

This both speaks to how popular the Galaxy Watch 4 series has been, as well as to how dreadful the state of Wear OS was before. Thanks to the debut of Wear OS 3 and, more so, a partnership with Samsung on the Galaxy Watch 4, Google says that there are three times as many active Wear OS devices now as there were a year before. And those users are also getting encryption in group chats later this year! Wear OS has 3x as many active devices in the last year In the Google Messages app alone, RCS has over 500 million monthly active users. RCS messaging is the next big thing for Android, and Google announced today that its efforts have been quite fruitful. Sundar Pichai revealed at Google I/O 2022 that Google Search and Google Maps drove over 2 billion searches for COVID-19 vaccine locations. Google estimates this number will double by the end of this year. These routes are often a few minutes slower, but represent more fuel-efficient driving. Google’s “eco-friendly” routes in Maps have so far seen users travel over 86 billion miles that are greener than the standard way.

Google Translate adds support for 24 new languages, now supports over 130.Google announced early on at I/O 2022 that Translate is picking up 24 new languages, in one of the product’s biggest expansions in years. Below, we’ve collected some of the key numbers and metrics from Google I/O 2022. Google I/O is the tech giant’s annual chance to boast its wins, and also provide meaningful updates on where its various products stand.
