Thanks for flagging this, Anne! Giving this a good look is next on my to-do list after writing up annual reviews...
On Tue, May 30, 2017 at 6:06 AM, Adele Vrana avrana@wikimedia.org wrote:
Thanks for sharing this Anne. Really interesting. We should dig further after Brazil's research.
On Mon, May 29, 2017 at 5:59 AM, Anne Gomez agomez@wikimedia.org wrote:
Haven't had a chance to dig too much, but it looks like it's basically an "Android Lite" to serve lower cost, lower bandwidth devices better with an optimized experience and Play store.
http://indianexpress.com/article/technology/mobile-tabs/ google-io-2017-android-go-is-a-light-version-of-android-o- optimised-for-entry-level-smartphones/
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2017/05/android-go-will- strip-android-down-for-ultra-low-budget-phones/
And here's a guide for building apps for all environments: https://developers.google.com/billions/
I'll dig in more after this research sprint to roll up some of their findings, but wanted to share.
Anne
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This is really exciting and important.
I wonder if there are there any events/meetups we could attend in the Bay Area (or elsewhere) about this? Would love to get hands on with devices and meet the people who are as interested in this as we are.
On Tue, Jun 6, 2017 at 7:04 AM, Michael Holloway mholloway@wikimedia.org wrote:
Thanks for flagging this, Anne! Giving this a good look is next on my to-do list after writing up annual reviews...
On Tue, May 30, 2017 at 6:06 AM, Adele Vrana avrana@wikimedia.org wrote:
Thanks for sharing this Anne. Really interesting. We should dig further after Brazil's research.
On Mon, May 29, 2017 at 5:59 AM, Anne Gomez agomez@wikimedia.org wrote:
Haven't had a chance to dig too much, but it looks like it's basically an "Android Lite" to serve lower cost, lower bandwidth devices better with an optimized experience and Play store.
http://indianexpress.com/article/technology/mobile-tabs/goog le-io-2017-android-go-is-a-light-version-of-android-o-opt imised-for-entry-level-smartphones/
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2017/05/android-go-will-stri p-android-down-for-ultra-low-budget-phones/
And here's a guide for building apps for all environments: https://developers.google.com/billions/
I'll dig in more after this research sprint to roll up some of their findings, but wanted to share.
Anne
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