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cronos

cronos

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bearxor said:
Yeah, I basically use my CC for HBO Go and YouTube. HBO Go should be in the Amazon App Store soon and I'll just have to deal with the FireTV YT app.
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If you didn't know, there's a nice Youtube third party app on Amazon Appstore, which works really well.
 
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I really liked the WebOS card system and I like the UI improvements they were showing off. I am most excited for the cloud development tools, those are really neat.
 
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I guess I'm a little disappointed with the Google IO. Maybe it's a sign that Android has really matured that Google can't really add anything amazingly new to the OS anymore. Sounds like the highlight of Android "L" is some menus are getting shadows and new animations.

And did they ever mention what "L" meant. Seemed weird they just kept calling it Android L and not Android Lollipop or whatever the desert name was going to be. And I guess there was no special rolling out of a Lollipop on the Google lawn event either. Seems like they really downplayed this new version of Android quite a bit.

Chromecast and Chrome OS seemed to have the more notable improvements. Regarding Android apps on Chrome OS. Google said something like "popular apps would be ported to Chrome OS". I'm wondering, is it Google that's selecting the apps and doing the porting or is it the app developers. Popular apps are nice, but I hope an apps level of popularity isn't the only deciding factor, hopefully app developers can port their unpopular apps too.

I hope my POS Chromebook running on an ARM processor can actually handle the Android apps on Chrome. Also hope Android apps can run in full screen, they only showed them in windows.

Google announced no hardware this year, usually the announce something. This year LG announced a watch. Sorry, I have almost zero interest in smartwatches right now. I find it funny how every company is scrambling to make one of these and I really see no evidence these are going to sell that well. Don't get me wrong, I love the idea of a smart watch, but I still think the technology just isn't ready yet. Have to turn on a display to see the time, have to charge it every day or maybe few days. Thick and bulky. I'm going to take a pass on this round.

Also no Nexus Android TV. Maybe Nexus is dead, I don't know. But I think something that hurt Google TV was not having an official Nexus style development platform. Seems like the hardware manufactures had at least a partial hand in that failure with the crappy hardware they released. I think Google is being too trusting to leave this in third party hands again.

No Nexus tablet mentioned, but that doesn't mean Google won't have a separate even next month for it. Hopefully Nexus isn't dead and there will be an 8 inch Nexus tablet coming soon. Though there is surprisingly little in the way of credible leaks so far.
 
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Android didn't need fixing. We're down to Hangouts/Voice integration as the biggest issue on phones (tablets need multiwindow). So I'm just glad the design tweaking wankfest didn't go too far.

Android TV means we can finally get a Chromecast equivalent connected via ether or 5ghz. Excellent. The app side of it... who knows/cares.

Car stuff is nice, ChromeOS has suddenly become light-years better, and I might get my dad a smartwatch just so he doesn't have to type in an unlock code.
 
cronos

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bearxor said:
I hadn't looked around. Can you do device pairing with it to send videos? What's it called?
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The app is just called YouTube, by youtube.com/tv (I know, looks shady).

Yes, it will pair with your Google account so you could access your history/subscriptions/etc. without a problem.

There are actually others, but this is the one that I tried first and it worked perfectly.
 
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cronos said:
The app is just called YouTube, by youtube.com/tv (I know, looks shady).

Yes, it will pair with your Google account so you could access your history/subscriptions/etc. without a problem.

There are actually others, but this is the one that I tried first and it worked perfectly.
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Oh. Never mind. That's the one I'm using.

It works for the most part, but sending a video from my phone to it can be hit/miss sometimes. When it works, it works. But sometimes it just won't.
 
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stlc8tr said:
Is that the only giveaway? Kinda disappointing.
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Was hoping for a laptop. I returned home last weekend to find my MacBook doesn't power up at all anymore. I need to figure out what's going on with it, but I really don't want to pay whatever the ridiculous repair costs are.

Ravynmagi said:
I guess I'm a little disappointed with the Google IO. Maybe it's a sign that Android has really matured that Google can't really add anything amazingly new to the OS anymore. Sounds like the highlight of Android "L" is some menus are getting shadows and new animations.

And did they ever mention what "L" meant. Seemed weird they just kept calling it Android L and not Android Lollipop or whatever the desert name was going to be. And I guess there was no special rolling out of a Lollipop on the Google lawn event either. Seems like they really downplayed this new version of Android quite a bit.

Chromecast and Chrome OS seemed to have the more notable improvements. Regarding Android apps on Chrome OS. Google said something like "popular apps would be ported to Chrome OS". I'm wondering, is it Google that's selecting the apps and doing the porting or is it the app developers. Popular apps are nice, but I hope an apps level of popularity isn't the only deciding factor, hopefully app developers can port their unpopular apps too.

I hope my POS Chromebook running on an ARM processor can actually handle the Android apps on Chrome. Also hope Android apps can run in full screen, they only showed them in windows.

Google announced no hardware this year, usually the announce something. This year LG announced a watch. Sorry, I have almost zero interest in smartwatches right now. I find it funny how every company is scrambling to make one of these and I really see no evidence these are going to sell that well. Don't get me wrong, I love the idea of a smart watch, but I still think the technology just isn't ready yet. Have to turn on a display to see the time, have to charge it every day or maybe few days. Thick and bulky. I'm going to take a pass on this round.

Also no Nexus Android TV. Maybe Nexus is dead, I don't know. But I think something that hurt Google TV was not having an official Nexus style development platform. Seems like the hardware manufactures had at least a partial hand in that failure with the crappy hardware they released. I think Google is being too trusting to leave this in third party hands again.

No Nexus tablet mentioned, but that doesn't mean Google won't have a separate even next month for it. Hopefully Nexus isn't dead and there will be an 8 inch Nexus tablet coming soon. Though there is surprisingly little in the way of credible leaks so far.
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Personally I was happy. While Wear isn't as critical this year as I think it would be next year, I think that its even more critical for Google to update Android. We keep talking about Google Play Services, but in the end its just back end functionality. There's still a lot of functionality missing in Google Android that Apple's been going after. Do not disturb mode, handoff of calls and texts to other iDevices, etc. Those are nice things for Google to be pursuing. I also think a lot of added features that ROMs like CM and PA have introduced are VERY useful. I saw a stab at Paranoid Android's Hover. That was smart. Non-intrusive dialer from Omni had an inspiration too so that phone calls don't interrupt your game. I think LED control would also be nice. Did you guys also hear them mention a new keyboard and quiet mode? Those are also things I would look forward to.

Maybe even built in support for NFC profiles or something would be nice. NFC is completely underused in Android and only a few tech geeks know about it. Even having profiles like CyanogenMod for work, home, etc. would be a nice feature. Tasker is nice, but I really would rather not have to use a 3rd party app if I didn't have to.
 
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Tsavo said:
Not terribly free when the cost per seat is $900.
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You go there to see the event, or if you're a media outlet, cover it. Why people are complaining about not getting enough free stuff is beyond me. Are people really that entitled?

/rant

Still curious about Android L. The info on Googles site is rather vague. The smartwatches look cool and I've thought about getting one but then I saw that the touted battery life was a single day. Then I immediately lost interest. I'm already charging a phone, iPod, and laptop every day. The last thing I want to worry about is my watch being dead too.
 
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So I am cross posting this for I wrote it after reading ing the anand live blog
I am reading this and the feeling of awesomeness and how much I want this now can only be communicated by channeling Charlie Sheen.

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I am not Google, I am not Android. I am bi-winning, I win here and I win there.

I am Android L, I got tiger blood and I am made with Adonis DNA.

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So someone maybe Google show me how to make an image backup of my nexus 7 so all my stuff is safe and how to reimage my nexus to Android L.

That or do a dual boot with kit kat and android L. I want to play right now!!!
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2 questions. 1) They are making everything a version of android but do not announce integrating chrome is into android or vice versa? Edit nvm I missed they are allowing android apps in chrome os 2). How can I get Android L on my nexus 7 while keeping some form of backup I can also use if necessary (see above quote.)
 
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Uh, you have a Nexus and don't know how to use TWRP (or equivalent)?
 
cronos

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Make a Nandroid, dude.

Edit: the watches are out at Play Store. Can't believe they don't have Moto 360 today, I was ready to buy right away.
 
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s44 said:
Uh, you have a Nexus and don't know how to use TWRP (or equivalent)?
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Believe it or not I do not like messing with betas for I like things to just work. Yet I am also a tech geek who likes new feature. I am not an apple fan for there philosophy is too locked down for me.

Yes you can be in the middle of the philosophies I want total control and the opposing philosophy just make it work, even if it is just an appliance.

So no I do not know does anybody have a good link or pointers on where I need to start?
 
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