The Moscone Center in San Francisco will open its doors tomorrow for the annual two-day Google I/O developer conference. The event has become a major showcase for the company’s emerging products as well as updates to its existing products. Based on recent leaks and rumors, VentureBeat predicts we may learn something about the following: Android M — the next version of the Android operating system, Brillo — a smart home technology possibly built into the new version of Android, Google Photos — an upcoming photo service (not expected to be built into Google+), the launch of Android Pay, and updates regarding Chromecast, Android Wear, and Material Design guidelines. ETCentric will keep you posted of any major announcements.

Google stopped availability of its Glass wearable in January, but quietly continued its development after transitioning efforts from Google X to Tony Fadell’s team at the company’s Nest division. News broke recently that the team was hiring new engineers to work on “smart eyewear and other related products,” suggesting that Glass and potential spin-off devices may be on the horizon. ReadWrite notes that consumers may react differently this time around in a landscape that seems more open to head-mounted tech such as the Microsoft HoloLens, Oculus Rift and HTC Vive. However, the major distinction with Google Glass is that these headsets are not intended to be worn all the time. Some rumors suggest we may learn Google’s plans for Glass at I/O this week.

In its latest effort to better monetize YouTube, Google has introduced new shopping elements to the video site’s skippable pre-roll video ads, known as TrueView ads. “During some TrueView ads, viewers will also see product offers from the same advertiser, with prices, images and a button to click that will take them to the advertiser’s website,” explains The Wall Street Journal. Among the early companies to test the new approach, online furniture retailer Wayfair reports impressive results so far, noting that the elements generated up to three times as much sales revenue as traditional TrueView ads.

Amazon announced that its Prime Now service officially launched in select neighborhoods of Manhattan last week, offering one-hour delivery of groceries, prepared meals and baked goods from local businesses. Amazon customers can use the Prime Now app to order goods from companies such as D’Agostino, Gourmet Garage and Billy’s Bakery. The app is available for iOS and Android devices. According to the press release, the service will expand across Manhattan in the coming weeks. Prime Now offers free delivery in two hours, and one-hour delivery for $7.99. The service plans to soon add one-hour delivery from local stores where Prime Now is offered (Atlanta, Austin, Baltimore, Brooklyn, Dallas and Miami).

Jony Ive has been promoted to the newly created position of chief design officer at Apple. Ive will relinquish his day-to-day managerial duties in order to focus on “current design projects, new ideas and future initiatives,” according to the company. Ive’s managerial duties will be handed off to his two deputies, reports Bloomberg. Richard Howarth will be named VP of industrial design and Alan Dye will become VP of interface design. “In many ways, Jony’s new role is the closest thing yet to the unofficial role that Steve Jobs held at Apple,” suggests analyst Neil Cybart. “With day-to-day managerial duties being handed off to capable team members, Jony now has more time to focus on the big picture.”

Samsung has officially launched the beta version of its Samsung Flow app, available via the Google Play Store. The app works similarly to Apple’s Continuity feature, which allows users to jump form one Apple device to another and continue their work. “Samsung Flow will allow users to swap activities between their mobile devices, such as transfer the viewing of a website on their phone to that of a tablet,” notes Ubergizmo. “Users will also be able to defer activities on their mobile devices until an appropriate device is available.” Supported devices include the Samsung Galaxy S5, S6 and S6 Edge; Galaxy Alpha; Galaxy Note 4 and Note Edge; and the Galaxy Tab S.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau this week accused eBay’s electronic payments division PayPal of illegally signing its customers up for PayPal Credit, an online credit product, without their permission. By not offering users the option of their preferred payment method, PayPal engaged in deceptive advertising, claims the U.S. financial watchdog. According to Reuters, “Under a proposed order filed with the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland, which needs a judge’s approval to become final, PayPal would refund $15 million to consumers and pay a $10 million penalty to the government, the CFPB said.”

Roku announced this week that the subscription-based, ad-free Sesame Street Go service is now available via the company’s streaming players and integrated Roku TVs. The service launched last year on iOS and Android devices, Web browsers, and connected TVs via Google’s Chromecast. “Sesame Street Go, which features full-length ‘Sesame Street’ episodes, new and old, and shorter-form fare, runs $3.99 per month or $29.99 per year, and is offered in the Roku Channel Store in the Kids & Family category,” reports Multichannel News. According to the press release, users can filter “Sesame Street” content through learning areas including math, science, literacy and the arts.

Microsoft is reportedly working on a new mobile app called Flow, designed to work with Outlook, which offers rapid email exchange that closely resembles instant messaging. “Correspondence with Flow will likely look similar to exchanges on popular messaging apps such as WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger, and Apple’s iMessage, though it’s email that’s behind the system,” reports Digital Trends. According to the leaked product description, Flow will offer “fast, fluid, natural conversations: No subject lines, salutations, or signatures.” If message recipients do not have Flow, incoming messages will simply appear in their inbox as regular email messages.

Netflix plans to introduce a new online user interface beginning next month that is immersive and provides more information. “The interface, which was previously demonstrated at CES and Mobile World Congress, brings the design of Netflix’s website more in line with what users today see on mobile phones, tablets, on gaming consoles and on other streaming media players, like Roku,” reports TechCrunch. The new design reportedly replaces the slow scrolling carousels with “an updated look with larger thumbnails in each section which can be clicked on in order to expand a detail screen showing additional information about the title in question.”

Microsoft launched its over-the-air digital TV tuner and antenna option for the Xbox One game console this week. Customers in North America can now purchase the Hauppauge Digital TV Tuner to screen free, local, broadcast TV programming on their HDTVs via Xbox One devices. “Microsoft is selling the tuner bundled with a Mohu DTV antenna for $100,” according to Variety. “For those who already have an antenna, the Hauppauge tuner for Xbox One is available for $59.99 from Microsoft and Amazon.com.” The move marks another step by Microsoft toward transforming its game console into an entertainment hub for the home. The Xbox One already offers access to HBO Go, Hulu Plus, Netflix, Sling TV and more.

Twentieth Century Fox plans to make all of its new movies available in Ultra HD with high dynamic range (HDR) for home entertainment purposes, according to The Hollywood Reporter. “High dynamic range — meaning a wider range between the whitest whites and blackest blacks in an image — is viewed by many Hollywood tech leaders as the key feature that will create a more noticeable picture advancement for viewers,” notes THR. The UHD Alliance is currently working on an interoperable HDR spec for home entertainment. SMPTE is also doing HDR standards work and the Blu-ray Disc Association recently announced its UHD Blu-ray spec with support for HDR.

Open source project Popcorn Time — considered by some to be the Netflix for pirated movies — has now spawned a simple new means of streaming movies to browsers. A site called Popcorn Time In Your Browser is offering an in-browser app that reportedly makes it easier to access pirated movie streams. According to TechCrunch, the app works similarly to the desktop version of Popcorn Time, “remotely streaming torrent files from YTS through Coinado.” By using the app, no torrent files are stored on the user’s machine. “Torrent streaming services like Popcorn Time have always existed in a legal gray area. On one hand, a viewer isn’t downloading the movie to his computer, yet is still watching something that clearly wasn’t paid for.”

RealNetworks, maker of the streaming RealPlayer, popular in the 1990s, is attempting a comeback with a new photo-sharing app centered on families. “The RealTimes app lets users stitch photos and videos into montages that are stored on RealNetworks’s cloud service,” explains The New York Times. “The app, which is compatible with iPhones, Android devices, PCs and some TV streaming devices, is free for those who want to create clips that are no longer than 30 seconds; for people who want to make longer videos and use more cloud storage, Real offers paid subscription plans.” RealTimes will compete with popular apps such as Instagram and Flickr.

Samsung is readying the termination of Samsung Wallet’s two-year run. “All of Samsung Wallet’s features will stop functioning by the end of June,” reports Tech Times. “The Samsung partner portal will be shuttered and the Samsung Wallet application programming interface will be unavailable.” As a replacement, the company is expected to introduce LoopPay this summer as the rebranded Samsung Pay. Samsung recently acquired payment service LoopPay for a reported $250 million. “As Apple pushes Apple Pay and Samsung preps Samsung Pay,” notes the article, “Google is cooking up a new API for Google Wallet. With that change, which will open the platform up to third parties, Google is gearing up Android Pay.”