Want to get away from Google's preinstalled Android apps? Usually, Google apps like Google Maps, Gmail, and so on, are central to the Android experience -- but they don't necessarily have to be ...

1) Google Text-to-speech The Google Text-to-Speech app has been an integral part of Android since 2013. It’s used for reading translations and pronunciation of words, reading books, giving turn ...

Speech-to-text and predictive typing will be particularly useful as alternative input options in apps. Google has also improved gaming on Android TV with an auto low latency mode.

As Android has evolved, Google's worked increasingly hard to keep users locked into its ecosystem. The search giant creates new apps, retains users by giving them a thoroughly decent out-of-the ...

Regardless of the kind of application you create, speech recognition can improve accessibility by providing users with an alternative way to interact with your app.

If you've ever struggled to find the voice-to-text option when you need it, a new Google keyboard feature could make hands-free texting a lot easier. At present, if you want to use voice texting ...

Just as Google did with their popular Translate app, the search giant has now brought in-app functionality to their Text-to-speech engine.

You can use Google text-to-speech on an Android phone to help you hear text instead of reading it, and catch grammatical oddities in your own writing.