Google I/O, the largest conference of the Google program this year, is almost above us.
Planned for May 20-21 at Amphitheatre Shoreline in Mountain View, I/O will present products from the entire Google portfolio. Expect a lot of messages about Android, Chrome, Google Search, YouTube i-Of course-chatbot powered by AI Google, Gemini.
Here's what to expect.
Twins and AI
Ai is Tech du Jour, and Google, like his rivals, invests in it.
Shoo-in For I/O is a new add-on (or several) to the flagship family of AI Google models. Leakage Over the past few weeks, he has suggested that the updated Ultra model is on the road, and Gemini Ultra is the best Google Gemini offer.
Thanks to this improved Gemini Ultra, the more expensive Gemini subscription can be.
Google offers a single premium level, Gemini Advanced (USD 20 per month) to unlock additional possibilities in its chatbot Gemini, which is powered by Gemini models. But Google may soon launch two new plans, Premium Plus and Premium Pro. It is not yet clear what benefits can be attached and how you can value these plans in relation to the advanced twin.
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Google will almost certainly talk about Astra, his broad effort to build AI applications and “agents” for multimodal understanding in real time. Probably the agenda is also Project Mariner, “Agents” AI Google, who can navigate and take action on the Internet on behalf of the user. People for x spotted References for “using a computer” in the code of the AI ​​Ai Ai Studio programmers that can refer to the mariner.
Android 16
For the first time this year, Google organizes a separate event devoted to Android: The Android Show updates. This will take place on Tuesday, about a week before I/O.
In total, the latest version of Android, Android 16 is concentrated. It is expected to bring Android 16 with it Improved notifications and a completely new design language, 3 expressive material. In the leaked post on the blog, Google describes 3 expressive material as a review from above to Dana, with greater reactivity and “elements of action”, which pop.
Android 16 is mainly an updating of the quality of life, judging by reports. It will introduce Auracast support, which should facilitate switching between Bluetooth devices. In the towing widgets of the lock screen and a number of new availability functions.
Google can also distinguish capabilities in the latest android XR versions, its mixed reality operating system and operating system, the company's software to wear.
Everything else
Going to the official We/O schedule, Google will have a lot to discuss after Android Show and the main I/O addresses.
The schedule includes sessions dedicated to Chrome and Google Cloud, Google Play (The Android App Store), Android Development Tools and Gemma, a collection of “open” AI Google models.
Last year, Google presented several surprises about I/O, including a set of models refined to educational applications called Learnlm. The update of a viral notebook generating Google podcasts can be one of such surprises. CODE leaked It reveals the “Video Review” tool, which would probably create video summaries, most likely using the VEO 2 video model.
