Everyone is talking about it: the new version of Android is the great missing the Google I / O which was held this week. Everyone wanted a new version, with its associated dessert and your new number. Some said it would be 5.0, others would not so much that it would be in 4.3. So the disappointment of many was great when they finished the opening lecture of Google and no mention was made to a new version of Android … sure?
Because although does not come with a number on the side, it is safe to say that Android operating system coming out of Google I / O is not the same as entered , and that’s because of the great amount of news for developers who were announced, most of them relating to Google Play Services . And thanks to this change in philosophy, it is possible that Google is grabbing by the horns the big problem of Android fragmentation.
Until now, every so often Google presented a new version of Android with fanfare, with many new features, most of which are incompatible with the old way of doing things. That’s what caused the fragmentation in the Android market , as the creators of apps were (and are) that if they want to take advantage of a new feature of the system your program is only compatible with a very limited range of devices, so that potential sales will be much lower than if it was compatible with all models.
And here is where Play Services , the way in which developers can access the Google APIs and services. The great advantage of Play Services is that it is compatible with any device Android from version 2.2 , so all the news to be implemented will be accessible to the vast majority of Android users. All of a sudden, eliminating fragmentation. So the talks of Google I / O have focused on providing developers and designers new ways to leverage the libraries and APIs for Android and Play Services. A good example of this is Play Games , the recently implemented gaming platform by Google, and it is accessible by all game developers without the user having to do anything.
not the only new service. From Google Music All Access to Hangouts , to the new version of Google Maps , in the I / O have been presented enough novelties like to stay happy for a while, no need to update our device.
does not mean that Android 4.3 will never appear , of course. There are still many new features (like Bluetooth 4 and its energy saving) that need a complete upgrade of the system to be exploited, and are confident that sooner rather than later Google announced their departure. But for now, have fulfilled their promise to make an event aimed at developers, giving them new toys that tinkering without the disadvantage of reducing the park users.
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