While Google I/O 2016 didn’t feature any Larry Page sightings, it was a great look at some of the newest IoT-related developments inside Mountain View. The firm has clearly begun to focus on machine learning and how interactions between AI and humans can be valuable for both parties. Here is a roundup of what we think were the biggest IoT announcements: Google Assistant Intelligent assistants are all the rage these days, but Google wants a service that can compute more than a single query.