Google I/O runs May 20 and 21 this year, and on the event’s first day, the company is holding what may be its biggest keynote of the year. We expect Google to talk about its latest innovations across all of its software and services, often with some sneak peeks at upcoming hardware.
But this year, Google is also hosting a separate Android event, which it’s calling the Android Show: I/O Edition. The event will be prerecorded and take place exactly a week before the I/O keynote. We anticipate that it will focus closely on what we can expect from Android 16, Wear OS and other Android-related products.
By breaking out Android news into its own virtual event, Google frees itself to spend more time during the I/O keynote to talk about Gemini, Deep Mind, Android XR and Project…