The chirping sound of the sounds of birds, the buzzing of insects, the soft sound of Google CEO Sundar Pichai’s shoes as he walked across the stage. The sounds of spring are here, so you know what that means: Google I/O is in full bloom.
Following closely on Apple’s heels iPad launch event last week, Google are trying their best for it In/out developer conference on Tuesday, May 14. The event will take place at Shoreline Amphitheater in Mountain View, California, right near Google’s headquarters. The keynote begins at 10 a.m. PDT on Tuesday, and as usual, it will be streamed live. Expect to hear and see updates about Android 15, Google search, features announced Pixel 8A cheap phones and a series of news about the technology topic of the decade: artificial intelligence.
AI every step of the way
While Google AI Gemini The platform has been through a number increasing pain, the company still wants to bring its general AI offerings to any and all of its services: search, photo and video tools, and workspace toolsets like Gmail and Google Docs. Google has also been slow conveys AI features into your Google Assistant, so it’ll be interesting to see if those new capabilities lead to a more developed or truly natural-language voice assistant. AI assistant Acts as an agent to carry out tasks across all your connected services.
Of course, the company will showcase its upcoming features. Android 15 mobile operating system, more integrated in the car via Android Auto and its smartwatch software Wear OS. Expect each of them to be equipped with all sorts of fun (and maybe a little creepy) AI-powered features.
Google’s AI announcements could also hint at any news Apple might have coming up for its products. WWDC developer conference keynote, which will take place on June 10. Just a few months ago, news broke that Apple may be partnering with Google to later bring the Gemini AI platform to iOS. Neither company has officially confirmed the news, and it’s not entirely clear what the rocky partnership between the two mobile heavyweights is all about. may look like on iPhone. Google’s perhaps AI-heavy announcements could provide hints about whatever is being done on Apple devices.
Where is the difficulty?
I/O is a software-focused event, but that hasn’t stopped Google from using the keynote to announce new hardware devices in the past. If the lack of recent leaks about the company’s ambitions is any indication, this year could be slimmer on the hardware front than previous I/Os.
In general, Google doesn’t usually bother keeping its new gadgets under wraps before a major public event. Details about its upcoming Pixel 8A phone leaked a few weeks ago, but Google officially announced the device last week. (The phone goes on sale May 14, the same day as I/O.) Google will likely talk about its new Pixel and how it will use Android 15 and Gemini AI.
There’s always a chance another device could appear. Google announced it for the first time Pixel Fold at I/O last yearand that will probably happen at some point but we don’t expect it to happen this month. Google has also kept quiet about any new augmented reality technology it is developing, although it has introduced concepts like Project Starline and language-translating smart glasses at previous I/O events. . We do expect that with so much attention being paid to artificial intelligence developments, Google will likely make its AI announcements the center of the show.
Watch this space
Google’s keynote, which will open with comments from Pichai before the team rolls out all the new content, begins Tuesday, May 14, In 10 a.m. PDT (1 p.m. EDT). You can see it on Google In/out site or on Google Youtube channel. The video feed is also embedded right on this page.
In addition to the main speech, there are also follow-up speeches developer-focused keynote begins at 1:30 p.m. PDT (4:30 EDT), viewable using the same links as the first stream.
