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June 26, 2014

Google wants your car and house to talk

  • The company's two-day developer conference shows it is expanding beyond smartphones and tablets to cars, houses and wearables.
    • By BARBARA ORTUTAY
    AP Technology Writer

    SAN FRANCISCO — There are now 1 billion people using Android devices, Google said as the company kicked off its two-day developer conference Wednesday in San Francisco.

    As the Internet giant's Android operating system stretches into cars, homes and smartwatches, this year's annual confab will expand on its usual focus on smartphones and tablets. Google gave more details about Android Wear, a version of the operating system customized for wearable gadgets such as smartwatches and introduced Android Auto, which has been tailored to work with cars.


     
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