This isn’t, strictly speaking, a directly Android-related news article, but it does have elements that will affect Android usage. Google have, on their Chromium blog, announced that they are working on a cloud printing method which will allow “any application (web, desktop, or mobile) on any device to print to any printer” (provided it has access to the cloud). The new technology will do away with the need for installing printer drivers on computers, instead, jobs will be send to Google Cloud Print, which will then, in turn, send them to the printer. When the job has finished, Cloud Print will inform the user of the status (printed or failed, etc).
This technology fits with Google’s overall vision for Chromium: running web apps, rather than locally installed apps. Obviously, Android devices running Google’s apps, such as any of the Google Docs apps, can expect to be able to use this driverless print method too.
{via Google Chromium blog}