1. Making Teleportation Possible with Google Fiber
Google Fiber is fast but not fast enough to telesport a 160-pound person at a distance of 60 miles in 1.2 seconds.
says Google Fiber blog post.
2. Real Books by Google Play
Think about “one device, one book” that’s what the realBooks are. Google took an Android phone, stripped away all its apps, hardware and functionality until a bare screen was left – a perfect device to read books.
3. Searching Socks Made Easy by Google Australia
Google Australia brought Bluetooth enabled searchable socks to organize the world’s undergarments and make them universally findable.
informs Google Australia blog post.
4. Self-Driving Bike by Google Netherlands
After self-driving cars, Google brings self-driving bikes considering convenience and environment to its users. says Google Netherlands blog post (translation).
5. The Groovy Google Maps
From the browser, you can see the StreetView has undergone 70s’ makeover with the purple suit pegmen.
For the Google Maps app, you can visit Funky town then the pegmen will show you some disco moves.
6. A Physical Flick Bluetooth Keyboard by Google Japan
Furikku, a physical keyboard that you can flick in any direction is the latest product from Google Japan to input Japanese directly in Android. And of course, the circuit board and firmware are open source. informs Google Japan blog post (translation).
7. Mic Drop by
This new feature will let you have the last word on any email chain. Once you reply using “Send+Mic Drop” button, a minion gif will get inserted in your mail and you won’t see any responses after that (like reply and mute). Everyone enjoyed this little prank until someone lost their job and Google had to turn it off saying, “caused more headaches than laughs”.
8. Plastic Version of Google Cardboard
A transparent Google Cardboard made from plastic that takes you beyond virtual reality in actual reality.
Google argues its better than Virtual Reality because
9. Parachute Delivery by Google Express
A new delivery technology that complements drones – Parachutes.
10. Snoopavision by YouTube
The new way to watch videos on YouTube is with cutting-edge 360 degrees experience alongside Snoop Dog. YouTube calls it Snoopavision.
11. The Chrome Chromebook
All Chromebooks have Chrome browser, but how about Chrome as a separate device – The Chrome Chromebook.
informs Chrome blog post.
12. Style Detection by Google Cloud
Know whether your style works or not with the help of deep learning, neural networks and Vision API available with Google Cloud platform.
13. Emoji in Smart reply by Inbox
Now the smart auto-suggestion in replies will also have emoji in Inbox for that extra sassiness.
14. Search with Emoji by Google Photos
A new feature in Google Photos on April’s fool that’s actually required. You can now search images with emojis. Say you input a dog emoji and Google Photos will show you all the pics related to dogs.
— Google Photos (@googlephotos) March 31, 2016
15. Apps and Games in Space by Google Play and Android
Now developers can design, test and distribute their apps and games in space with new features in Google Play Developer Console and updated the material design guidelines for space.
16. Real World Tabs by Google Tag Manager
For the complex problem of tags in the real world, Google’s Tag team has introduced rules for the physical world and will be shipping 10,000 stickers to registered users.
17. Gigantic Shrinking by Google X
Another innovative idea from Google X – Shrink all the physical objects that will fix all the world’s problems.
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