Today ill quickly talk about how machine learning is

Today, I'll quickly talk about how machine learning is help us advance that mission. Then I'll
highlight progress in our three big areas ­­ Cloud, YouTube and Hardware ­­ and share updates
on our computing and advertising platforms.
First, machine learning and making information accessible to everyone. Our own ML­powered
products like Google Photos and Google Lens gets better every day. The Google Assistant is a
great example of this. In the home, we have added over 200 new device partners that work
with the Assistant, just in the last four months alone. We now partner with all major
manufacturers of connected devices for the home in the US. All told, the Google Assistant can
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now help you with over 1 million actions, including new things like reminding you to buy bread
when you get to the store or sending money to friends. Or if you want to get a ride­share home.
For a concept we unveiled at I/O less than two years ago, this is great progress.
AI is also unlocking new opportunities for everyone. Just in the last few months, we've seen
some amazing applications ­­ from dairy farmers in Georgia using TensorFlow to improve the
health of their herds, to our own Google researchers who figured out how to use ML techniques
to assess a person's risk of a heart attack. The possibilities of AI in healthcare are truly
exciting.
At a recent TensorFlow Summit, we introduced TensorFlow Hub, making it easier for developers
to share and reuse models, so that we can work together to tackle even more problems and get
to better ideas faster. Our investments in this area are helped because of our specialized
Tensor Processing Units, which are specifically designed to be highly efficient for machine
learning applications.
Of course, we continue to advance Google's core mission in other ways, too. We recently
launched our Google Go app in 26 African countries. This app reduces the amount of data
needed to display search results by 40%. And we continue to invest in ways to give people
granular and easy controls over their information across all our products. Every single day
nearly 20 million people visit My Account, which gives them options to review their Google
security, privacy and ad settings. Additionally tools like Security Checkup and Privacy Checkup
prompt people to keep their accounts secure and control their data settings.
Now turning to our three big areas, Cloud, YouTube and Hardware. Last quarter we shared
some exciting metrics about the progress of Google Cloud, including that we passed a billion
dollars per quarter in 2017. In Q1 we saw increasing momentum. We are growing across the
board, and are also signing significantly larger, more strategic deals for Cloud. Our security
capabilities, the easy­to­use advanced data analytics and machine learning solutions and the
secure and industry leading collaboration platform G Suite are winning customers over. Google
Cloud is growing well.