Google is expected to use its annual software developers' conference to showcase the latest mobile phone and other devices running on its Android software, while also unveiling other features in its evolving product line-up.
The gathering, scheduled to begin Wednesday morning in San Francisco, provides Google Inc. with an opportunity to flex its technological muscle in front of a sold-out audience of engineers and entrepreneurs who develop applications and other features that can make smartphones and tablets more appealing.
Reporters from around the world also will be on hand, giving Google a chance to generate more hoopla about its latest innovations.
The company, which is based in Mountain View, California, made a big splash at last year's conference by staging an elaborate production to highlight the potential of Google Glass - an Internet-connected device and camera that can be worn on a person's face like a pair of spectacles. Google co-founder Sergey Brin wowed the crowd last year by taking to the stage and then engaging in a live video chat with a group of skydivers who were in a dirigible hovering above the convention. When they jumped, the skydivers' descent to the rooftop was shown live through the Google Glass camera.
Some of the developers in attendance last year paid $1,500 apiece for a Google Glass prototype that was delivered to them last month.
Google hasn't spelled out what its executives will discuss during this year's opening keynote, which is scheduled to begin at 9 a.m. PDT (1600 GMT) and last for nearly three hours. Given that Google Glass is now being tested by the developers who bought the ''Explorer'' edition, the device might not be one of the featured attractions.
It's a safe bet the spotlight at some point Wednesday will shine on Android, which already has been activated on more than 750 million devices around the world. Google gives the mobile operating system away, making it easier for gadget makers to sell their devices at prices below Apple Inc.'s iPhone and iPad.
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