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We've known about Project Hera for quite a while, and at Google I/O today, it was confirmed by Google's Director of Product Management for Chrome, Avni Shah. Hera is a new way for the web and apps to interact with each other on Android via an API, allowing apps like Chrome and Docs to use multiple scrolling items in the Recents menu at one time. Combined with the visual overhaul in the L release, this may drastically change the way that users interact with content.
Note the separate Recents menu items for Chrome tabs (NYT) and apps in the new L Material Design interface.
Content is the word here, because the focus of this new system is on pieces of information rather than specific apps. Tabs in Chrome for Android will fill individual Recents items in Android L (at least by default). This capability will be expanded to other Google apps, and indeed, potentially any relevant apps, by using the API.
Even more interestingly, the new relationship between the mobile web and Android apps will allow for some interesting interactions. Shah demonstrated app indexing that allowed for deeper links between apps, search, and the web. For example, a Google search for the Waterbar Restaurant in San Francisco included a relevant link to an OpenTable page. Clicking on the link not only opened the OpenTable app installed on the phone, but immediately sent the app to the relevant page.
Obviously there's a lot more that remains to be seen about the new user interface and how the Recents menu and Chrome will fit into the L release. We'll be continually covering Google I/O 2014 for any further developments. Check out our original scoop on Project Hera for more technical details.
Google's Project Hera overhaul for Android tipped with new Calendar app leak
We have already heard the first details of Google's next Android update, which was supposedly revealed via a leak of the purported changelog recently.
We have been hearing a fair amount of rumors these days when it comes to the next major build of Android, which could be shown off at Google I/O which will be taking place in the later part of June this year.
Now, new reports have emerged that indicate that Google's next major Android update that unifies user interface across its mobile devices (including Chrome OS) is real, believed to be codenamed Project Hera. Google is also said to be testing its Calendar app with new user-interface and features, similar to the Gmail revamp spotted earlier, once again indicating a wide change.
A Reddit user from a throwaway account has claimed that "Project Hera is real, but AP leak is not," referring to the earlier Android Police report. The user has also posted a purported Gmail app image which appears in developmental version and points to a redesigned UI. However, the leaked purported image of the Gmail app has blurred details.
An earlier report from Android Police had suggested that Google - in an attempt to unify users' experience on Android, Chrome and Search - is building a Chromium build for Android. The report also cited some leaked screenshots that showed apps with HTML5-based UI, where users could perform actions online without even using the full app.
As of now, there are not much details regarding Google's much-anticipated Project Hera.
Geek has posted alleged screenshots from Google's yet-to-be-announced Timely, which the site claims is internal name for the current Calendar app.
The site suggests that the upcoming Calendar app redesign includes new features and visual revamp. The site further, noted that the yet-to-be-revealed Calendar app includes a Daily Agenda feature, which offers users' to mail the current day's schedule.
Earlier, a bunch of leaked screenshots suggested that Google has been testing an overhauled design for its Gmail for Android app. Some leaked screenshots of the Gmail's Android app showed new features such as new tabs, snooze button and the option to pin messages.
Google’s Project Hera Will Merge Android, Chrome, And The Web [Rumor]
We have been hearing a fair amount of rumors these days when it comes to the next major build of Android, which could be shown off at Google I/O which will be taking place in the later part of June this year.
We have heard of how Google plans to put an end to Android fragmentation with “Android Silver” and interestingly enough there have also been talks about how the next Android build could have a focus on enterprise. Now according to a report from Android Police, they’re talking about another feature that could arrive in the next build of Android called Project Hera.
So what is Project Hera? Well the goal of Project Hera is to help bridge all of Google’s products and services. What this means is that it could somehow unify Android, Chrome, and Google Search and have them all work together and synchronize seamlessly across the board. The plan is to allow HTML5 apps to be integrated into native Android apps and the Android platform itself.
This means that users will be able to perform specific tasks without actually having to launch the app itself, which could be a huge convenience. Some examples that Android Police had include to ability users will be able to directly reply to messages or emails without having to open the app, or be able to activate an account by pressing a button next to the message instead of having to open the email and scan its contents.
Project Hera’s instances are also said to fall under a unified UI that makes it easy to spot within your multitasking stack, which apparently will look something like the rumored redesign of the Gmail for Android interface. To sum it up, Hera will be something like Chrome where what you browse on your desktop and what you bookmark will be synchronized on your mobile Chrome as well, except that this will apply to a variety of Google services/products.
Of course there’s no telling how true any of this is since Google has not officially confirmed anything yet, but with Google I/O taking place in a couple of months, perhaps we will be able to learn more about Project Hera then.
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