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Google I/O 2015 / Ars Series

  1. This is Android M’s “highly experimental” multi-window mode for tablets

    Buggy, busted, and buried, but intriguing nonetheless.

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  2. Low-end VR: Playing with Google’s new Cardboard headset

    High-tech meets low-tech in Google's quirky VR experiment.

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  3. Android Pay is old news now: Google teases Hands Free Payments prototype

    Details are sparse, but PayPal and Square have experimented with similar schemes.

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  4. Android M makes another attempt at automated device backups

    Apps that target M will have their settings and data backed up by default.

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  5. Android M has a dark theme option

    There's even an "automatic" option that changes with the time.

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  6. Google releases bigger, iPhone-compatible Cardboard VR viewer

    It also launches Jump, a toolkit for making VR videos.

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  7. Google announces cut-down Android-based “Brillo” for Internet of Things

    And the new "Weave" communications layer for connecting IoT devices.

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  8. Android M Dev Preview delivers permission controls, fingerprint API, and more

    Android M also brings battery and performance improvements.

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  9. Play Store to add Developer Pages, A/B app listings, and more

    Developers get the tools to better promote themselves and maximise user profit.

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  10. Android M embraces USB Type-C, MIDI devices

    Charging and audio features join the existing data transfer protocols.

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  11. Android Pay is all about tokenization; Google Wallet takes a backseat

    At Google I/O, the company lays out the next iteration of mobile payments on Android.

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  12. Android M’s “Google Now on Tap” shows contextual info at the press of a button

    Long-press the home button from any app and Google Now will pop up to help.

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  1. Google announces the “Cloud Test Lab,” a free, automated testing service

    Upload your APK and Google will test it against the top 20 Android devices.

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  2. Good news for game devs: Android Studio 1.3 supports Android’s C/C++ NDK

    Android Studio 1.3 is a more comprehensive replacement for the old Eclipse ADT.

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  3. Google’s Android M preview build will run on the Nexus 5, 6, 9, and Player [Updated]

    The final release may run on other Nexuses, but this is it for now.

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  4. Liveblog: Google’s I/O Keynote

    Ars reports from Google's biggest event of the year.

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