Google I/O developer conference is returning this May as a virtual occasion right after getting cancelled final year due to coronavirus outbreak. Notably, the occasion will be absolutely free for everybody. As is typically the case, the international search engine giant place out a cryptic puzzle on a committed web-site final evening and solving it reveals the Google I/O 2021 date(s) – May 18-20. Soon right after, Google and Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai also confirmed this on Twitter. The comprehensive schedule will be announced later this month.
…and we’re back:) Join us May 18-20 for #GoogleIO live, on the net, and absolutely free for everybody. https://t.co/763eVjWpYE pic.twitter.com/Sk3tUnLme0
— Sundar Pichai (@sundarpichai) April 7, 2021
Google says I/O 2021 will give developers – and also enthusiasts – about the globe an chance to engage in thoughtful discussions, get hands-on studying with Google specialists when also providing them a 1st look at its most current developer goods via “workshops, Ask Me Anything Sessions (AMAs), personalised content, live Q&A during Sessions, chat in I/O Adventure, developer profile badges, and more.”
Google typically hosts a keynote on the opening day of I/O exactly where it talks about application mainly, as effectively as some hardware. The price range Pixel 3a was launched at I/O 2019 and when the pandemic did delay its successor, aka Pixel 4a in 2020, there is no cause why points cannot go back to the way they had been just before – at least to some degree. Remember, Google had announced the Pixel 4a 5G and Pixel 5 alongside the Pixel 4a (LTE) in advance in July only to formally launch them at a later date. Google may well announce the lengthy-rumoured Pixel 5a at I/O 2021 for all we know.
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Rumour also has it that Google is working on its personal Pixel silicon which may well debut with the Pixel 6. I/O could be a good platform to confirm these plans – so that is also anything to watch out for.
Android 12 will most surely be on the cards with Google anticipated to give a clearer roadmap in terms of each function set and availability for its next key Android update.
Google I/O is not the only higher-profile tech occasion set to make comeback this year. Microsoft not too long ago announced that its Build conference will take location practically from May 25–27. Facebook is similarly hosting its annual F8 developer’s conference practically on June 2 right after cancelling it altogether final year.
Apple meanwhile is set to host WWDC practically two years in a row now. WWDC 2021 will take location from June 7 via June 11.