Google I/O 2015 was great this time?

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Although this year's Google I/O will not start until 21 days later, the relevant schedule has been released today. Judging from the information available, this year's I/O may not be as lively as last year.

Android M

At Google I/O in 2014, Google launched Android L; this year, Android will continue to evolve, and Google named it Android M. According to the introduction on Google's schedule, Android M seems to be an upgraded version of Android for Work. In Android for Work, Google provides a solution that allows users to separate personal data from work data; and Android M seems to provide more detailed work scenarios. In short, after attracting a large number of personal users, Google still hopes to expand the use scenarios of Android in the work environment.

Voice control

Although touch screen is the main human-computer interaction method at present, it seems that Google is not satisfied with this. In this session, Google will introduce the control of Android devices and the use of apps through voice. It sounds like this should be an interaction method prepared for devices such as smart watches and smart cars.

Real-time Earth imagery

Google acquired satellite image solution provider Skybox for $500 million in 2014, and Skybox will also attend I/O. In Google's view, the update cycle of these satellite images is too long, and Google may update these images at a faster cycle and explore how to use these data to solve practical problems on the earth.

How to design a virtual reality product

Google's VR design team will explain how to design VR products and share some design experiences in this session. Given that there have been reports that Google is working on introducing Android into the VR world, it would not be surprising to see more integration of Android and VR this year.

How to avoid battery performance pitfalls

Battery performance has, to some extent, become a bottleneck in the development of smartphones, so in this session Google plans to introduce the basic concepts of Android battery performance and how to avoid battery performance traps in applications. In addition, Google will also provide some diagnostic tools to help developers detect these problems.

Of course, what we can see now are the topics of some of the sessions that are relatively late in the I/O schedule. As for the content of the Keynote session, there is no corresponding description on the schedule. However, from the information we have learned so far, this year's I/O is really unlikely to be as exciting as the 2014 one.

In fact, if we look back at the history of I/O, we will find that Google does not announce many new things every year. For example, the I/O in 2012 was very exciting, and Google brought Android 4.1, Project Butter, Google Now, Nexus 7, Nexus Q, Project Glass, etc.; while the highlights of I/O in 2013 were relatively limited, with only Google Play Music, Google Play Games, native Samsung Galaxy S4, and some redesigned Google products; in 2014, this was another year of concentrated new product explosion, with Android 5.0, Android Wear, Android Auto, Android One, Google Fit, and Material Design all announced at this I/O. So, judging from the current trend, this year's I/O may not be as lively as last year.