Google I/O Highlights: AI-powered Search to Workspace, Pixel 7a, Fold, Tablet launch, and more

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Yesterday, May 10, Google hosted its annual developer conference, Google I/O, where in the keynote session it introduced a wide range of products and services to the public. The first hour of the event was entirely dedicated to all the AI technologies that were being developed by Google and were likely to be launched this year. The biggest news to emerge from this was a new AI-powered Search, which will also get a conversational chatbot, and Google Workspace which will now soon come with generative AI support to help users write emails, essays, fill in spreadsheets and more. On the product side, Google introduced the new Pixelf 7a, Pixel Fold, and Pixel Tablet to its range of products. Let us take a quick glance at everything that was announced during the event.

Even before the event began, the pre-event show featured composer Dan Deacon who played groovy music that was entirely made by artificial intelligence. Google introduced MusicLM, an AI tool that can turn text descriptions into music. Google later announced in a press release that this tool is now available for testing by visiting AI Test Kitchen on the web, Android or iOS.

The event began with CEO Sundar Pichai taking the stage and speaking about how Google has been working in the AI space for years and has been perfecting these services that will allow people to interact with technology in a more seamless way.

Google Maps unveiled a new "Immersive View for Routes" feature in select cities. Immersive View uses computer vision and AI to fuse billions of Street View and aerial images together to create a digital model of the world. With this technology, users can see all the information they need about your route at once including previewing bike lanes, sidewalks and