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In the past decade, Google has released many products at I/O, the most successful of which is the Android operating system. This move has directly affected the global mobile Internet situation and made Google the world's most influential Internet giant. However, in fact, in the process of Google's advancement, there are also many decisions that are far below expectations.

At the I/O conference in 2008, Google Gears, an offline application development tool, was released. Google Gears is actually a browser extension software that allows external developers to develop offline applications for mainstream browsers such as IE or Firefox. Later, Google changed the name of the tool to "Gears" and released it as an open source product. In February 2010, Google announced that it would use HTML 5 technology to create browser/cloud-based applications in the future, which also meant that Google officially abandoned the Gears project.

According to the statement when Google Wave was released at Google I/O in 2009, it is a "personal communication and collaboration tool", a web service, computing platform and communication protocol designed to merge email, instant messaging, wiki and social networks. It has a powerful real-time collaboration and powerful spell checking function, which can automatically translate 40 languages, as well as many other extensions, such as users can also collaborate by co-editing documents. However, since the launch of Google Wave, the service has been facing the challenge of too few users, which led Google to announce in August 2010 that it would no longer continue the subsequent development of Google Wave. In September, Google opened the source code of Google Wave to the public, and Lars Rasmussen, the original head of the project, also jumped to Facebook.

In May 2015, Google launched another payment feature besides Android Pay at the I/O Developer Conference - Hands Free, which allows payments without using both hands.

Google will set up checkout devices in stores. After entering the store, the device equipped with Hands Free can be located through a series of functions such as Bluetooth, GPS positioning, Wifi, etc., and connect to the merchant's checkout device. Customers can complete the payment by saying "I'll pay with Google" at the checkout counter. The store will also confirm the user's information. By asking the name, you can understand the user's appearance, credit card and other related information. After completing the identity confirmation, you can pay. As for the user information that the merchant can see, it is also limited, and the user's photos taken in the mall will be deleted after payment. If developed in theory, Hands Free is really a good solution, but in actual application, it has not been recognized by the market, so Google chose to give up. Currently, Hands Free has been officially closed on February 8, 2016.

This year, Google mentioned Pineapple pineapple cake in a puzzle game, which seems to imply that the Android P system will be released this year. Everyone knows that Google will name each version of Android after desserts, such as Lollipop, Marshmallow, Jelly Bean, Oreo, etc. However, Pineapple can only be said to be a guess now, and there are rumors that P refers to Pie.

In addition to the release of Android P, AI-related technologies and products are also the focus of the release. Google Assistant, Google Home, etc. will definitely be one of the absolute protagonists of this release. However, the 2018 TensorFlow Dev Summit, which will start on March 30, is expected to release many technologies and products that are more closely related to AI developers in advance.

As for hardware, everyone predicts that the possibility of Pixel 3 being released is not particularly high, because Google is increasingly inclined to update in the second half of the year, and the release time in May is still a bit hasty.