AI dominates Google developer conference keynote

Google has unveiled a range of new products focused on artificial intelligence, which the technology giant hopes will make its services easier to use. At the firm's annual I/O developer conference, Google's latest innovations included revamps for its Android operating system, as well as Gmail and virtual helper Google Assistant. The next version of Google's annually updated mobile operating system, Android P, is now "smarter" according to the firm, thanks to new machine learning tools at its heart. This artificial intelligence has been applied to several new features, including Adaptive Battery which prioritises power to the apps used most, while Adaptive Brightness automatically tweaks screen brightness. There are also App Actions, which learn user habits and then predict which app a user is likely to turn to next - for example raising a prompt to resume a Spotify playlist when a pair of headphones are plugged in.