Google has had an eventful 12 months already, rebranding its AI chatbot from Bard to Gemini and releasing a number of new AI fashions. At this 12 months’s Google I/O, count on the corporate to make much more bulletins concerning AI, its numerous apps and providers, and probably some new {hardware} for 2024.

When is Google I/O?

Google’s annual developer convention is approaching shortly, happening on Could 14 and 15 on the Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View, California. The opening day keynote, when Google leaders take the stage to unveil the corporate’s newest {hardware} and software program, will start at 10 AM PT / 1 PM ET.

Easy methods to watch Google I/O

Google will livestream the occasion on its essential web site in addition to YouTube for members of the general public and press. You possibly can register for the occasion on the Google I/O touchdown web page without spending a dime to benefit from perks similar to receiving e mail updates and watching on-demand periods. There can be an in-person factor to I/O too, as has been the case for the previous two years, with media and builders invited to attend. ZDNET can be among the many crowd in Mountain View.

What’s anticipated at Google I/O?

This previous week, Google shared its I/O schedule on-line, which features a full agenda of the keynotes, technical periods, and workshops scheduled for the occasion, giving us glimpse of the main bulletins to count on. 

As anticipated from the bulletins already made this 12 months, the occasion’s main focus can be synthetic intelligence. 

Along with the expertise having its personal “What’s new in Google AI” keynote, we see generative AI sprinkled all through different keynote descriptions as nicely, together with a point out beneath the “What’s new in Android” keynote and one other titled, “What’s new in Firebase for constructing gen AI options.”

There are additionally over 10 confirmed developer “technical periods” regarding generative AI, centered on subjects together with the most recent Gemma developments and studying the way to use multimodal retrieval-augmented era with Gemini.

For reference, eventually 12 months’s I/O, AI was additionally the crown jewel, with main bulletins similar to two new massive language fashions (PaLM 2 and Bard-now-Gemini), new AI options in Android 14, chatbot enhancements, and extra.

Android information at Google I/O

Equally, this 12 months, you’ll be able to count on to study extra in regards to the new options in Android 15, which can probably characteristic a myriad new AI capabilities, updates to Gemini, and perhaps even a brand new massive language mannequin.

A technical session titled “Constructing for the way forward for Put on OS” confirms that Google will unveil Put on OS 5, following the launch of Put on OS 4 in July 2023. With the brand new smartwatch software program, we’d additionally get extra particulars on the upcoming iteration of the Pixel Watch 3. 

The occasion schedule additionally factors towards new software program upgrades throughout Android 15, Android in-car experiences, Chrome OS, and Android developer instruments. 

Google I/O will probably showcase some new {hardware} too. Given the latest leak of the Google Pixel 8a, it’s virtually assured that the smartphone can be launched, or at the least revealed, earlier than or throughout Google I/O 2024. The Pixel 7a, unveiled eventually 12 months’s occasion, proved to be a formidable mid-range smartphone when reviewed by ZDNET, and the leaks for this 12 months’s iteration present that the most recent mannequin will provide even higher upgrades. 

Google I/O is infamous for surprises, that means you’ll be able to at all times count on one thing nobody is speaking about — not but, at the least. ZDNET can be protecting the occasion, so whether or not you propose to tune in or not, stick round for the most recent updates.