Google I/O Roundup: The Six Biggest Announcements

29.06.2012

Chrome wasn't the only new iOS app announced and released at I/O; iOS users also got new Google Drive applications. Google Drive is the company's cloud-storage service.

Google Play, the company's mobile app and online media store recently hit two milestones: Play has delivered a total of 20 billion total applications to date; and 600,000 apps and games are now available in the store.

Google announced at I/O that movies and TV shows are now available for purchase in Google Play. In the past, Play store customers could only rent films and TV episodes. Now they can purchase feature films, single TV episodes and full seasons. And Google partnered with media companies including Disney, ABC and NBC Universal to provide their content in the Play Store.

Google also brought magazines to Google Play, and company spotlighted the Esquire, Wired and Family Circle magazines. Two-week free trials are available for many of the magazines in Google Play. And all new content in the Play store is cloud based, so it can be accessed from anywhere--you can also download some content to your devices for offline use.