It’s that time of the year again, time for Google I/O, Google’s annual developer conference. The most anticipated part of it is the keynote that kicks it off with a look at the products we can expect in the coming year.
That event is happening on Tuesday, May 19 at 10 am PT/1 pm ET. While it’s hosted by Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai and a lineup of Google leaders at the Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View, Calif., it’s also livestreamed.
You can watch it on Google’s YouTube channel or its dedicated I/O 2026 page. There’s also an ASL livestream.
What we could see
Last week we got a look ahead with the Android Show, where Google detailed how Android is shifting from an operating system to an intelligence system across products that it’s calling Google Intelligence, showed off Android 17 features like Pause Point to reduce distractions, presented an Android Auto design overall, and gave a very brief overview of what we can expect from a new category of AI-driven laptops that it’s calling Googlebooks.
What does that leave for I/O’s keynote? Nothing that’s been officially announced ahead of time, but plenty that we can speculate about.
We could get a better look at Googlebooks. Aside from seeing the Glowbar along its top and that it’s AI all the way down, there wasn’t much in the way of details at the Android Show, particularly for businesses and schools that rely on fleets of Chromebooks.
In a world where wearing Meta’s Ray-Ban Smart Glasses are, for better or worse (mostly worse), becoming common, we’re likely to get a look at some Android XR-powered smart glasses.
Pixels might make an appearance, both of the phone (Pixel 11) and watch (Pixel Watch 5) variety. Pixel 11 rumors have been proliferating for months, about everything from Face Unlock to reduced RAM because of shortages.
And, of course, we’re expecting an update on all things Gemini. AI has reached and arguably rules all corners of Google right now. There could be an outright unveiling of Gemini 4 or just an update on the latest ways it’s showing up across the entire ecosystem.
Whatever happens, AP is on the ground and ready to report on what unfolds.
