Android M To Be Unveiled On Google I/O?

As the dates for Google I/O conference are coming near, we are anticipated what will be introduced to us, Android M and Nearby is next?

There has been no particularly official word regarding the Android M being officially unveiled, but latest Google news hints that the 2015 conference for Google I/O might be hinting at some features from the newest Android operating system iteration.

The Google I/O conference is all set for May 28^th and 29^th and shall be held in San Francisco. The search engine giant will bring the developers together in order to unveil the platform innovations and also the product innovations that the company had been creating, which most likely includes Android M.

So what exactly can be expected when it comes to Android M?

Firstly, this one includes Voice Access. As the name implies, this feature will be having the voice component added in order to access the apps. This is a support likely for the services of Android M which offers convenience of hands-free. Any detailed discussion on the talks that might happen on the conference have not been posted yet but the description that it has goes like "Your app, now available hands-free," which is making it visible that the voice actions will be used many android users soon. Furthermore, Google news reports the rumours regarding “Nearby” include the ability that android devices will be able to communicate with the devices and people that are nearby. This has been witnessed already in the guest mode of Chromecast and also Play Services has been spotted with Nearby functionality a few times as well. However nothing concrete was mentioned regarding the feature. The I/O schedule confirms one thing at least that Nearby is definitely confirmed as we see Akshay Kannan and Andrew Bunner on the speakers list to discuss proximity based communication and the efforts.

Google’s favourite and hot topic has always included the Material Design, therefore there are numerous sessions at I/O conference which are dedicated entirely for this one. Furthermore, one of the talks at the conference have been named aptly as "Bringing Material Design to Life on Android," which takes away the confusions of people, if there are left any, regarding what will be discussed when it comes to Material Design.

In order to address the concerns pertaining to privacy, the search engine giant is reportedly providing users more control as to what kind of apps have access to the user’s contacts, location and photos. If, after Google notifies the users regarding the information app would require access to, the user does not feel right to give so many permissions for one app, they can stop the installation and cancel it. However, with the new settings being introduced, users are not going to deal with the situations which are like “all or nothing” as they are able to choose the separate permissions.