Google

The 10 biggest announcements from Google I/O 2016

By Russell Brandom, Josh Dzieza, and Sean O'Kane 80

Google Home: a speaker to finally take on the Amazon Echo

By Dieter Bohn 91

Google reveals plans for new VR headset and motion controller

By Ben Popper and Adi Robertson 30

Top Trending Discussion

Google's head is far up its ass with its messaging strategy

mystilleef | May 21, 2016 01:07 pm 69

See All Discussions

These are the Chromebooks getting Android app support

Jacob Kastrenakes May 25, 2016 03:36 pm5 hours ago 48

Chromebooks are about to get far more capable with the addition of Android apps, but unfortunately, not all Chromebooks are going to get that capability. After announcing plans to roll out Android app...

Bad news, early adopters

Eric Schmidt tells room full of iPhone users: 'So much for the Android monopoly in Europe'

James Vincent May 25, 2016 05:17 am16 hours ago 46

For a man who makes more than his fair share of verbal gaffes, Alphabet executive chairman Eric Schmidt can still come up with the odd zinger when he needs to. Schmidt was speaking to a packed house at...

Google is building a self-driving car R&D center near Detroit

Chris Ziegler May 25, 2016 12:16 pm9 hours ago 3

Google's Self-Driving Car Project just announced on Google+ that it's building what it calls a "self-driving technology development center" in Novi, Michigan, about 30 miles northwest of Detroit. The...

Opening later this year

Google I/O 2016: the biggest news from Google’s biggest event of the year

Verge Staff May 18, 2016 01:33 pm05.18.2016

Google I/O is done for the year. The company showed off Android N, along with new apps for messaging and video calls. Plus, it unveiled an Amazon Echo competitor called Google Home, and outlined its plans...

34 updates See All
New
posts in
Subject Posted By Latest Reply Comments
Galaxy S7 Roms? about 2 hours ago
in Googleplex by joeymk
last reply by HNIC215
 joeymk HNIC215 1
Suggest me some good lockscreen app? about 3 hours ago
in Googleplex by Thinker_145
last reply by Pete2
 Thinker_145 Pete2 8
Police raid Google's Paris office as part of tax investigation about 9 hours ago
in Googleplex by Forbius
last reply by Forbius
 Forbius Forbius 7
Moving from an iPhone 5S to Nexus 5X later this week!! Any good tips... about 19 hours ago
in Googleplex by mike92
last reply by neogracchus
 mike92 neogracchus 32
Google will now put ads directly into the map you are viewing on... 1 day ago
in Googleplex by garwest272
last reply by trewtrew
 garwest272 trewtrew 23
The real reason the new messaging apps are weird: 1 day ago
in Googleplex by amazingMic
last reply by Ollieollieollie
 amazingMic Ollieollieollie 3
See all forums

Google Duo makes mobile video calls fast and simple

Dieter Bohn May 18, 2016 01:48 pm05.18.2016 66

Google is releasing a new video calling app later this summer. It's called Duo, and it's probably the fastest and simplest video calling app I've ever seen. Like its companion chat app, Allo, Duo is...

Mobile first, mobile only

Allo is a messaging app with Google built right in

Dieter Bohn May 18, 2016 01:33 pm05.18.2016 147

Google is announcing a new messaging app today. It's called Allo and its main feature is a Google assistant that's built right in. Google says it'll be available later this summer — for free — on both iOS...

Google sliding into your DMs

Google confirms the Nexus Player has been discontinued

Chris Welch May 24, 2016 04:51 pm05.24.2016 55

Google has ceased direct sales of its Nexus Player set-top box. The hockey puck-shaped device, manufactured by Asus, has been unavailable from major third-party retailers like Best Buy for months. And...

No longer available from the Google Store

Vizio P-Series review: an incredible 4K TV and showcase for Google Cast

 read the review

Apple is reportedly building a Siri speaker to rival Amazon’s Echo

Nick Statt May 24, 2016 04:49 pm05.24.2016 253

Apple is working on its own competitor to the Amazon Echo to give consumers a Siri-powered speaker for the home, according to a report from The Information today. Not only that, but Apple is also...

Apple could open Siri to third-party apps very soon

Google Maps is about to get a lot more ads

Katherine Boehret May 24, 2016 02:39 pm05.24.2016

Get a good look at Google Maps now, because it may soon start filling up with lots of company logos. In a blog post today, Google says it will start experimenting with showing logos for physical business...

It turns out your Google Maps needed some logos

Android Instant Apps lets you use apps without downloading them

Ben Popper May 18, 2016 02:56 pm05.18.2016 21

At its I/O developer conference today, Google showed off a new feature for Android called Instant Apps. With deep links, Android users will be able to use apps from a link without having to download...

Apps on the fly

Why I'm still skeptical about Project Ara

Vlad Savov May 24, 2016 01:50 pm05.24.2016 184

What Google is doing with its modular Project Ara smartphone is perhaps its grandest experiment yet: developing hardware out in the open as if it were software. Starting with a developer device this year...

It'll be distinctive, sure, but will it be any good?

Police raid Google's Paris office as part of tax investigation

Amar Toor May 24, 2016 09:35 am05.24.2016

Google's Paris offices were raided by French police this morning, as part of an ongoing investigation into tax evasion and money laundering. French newspaper Le Parisien reports that the operation began at...

"We comply with French law and are cooperating fully." Google
See All News
Back to top ^
The Sections
The Basics
The Elsewhere
Ethics Statement - Community Guidelines
Terms of Use - Privacy Policy
All Systems Operational Check out our status page for more details.
Vox

© 2016 Vox Media, Inc. All rights reserved.

X
Log In Sign Up
If you currently have a username with "@" in it, please email [email protected].
forgot?
forgot?
Log In Sign Up

Forgot password?

We'll email you a reset link.
If you signed up using a 3rd party account like Facebook or Twitter, please login with it instead.

Forgot username?

We'll email it to you.
If you signed up using a 3rd party account like Facebook or Twitter, please login with it instead.

Forgot password?

If you signed up using a 3rd party account like Facebook or Twitter, please login with it instead.
Try another email?

Forgot username?

If you signed up using a 3rd party account like Facebook or Twitter, please login with it instead.
Try another email?

Almost done,

By becoming a registered user, you are also agreeing to our Terms and confirming that you have read our Privacy Policy.

Authenticating

Great!

Choose an available username to complete sign up.
In order to provide our users with a better overall experience, we ask for more information from Facebook when using it to login so that we can learn more about our audience and provide you with the best possible experience. We do not store specific user data and the sharing of it is not required to login with Facebook.