The Best of Google I/O 2015 Summarized

A new feature from the Android "M" preview is called Now on Tap. It basically uses Google Search inside any application and provide you Google Now cards. You perform this by holding down the home button, Google then scans the content of the page or message you are on and provides the user a Google Now card with additional information. E.g if you and a friend are chatting in an app about a movie and you want to know more about the movie, you would simply hold down the home button and receive information like reviews, actors, or directors.

Google also featured a new mobile payment system at I/O today called Android Pay. Now this difference between Google's existing contactless payment option called Wallet is that Android Pay will now use "tokens." This means that you will not be using your actual credit card information for your transactions, a virtual credit card number will be used instead. It should be stated that this means of contactless payment is already available with Apple and Samsung smartphones. Google is simply providing a new twist their own version, as the mobile payment market expects to increase year over year.

The announcement of the updated application Google Photos happens to be our personal favorite of Google I/O. The reason it is our favorite is simply because we are able to use it today. That's right, you can go into the Play Store and install the Google Photos application right now even if you are an iPhone user. With this new Google Photos app it is now a stand alone application that does not require the log-in of your Google Plus account. They are providing a clean experience with a few new features. With the installation of this app the user is provided free unlimited storage of compressed photos and videos with the option to keep the original resolution on a Google Drive account. We have it installed the app and will provide a review after a few days of use but it is safe to safe that we like what we see.