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There’s something amazing about holding a selfie stick and trying augmented reality. I didn’t know this until I tried Google Expeditions and its new AR-based tech at Google I/O. Unfortunately, I don’t know if I’ll ever have an everyday phone that can use it. More from Google I/O 2017 Android O, Google Lens and VR: …

YouTube is trying to make its virtual reality app more social. Google’s video site announced Thursday at its I/O developer conference that people will be able to watch VR videos together while in its VR app. While you’re in there, you and a small group of friends can sync up videos to watch together simultaneously and talk to each other …

On-screen directions show you where the paint is when you hold up your phone. And how to get there. Maybe, even, remember where you shopped last. Lowe’s hardware stores have already been experimenting with indoor mapping via Google Tango, and now 400 stores will be indoor-mapped in the future. Google Tango is a camera for phones that adds advanced augmented …

Google wants to improve Android apps, and it’s not afraid to call out the bad ones. Crashing, slowness and battery vampirism enrage Android device owners and make the appmaker look bad. A whopping 50 percent of 1-star apps are slammed because they’re unstable, the Google Play team said at the annual I/O developer conference. And that’s not great for a …

Today Google announced a brand-new feature for Gmail called Smart Reply. It’s basically like predictive typing for email and message replies. Smart Reply works pretty straightforwardly. It uses Google machine learning to suggest three responses to the emails and messages you receive. You can ignore them, or you can pick one and then hit send, or you can add additional …

Now playing: Watch this: Google wants to make your job search easier 1:49 Like any good matchmaker, Google is working hard to help you find the one. The right job, that is. As a pivotal source of information for anyone on the job hunt, Google will now make job queries as easy to parse through as restaurant info. The company …

Now playing: Watch this: Google Lens is smart enough to identify flower species 1:32 What’s Google got in store for us in 2017 and beyond? We tuned in to its Google I/O developer conference on its 10th anniversary to bring you the lowdown. Unlike the hardware-centric announcements of last October, I/O focuses mostly on software and how to to get …

Now playing: Watch this: Google Photos gets smarter with suggested sharing 2:22 With Google Photos, you’ll no longer have to worry about finding and sharing that perfect shot. Announced at Google I/O 2017, the updated app will not only be able to remind you to share photos, but also whom to share them with. Called Suggested Sharing, the feature will …

Google has tried for years to rehabilitate the web on your phone — and it now has evidence it says shows the effort is paying off. When you’re on your phone, tapping that link in Facebook to a news story or opening the browser to look up movie times can be a wince-inducing process. Even on a fast network with …

Livestream It’s time for Google to show us its roadmap for 2017 and beyond. The search giant has once again taken over the Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View, California, for its annual Google I/O developers conference, which runs today through Friday. What to expect While ostensibly targeted at the army of developers working in the various corners of Google’s empire …