1. Google IO 2013
Introduction to
IO13 Recap
Amrit Sanjeev
Bangalore Android User Group

2. About me
• Android hacker.
• Organizer, Bangalore Android User
Group ( www.blrdroid.org )
• Staff Engineer at Intuit
• Architect for platform development .

3. Bangalore Android User Group ( www.BlrDroid.org)
• Largest open Android developer community in
the country and second largest in the world.
• Over 3800 members
• 29 meetups
• 4 hackathons
• Active participation in events like
Droidcon, Global Android Developer hackathon
etc

4. What’s on the agenda today ?
Let make sharing simple and convenient 
• Run through the new announcements
• Not a technical deep dive

5. Android popularity
900 million
48 billion app installations

6. Location APIs
• 3 major api updates
– Fused location provider
– Activity monitor
– Geo Fencing
• Part of the play services

7. GCM updates
• Upstream messaging
• Sync notification
• Persistent connection

8. Games
• Cloud Save
• Play game server

9. Google play developer console
• Alpha, Beta channels
• Translation services
• Stage rollout
• Optimization Tips
• Reply to comments
• Financial dashboard.

10. Google play all access
• Paid subscription service
• Google search + access to the entire
music library
• Similar to app genius services
• Create playlist
• Get recommendations

11. Android in education
• New category
• New APIs
• New workflow
• Tablets for education
• Admin operations

12. In app Billing
• Current state
– Async
– Broadcast reciever
– Service
– Database
• New
– Managed
– Consumption API
– Subscriptions

13. Shopping
• Current issues
– 90+ % drop off
– Too many steps to do payment
– Cumbersome
• New API
• Autofill
• Steamlined checkout process

14. New apps
• Hangout
• Google plus
– 41 new features
• Maps
• Photo auto awesome

15. Devices
• Stock Android experience
• Boot loader unlocked
• Play store
• Vanilla experience

18. Service Discovery
• TBA