Google I/O, the corporate’s annual developer’s convention, does not begin till Could 20, however expectations are already swirling about what might be introduced throughout the occasion. This is what we expect would possibly present up at this 12 months’s Google I/O, plus particulars on the best way to watch.
When and the best way to watch Google I/O 2025
This 12 months’s Google I/O is scheduled for Could 20 and 21, with the primary keynote starting at 10 a.m. PT (1 p.m. ET). The occasion might be reside streamed on-line at io.google and on YouTube. Anybody can view the keynotes and classes with out registering, although builders can register at no cost to obtain occasion communications.
What’s coming to Google I/O 2025
The schedule for I/O 2025 hasn’t been revealed, and what we expect we’ll see is (thus far) based mostly on rumors, hypothesis, and leaks. That stated, there are a couple of issues we are able to moderately count on—or no less than hope for.
First is the launch of Android 16, which Google has already pegged to Q2 2025. In response to Android Police, leaks counsel an official launch date of June 3, which means an announcement at I/O is probably going. Public betas have been rolled out with new options for pictures, safety, machine administration, foldable detection, and small tweaks to accessibility and well being performance.
One other attainable launch date announcement may come for Put on OS 5.1, which has some comparatively minor new options and stability enhancements. And whereas Google is not anticipated to launch Put on OS 6—which might observe go well with with the discharge of Put on OS 4 in July 2023 and Put on OS 5 in July 2024—and even announce any of its options, it may trace at what we’ll see in Put on OS sooner or later.
Lastly, Google not too long ago confirmed the launch date for the primary Android XR-powered headset and revealed extra particulars about specs and options. This got here following Samsung’s prolonged actuality (XR) prototype reveal throughout January’s Galaxy Unpacked occasion. Different {hardware} information is much less possible, because the Pixel 9a is anticipated to drop in March forward of I/O.
After all, AI is anticipated to be closely featured at I/O 2025, with attainable updates about Undertaking Astra. The “superior seeing and speaking responsive agent,” introduced at I/O 2024, is billed as a next-gen AI assistant that may obtain real-world inputs and reply to what it sees. The occasion lineup may additionally embrace updates on Gemini options like Circle to Search, AI Overviews, and integrations with Android, Search, and YouTube—and perhaps even the official swap from “Hey Google” to “Hey Gemini.”
