What to Count on When You’re Anticipating Google I/O 2024

Within the tech world, developer conferences are like birthdays. These mega-events occur yearly and remind us of the cadence of life and that point is a neverending circle. Google I/O 2024 might be no completely different.

This yr, we count on to listen to an amazing deal about Google’s foray into AI and the place Gemini will enterprise subsequent. We anticipate that Google will supply a glimpse at upcoming Pixel {hardware}, together with the hotly anticipated Pixel 8a (who knew society was clamoring for a mid-tier, inexpensive smartphone?) and what’s new in Android 15. We’ll additionally discover out if Google plans something in Meta’s realm of “prolonged actuality.”

How one can tune in to Google I/O 2024

Please don’t make a ingesting recreation out of the Google I/O 2024 keynote—particularly not out of how usually Google’s CEO, Sundar Pichai, utters the phrase “AI.” The beginning time on Might 14, 2024, is 10:00 A.M. PT / 1.:00 P.M. ET. You’ll be able to watch it reside on Google’s web site or YouTube. You don’t have to register for the convention to look at something.

In case you do find yourself making a ingesting recreation out of what’s going to seemingly be a two-hour keynote, I counsel you take pleasure in a inexperienced smoothie or kombucha as an alternative.

Count on a lot Gemini AI

Google’s at all times been eager on synthetic intelligence. The corporate has spent the final decade lauding the purpose of its Machine Studying algorithms and the way they enhance the merchandise you work together with every day. This yr’s Google I/O will seemingly take it a step additional for the reason that firm has majorly shifted its sources to focus on what AI, like Gemini, can do to all the prevailing consumer-facing merchandise.

Over two dozen periods can be found for Google I/O’s developer attendees, together with ones centered on Gemma. I’m particularly interested in this workshop on automating duties in Google Workspace—that is what I’d count on Gemini for use for within the first place.

Count on Pixel {hardware}

Google’s annual developer convention isn’t sometimes an occasion the place {hardware} will get trotted out—or not less than, it wasn’t within the earlier days. For the previous couple of years, Google has used the convention as a venue to both tease what’s subsequent or launch its next-gen “low-cost” telephone. Final yr’s Google I/O 2023 gave us the Pixel 7a, Pixel Pill, and Pixel Fold.

Most Android devoted count on to see the Pixel 8a hit the cabinets after the keynote ends. The smartphone is predicted to reprise the Pixel 8 however with a smaller price ticket. We would hear about one other Pixel Pill with out the dock. It could even be good for Google to inform us if it plans to launch the Google Pixel Fold 2 similtaneously the Pixel 9 later this yr. We will see.

Prolonged actuality?

There’s been chatter about whether or not Google will make fanfare for its “prolonged actuality” platform, a.okay.a. Android XR. Meta opened up Horizon OS to 3rd events this week, which ought to make for an attention-grabbing race if and when the 2 “immersive” platforms take off. However thus far, all my colleague Kyle Barr and I can decipher from the session record is that Google Maps can have updates to share and gained’t be associated to Android XR. As soon as once more, we will see.

How one can comply with together with Google I/O

You’ll be able to take a look at the periods streamed reside on the Google I/O web site starting Might 14. You too can level your browser right here, on Gizmodo, the place we’ll cowl all that’s popping out of Google’s annual developer soiree.