What To Expect From Google I/o 2026

We're sliding into developer convention play and 1 of nan biggest events connected nan upcoming almanac is Google I/O. This year's version is taking spot connected May 19 and 20. As usual, nan in-person constituent will hap successful Mountain View, California, though galore of nan keynotes and sessions will beryllium livestreamed. Google will surely make its biggest announcements during nan opening keynote, which will commencement astatine 1PM ET connected May 19. A developer keynote will return spot later nan aforesaid day.

As ever, nan rumor mill will prime up velocity successful nan leadup to Google I/O. We do person immoderate ideas astir what Google will talk astatine nan event. So let's return a look astatine what to expect astatine Google I/O 2026 (we'll update this communicative arsenic we perceive much reliable rumors).

What's officially connected deck

When it confirmed nan dates for this year's I/O, Google revealed a small spot astir what it has successful shop for us. As you mightiness imagine, AI will beryllium a awesome attraction of nan event. Google plans to stock its "AI breakthroughs and updates successful products crossed nan company, from Gemini to Android, Chrome, Cloud and more," it wrote successful a blog post successful February.

There will beryllium news connected Gemini exemplary updates arsenic good arsenic agentic coding. Google will person immoderate merchandise demos too.

The institution has released its initial schedule of keynotes and sessions, but it doesn't supply america pinch a batch of specifics arsenic yet. It has lined up discussions connected what's caller successful nan likes of Google Play, Firebase (a mobile and web app improvement platform), nan Gemma unfastened exemplary family and nan open-source app improvement model Flutter. Interestingly, location isn't a dedicated convention for Android XR connected nan schedule conscionable yet.

What to expect

There haven't been galore reliable leaks up of Google I/O arsenic yet, but we tin make immoderate knowledgeable guesses astir what to expect from nan event. It's each but definite that we'll get much specifications astir Android 17 astatine I/O. Developers request clip to tweak their apps up of nan adjacent awesome type of nan operating strategy rolling retired to everyone if they want to return advantage of caller features arsenic soon arsenic possible, and they invariably get a heads up astir those astatine I/O each year. (That said, Google has been moving distant from a large yearly merchandise attack successful favour of juicier Pixel Drops/Android updates, truthful we whitethorn not spot immoderate of nan caller features it unveils astatine I/O for immoderate time.)

As for different operating systems, Google is readying to meld ChromeOS and Android into a unified platform. This seems to beryllium nan task that's being referred to arsenic Aluminium OS, which we sewage a first glimpse of earlier this year acknowledgment to immoderate leaks. I/O seems for illustration nan cleanable venue for Google to commencement showing that disconnected to nan public.

On nan AI front, a uncover of Gemini 4 could beryllium connected nan docket, on pinch specifications of nan latest Veo text-to-video model. Maybe we’ll perceive much astir Project Astra, Google’s transportation for a cosmopolitan AI assistant.

If Google has immoderate user hardware to show disconnected astatine this year's event, I fishy it'll beryllium an Android XR instrumentality aliases devices, alternatively than a Pixel telephone aliases watch. There is simply a chance that we'll get a tease of nan Google Pixel 11 lineup. But don't beryllium amazed if we don't spot that aliases nan Pixel Watch 5 until Google's dedicated hardware event, which has taken spot successful August aliases October successful caller years (Google will want to enactment good distant from Apple's iPhone event, which will apt return spot successful September arsenic usual).

Here’s hoping for a large astonishment aliases two

Sure, Android updates are each good and good. If Google insists connected cramming Gemini and different AI devices into each of its devices and services, we’ll astatine slightest perceive to what they person to opportunity astir each that.

But I person my fingers crossed for immoderate cool surprises. Give america thing caller from Google X (Alphabet’s moonshot factory, not nan point that was erstwhile Twitter), an thought that could beryllium a nett use for humanity and boost nan company’s bottommost statement astatine nan aforesaid time. These events are ever much nosy erstwhile there’s thing for america to get genuinely excited about, moreover if it’s thing comparatively niche but retired there, for illustration nan Google Beam 3D video conferencing tech.