball.
18:36 - It's an Android computer that's permanently connected to the cloud. Erm, and can connect to speakers...and looks and sounds a lot like an AppleTV box
18:35 - They're now introducing the Nexus Q, which looks like a floating robotic eye with Google Beam, so you nab files from it (before it kills you in your sleep)
18:31 - Nexus 7 will start at $199. Will be shipping mid-july, pre-orders open today. Shipping to UK, US, Canada, and a few more I missed
18:30 - Dead Trigger up next. Looks ace and should be out on mobiles soon (Tegra version has a few extra graphical features over the iOS one)
18:29 - Horn is being demonstrated, from the Dark Meadow devs (there's a story up on site about it from a bit earlier)
18:28 - "Behind all this great content is the power of Google" *Thunderbolt streaks down from the sky, the crowd scream in horror
18:27 - Can now use Google Maps offline. That's pretty ace (it's a manual thing, though ,so you have to choose to download - presumably an area or screen - rather than get the whole thing)
18:26 - Youtube?! On a tablet?! WHAT MAGIC IS THIS? (just an example for you, there)
18:25 - Being walked through demonstrations of the device in action. It looks like an Android tablet.
Most interestingly, however, is that it's the first Android tablet to ship with Chrome browser as standard.
18:21 - If you're wondering why it isn't 1280x720 - needs the extra 80 pixels for the interface at the bottom of the screen
18:18 - 1280x800 display, Tegra 3 quad-core CPU and 12 core GPU, front facing camera, wi-fi, bluetooth, NFC.
Battery - 9 hrs Video playback, 300 hours standby time. 340g weight.
18:18 - And it's the Nexus 7! - ASUS made, 7-inch tablet, running JB as standard
18:17 - Here we go - The Nexus Tablet reveal is coming up...
18:15 - Adding TV and film purchases to Play, rather than just rental. Launching today
18:12 - Here's an interesting one - Smart Updates. You don't need to upload the full game again when updating - it automatically looks to find changed portions. Supported from Gingerbread and above. (I think that's more a dev feature)
18:12 - JB introduces App Encryption. I wonder if this will help stop the pirates better than earlier attempts?
18:11 - Will now support subscription billing, and increasing carrier billing's reach. Plus more metrics for the developers to watch exactly what you own and when you leave the house (last part is untrue)
18:10 - 600K apps in Google Play, 20 billion app installs.
18:09 - We're onto Google Play now
18:07 - Jelly Bean will start rolling out to very few devices in mid-July (what? They said it quickly)
18:02 - It's like an auto information creator using your GPS and the like. So if you're walking around an area, it'll show you nearby eating places. Or update you automatically about traffic jams on your usual route.
Alternatively, it's the first coming of Skynet
18:02 - Google Now - 'Google Now gets you just the right information and just the right time, automatically...it uses things like your search history...calendar to work out what you need'. It's optional, don't worry privacy fans
18:00 - They are now demonstrating voice search. You know what to expect (if you don't, imagine S-Voice or Siri)
17:58 - Google Search 'redesigned from the ground up' - new UI up first.
JB uses 'The power of the knowledge graph', which sounds like a rubbish superhero power (Business-Man, away!), but is demonstrated as virtual cards with condensed information about the subject
17:57 - You can access a lot more controls now straight from the notification bar, like controlling Pulse and expanding it out to see little stories. It's pretty nifty
17:56 - Can use 'canned responses' to messages now. They're customisable
17:54 - Google Beam. That's not new. Notifications! Now are 'actionable', which I think means you can...er...use them. Now.
Oh, here we go - you can now do things like callback straight from the notification bar.
17:52 - Adding 18 new input languages to Google. Gesture Mode for blind users now added, too
17:51 - That'll be rolling out for US English first, then other languages
17:50 - "We've shrunk the Google Speech recogniser" - the crowd goes wild! Mainly because it means you don't need an Internet connection any more to use the software. Hurrah!
17:49 - Also can now flick apps and widgets off the screen to get rid of them
17:48 - We're onto widgets now. Now icons/other stuff auto aligns when you're dragging widgets about. And it auto rezises, too
17:47 - As a Windows Phone user, this Project Butter annoys me, as I now won't be able to mock my Android friends' UI speeds. How annoying.
17:46 - Where am I?! What's going on? Oh, right, so now they're showing video to demonstrate the improvements in UI speed between ICS and JB. Naturally, JB is far faster
17:45 - Uh oh, here comes the tech graphs showing 'rendering interruptions' I may start to..
17:44 - VSync, triple-buffering, tweaks to how 'touch events' are processed
17:43 - 'Project Butter' is the first thing under the spotlight with this new version of Android. "With Jelly Bean, we put a lot of effort making the UI fast and smooth".
17:42 - "Android 4.1, Jelly Bean" - there we go!
17:42 - Most of the big growth areas were in the developing world, Brazil, India and the like
17:41 - "400 million Android devices"..."Today one million new Android devices are activated every single day, that's about 12 new Android devices every second, every day"
17:40 - Hugo Barra is now on stage. He's always smiling "we're going to talk about momentum, mobile, and more". Aka 'Mmm'
17:40 - "Thank you for betting with Google and thank you for supporting us" - Ahh, that's nice
17:39 - 'Welcome to the 1 million people watching this livestreamed on Youtube'. Hate to break it to you, but there's only 46K
17:37 - Vic Gundota, SVP is up on stage
17:36 - Bit of Daft Punk playing. Er, it's the song that was used on the iPod advert, Technologic.
17:35 - Ho hum. Still waiting. Come on, Google!
17:30 - Almost ready to start now...
17:28 - Or should that be, a 'sugary treat'! Eh? E-no, no I'll stop that.
17:26 - Hello, hello! Welcome to the liveblog. Fresh rumours and reports out today have all but confirmed the presence of both Jelly Bean and the Nexus tablet at the keynote speech, so we should be in for a treat.
