What should be next for Google Android?
With Nexus 4/7/10, Google eventually has some really good devices can compete with iPhone/iPad. And Android 4.2 is also as good as iOS 6.
The next thing Google need to focus is: Google Play. Let's be specific, the apps in Google Play.
Android apps in Google Play are generelly a bit of lower-quality than Apple App Store. Android end-users have not been used to pay for apps. They still can easily find pirated apps than pay for it.
We all know this, a sustainable ecosystem need customers who are willing to pay money.
Google can develop good OS system, it can also ask OEM manufacturers to build cheap but still good-enough hardware. But it can't develop half a million apps by itself. It needs developers' support. It needs something to boost developers' passion. Then, what's better thing than MONEY can attract developers' eye? Google now need to something to help Android developers' earn real money directly.