The big news from Google I/O: Android Pay, virtual reality, and free photo storage

Bridget Carey
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At its annual conference, Google reveals updates to Android, including a beefed-up payment system called Android Pay. It also brings virtual reality to iPhones (really) and the new Photos app offers free, unlimited storage.

This article, The big news from Google I/O: Android Pay, virtual reality, and free photo storage, originally appeared on CNET.com.

The next version of Android knows what you want, before you know you want it.

Google's upcoming Android M operating system is sporting new predictive powers with "Now on Tap," a way to get assistance based on the context of what you're looking at on the screen. Google is also pushing back against Apple Pay with a new system for mobile payments: Android Pay.

At Google's big I/O keynote, it also revealed plans to expand virtual reality content and a Photos app that has a few new ways to search and share photos. Get the highlights from Google's big news in under three minutes:

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