( CNN ) -- In the future we will have screens not just in the palm of our hands , but all around us , according to Matias Duarte , Google 's Director of Android User Experience . Talking to CNN at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona , Duarte identified gesturing and `` tangibility '' as the next major developments in mobile technology . `` Computers have to work the way people expect and not the other way round . I want everything can you touch on the screen to operate like objects in the real world do . That does n't mean they have to look like copies of objects in the real world , but they have to be tangible and physical and delightful , '' he said . Admitting that using a phone can be an emotional experience , Duarte said : `` In the old days we used to be poking at phones . If I were to start poking you , you would n't like it , but when you start stroking , it 's a totally different message . `` Right now we only recognize a couple of fingers , and on screens that are small and always in the palm of your hand . `` In the future , we will look at the gestures of your entire body , facial expressions , arms , all of the fingers that you have , and you 're going to have screens not just in the palm of your hand , but all around you , '' he said . Duarte promised that Google would never clamp down on the user 's ability customize Android on their phones . And he said one of the biggest challenges for Android was designing a platform for communities . `` We do n't look at a single target market , we try to think of this as a gift we 're giving to the world and that 's a big responsibility we take very seriously . I want it to be computing power for everyone . I want it to connect people , and make it open and free , not controlled by any company or any government . ''
Matias Duarte , Google 's Director of Android User Experience , says smartphones must work the way people expect . `` I want everything can you touch on the screen to operate like objects in the real world do , '' he says . Duarte identifies gesturing and `` tangibility '' as big upcoming developments in mobile technology . Says Android is `` a gift '' Google are giving to the world .