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Google I/O is conscionable a mates weeks away, but successful keeping pinch a semi-recent tradition, nan folks complete successful Mountain View are kicking things disconnected early by unrecorded streaming nan Android Show: I/O Edition connected May 12 astatine 1PM ET/10 AM PT.
While Google hasn't released galore specifications astir what it's readying to show off, nan institution says 2026 "is going to beryllium 1 of nan biggest years for Android yet." Currently, we're expecting to perceive much astir nan adjacent large update to Android (version 17) on pinch immoderate AI upgrades and possibly moreover immoderate peaks astatine upcoming hardware. Gemini and agentic AI is expected to beryllium a awesome taxable for this twelvemonth (though Google whitethorn prevention overmuch of that news for I/O proper) while rumors propose we could spot caller features for illustration nan expertise to remap gaming controllers and running apps successful bubbles for improved multitasking. There has besides been immoderate awesome rumblings astir combining Android and ChromeOS into a azygous unified platform.
Additionally, aft revealing Android XR astatine I/O past year, I'm hoping to perceive a batch much info astir Google's upcoming batch of smartglasses. The institution has already announced partnerships pinch existing eyewear makers including Warby Parker and Gentle Monster, and aft getting a chance to try retired immoderate of Google's early reference designs, I deliberation 2026 is shaping up to beryllium a breakout twelvemonth for smartglasses arsenic a whole. Alternatively, for anyone who is getting fed up pinch excessively overmuch AI news, nan Android Show could beryllium a invited breakout for those who attraction much astir hardware and package than instrumentality learning.
The champion portion is that Google is streaming nan arena for free connected YouTube and the main Android homepage. So put a reminder successful your almanac and cheque backmost adjacent week for each of our in-depth sum of everything Android connected May 12.
