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AIY Projects: Updated kits for 2018

AIY Projects has launched new versions of their do-it-yourself artificial intelligence kits. The Voice Kit lets you build a voice controlled speaker, while the Vision Kit lets you build a camera that learns to recognize people and objects. Photos and links are on the post.

Android Things Release Candidate

Android Things Developer Preview 8 is now available. It is the final preview release and represents the final API surface exposed in the Android Things support library for the upcoming *stable* release; which means there will be no more breaking API changes before the 1.0 release of the SDK. For more details, release notes, and the updated SDK reference, take a look at the post.

Protecting WebView with Safe Browsing

Google Play Protect is bringing Safe Browsing to WebView by default, starting in April 2018 with the release of WebView 66. Google Safe Browsing protects users across the web from phishing and malware attacks. Links to learn about customizing, controlling, and testing Safe Browsing are on the post.

Firebase Authentication Updates

Some of the new functionality we’ve delivered for Firebase Authentication includes Passwordless Sign-In with Email Link, Custom Claims on Clients, and server-side session management controls. For more details on making registering and signing in users even easier, take a look at the post.

DeepVariant Accuracy Improvements

DeepVariant version 0.6 is now available. It’s a deep learning model that’s been trained to analyze genetic sequences and accurately identify the differences (known as variants) that make us all unique. This release includes some major accuracy improvements that are outlined in detail on the post.

Cloud SQL for PostgreSQL Generally Available

PostgreSQL is now generally available and fully supported for all customers on our Cloud SQL fully-managed database service. This means it’s backed by Google’s 24 by 7 SRE team, high availability with automatic failover, and our SLA. Links to get started are on the post.

Dialogflow Enterprise Edition Generally Available

Also now generally available is Dialogflow Enterprise Edition, which you can use to build voice and text based conversational experiences powered by machine learning and natural language understanding. Example screenshots and links to get started are on the post.

HashiCorp Vault

HasiCorp Vault is an open source tool for secrets management. We just announced some improvements to the Google Cloud Storage backend for HashiCorp Vault, including high availability, support for default application credentials, and enterprise-grade security. Details are on the post.

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Google I/O 2018 schedule update

The Google I/O 2018 schedule just got a big update! On it, you can find additional sessions and codelabs, as well as new App Reviews, Office Hours, and After Hours events. Head on over to the post for links and info on how to reserve your seat or view the livestream.

Protecting users with TLS by default in Android P

For Apps that target Android P, TLS or Transport Layer Security is the default. To learn how to update your app, including how to make cleartext connections when necessary, take a look at the post.

What’s New In DevTools: Chrome 67

Chrome 67 introduces several new features and changes to DevTools including the ability to search across all network headers and CSS variable value previews in the Styles pane. All the details with screenshots are on the post.

Kayenta: Automated canary analysis

Google and Netflix recently announced Kayenta, an open-source automated canary analysis service that allows teams to reduce risk associated with rolling out deployments to production at high velocity. Kayenta is integrated with Spinnaker, an open-source multi-cloud continuous delivery platform. All the details and links to get started are on the post.

Cloud Endpoints: a new way to manage API configuration rollout

Google Cloud Endpoints is a distributed API gateway that you can use to develop, deploy, protect, and monitor APIs that you expose. You can now configure Cloud Endpoints to use a new managed rollout strategy that automatically uses the latest service configuration without having to re-deploy or restart it.

Version history support for Cloud Firestore Security Rules

We recently added Version History to Cloud Firestore Security Rules. For any Cloud Firestore project, you can now browse all previously published versions of Rules, view the differences between the previous and current versions, and edit the current version. Details and screenshots are on the post.

Time to Upgrade from GCM to FCM

In 2016, we introduced Firebase Cloud messaging as the next evolution of Google Cloud Messaging. It includes a host of new features such as an intuitive notifications interface in the Firebase console, better reporting, and native integrations with other Firebase products. We’re excited to devote more time and attention to improving FCM, which is why the GCM server and client APIs have been deprecated and will be removed as soon as April 11th, 2019 — meaning you will need to upgrade to FCM within a year. Of course, we recommend you upgrade sooner rather than later. A step-by-step migration guide is linked from the post.