Google has kicked off a two-day developer conference in San Francisco.
In launching the event, Google is now proclaiming that its Android operating system is now being used in over a billion devices around the world.
Google has also launched a couple of new products, including new version of its OS, called "L."
The company is aso putting out a new handset called the Android One.
Sundar Pichai is Google's Vice President in charge of Android Chrome and Apps.
"We're also working with carriers in these markets to provide affordable connectivity packages with these devices. What we are excited is this is a leverage turnkey solution so that at scale we can bring high quality affordable smartphones so that we can get the next billion people access to these devices."
The San Francisco event itself has attracted around 6-thousand people, including developers, bloggers and journalists.
