Google patents smart drag and drop for Android
Google has filed
for, and been granted, an interesting patent that could fundamentally change
the way we use our phones and make them much smarter.
The patent
describes a new drag and drop dynamic between apps on Android. You would be
able to drag content like a photo or text, or a restaurant and drop it into a
relevant app that can use that content specifically - like a photo editor,
messaging app or Google Maps.
Your phone will know which app is relevant to
the content you're dragging through machine learning.
So if you start dragging a restaurant's name
your phone would be able to recognize it for what it is and offer to book you a
table or navigate you to it through a Booking app or Google Maps.
Nowadays smartphones offer you a ready-made
list of apps for sharing and will even give you photo-specific recommendations
for photo content. But Google will take it to a new level by making your phone
understand what you're trying to share between apps and know what apps will
work for this type of content.
Source: gsmarena
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