Google simply introduced that it’ll host a separate occasion forward of I/O to debate updates coming to Android. The Android Present: I/O Version will land on YouTube and the Android website on Might thirteenth at 10AM PT / 1PM ET and can characteristic Android ecosystem president Sameer Samat. That’s a full week forward of Google I/O, which kicks off on May 20th.
It’s not terribly stunning, provided that the corporate has spent much less time speaking about Android at I/O. And it’s most likely a giant trace that we’re going to listen to much more about Gemini and Google’s different AI efforts all through the developer convention. Possibly we’ll even get an update on its Project Astra.
“We’ll be sharing information now to get you prepared for I/O the place we’ll have much more particular bulletins and surprises in retailer,” Samat mentioned. The corporate famous that Android will nonetheless have a presence at I/O in keynotes and developer technical classes.
Whereas Android was as soon as the spotlight of Google I/O — again when the corporate unveiled new statues for the brand new dessert taste title picked for the next-generation of Android — that’s modified prior to now few years. Final 12 months, Google talked about redesigning Search around AI, and the way Gemini would combine throughout Android telephones and companies like Docs, Gmail, Calendar.