Android passes 2.5 billion monthly active devices

Android passes 2.5 billion monthly active devices

Google revealed a handful of milestones during its I/O 2019 developer conference in Mountain View today, but the biggest was undoubtedly that Android now powers 2.5 billion active devices. “We’re here to talk about Android version, 10, and we get to celebrate a milestone together,” Android product manager Stephanie Cuthbertson said onstage. “Today there are over 2.5 billion active Android devices.” The last time Google reported on this figure was also at I/O, in May 2017, when Android passed 2 billion monthly active devices ....

Published in venturebeat.com · by Emil Protalinski · 2 min read · July 29, 2023
Here's Robert Scoble showering with Google Glass

Here's Robert Scoble showering with Google Glass

If you were wondering if Google Glass survived a full shower, here’s some photographic proof courtesy of tech industry cheerleader Robert Scoble. “You thought I was kidding when I said I would never take them off,” Scoble wrote on his Google+ page this afternoon. “Yes, they survive being wet. I had them full on soaked in my shower this morning. +Google Glass still works.” Good luck scrubbing this image from your mind....

Published in venturebeat.com · by Devindra Hardawar · 1 min read · July 18, 2023