The Google app is getting a new update to make the experience richer. They want to connect users with more fun stuff around them from sporting to exhibition events around them or in the future.
Google announced this in a blog post yesterday in which it said that that it noticed the frequency at which at users searched for event related things in its app. Google doesn’t intend to at least for now to help you secure event tickets but just act as an aggregator for events from platforms like Eventbrite, Ticketmaster, Jambase and LiveNation among others. Google says the list will keep growing and is inviting event creators to check out its developer guidelines to ensure people can see their listings easily.
But this comes as Facebook still dominates the events space which they say is now used by 100 million users daily. To demonstrate its interest in this space, Facebook announced the launch of its standalone Events app on Android last December.
This update will apply for now to user in the United States and is likely to spread to other countries soon.
Paul Balo is the founder of TechBooky and a highly skilled wireless communications professional with a strong background in cloud computing, offering extensive experience in designing, implementing, and managing wireless communication systems.
To provide the best experiences, we use technologies like cookies to store and/or access device information. Consenting to these technologies will allow us to process data such as browsing behaviour or unique IDs on this site. Not consenting or withdrawing consent, may adversely affect certain features and functions.
Functional
Always active
The technical storage or access is strictly necessary for the legitimate purpose of enabling the use of a specific service explicitly requested by the subscriber or user, or for the sole purpose of carrying out the transmission of a communication over an electronic communications network.
Preferences
The technical storage or access is necessary for the legitimate purpose of storing preferences that are not requested by the subscriber or user.
Statistics
The technical storage or access that is used exclusively for statistical purposes.The technical storage or access that is used exclusively for anonymous statistical purposes. Without a subpoena, voluntary compliance on the part of your Internet Service Provider, or additional records from a third party, information stored or retrieved for this purpose alone cannot usually be used to identify you.
Marketing
The technical storage or access is required to create user profiles to send advertising, or to track the user on a website or across several websites for similar marketing purposes.
Google doesn’t intend to at least for now to help you secure event tickets but just act as an aggregator for events from platforms like Eventbrite, Ticketmaster, Jambase and LiveNation among others. Google says the list will keep growing and is inviting event creators to check out its developer guidelines to ensure people can see their listings easily. 
