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Google's Biggest Announcements From I/O 2016

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Software updates now happen seamlessly in the background (just like Chromebooks!). Vulcan 3D graphics to improve games. Better security. Better notifications. Better multi-tasking with multi-window support. It launches "later this summer," but there's a beta-quality release candidate available now for Nexus devices. Oh and what's the N stand for? You decide.

Where there was once Cardboard, there is now Daydream. Ultimately, the name will encompass everything Google does in VR, but right now it means two things: a hardware standard for high-end smartphones, and a VR mode that's built right into Android N. Google's building headsets with multiple partners, too, so expect more—phone, headsets, and software—this fall.