There are only a few days to start this great event where you can participate in the experience of 3 full days of the most impressive advances in Google software. Artificial intelligence, Android P, Material Design, and Wear OS, are just some of the things you’ll find in this amazing Google I/O.
Many are the rumors that circulate in social networks, press, and videos about what we will find in Google I/O, but we think it is worth saying that many of them are fake. Although the truth is that we would love them all to come true. However, we have compiled all the official information and we are going with this summary of which we hope that Google I/O will bring for this year 2018.
The event will begin on May 8 and continue until May 10. In these 3 days, you will be able to find out about all the advances through talks and conferences that will be taking place. The first one in California at the “Shoreline Amphitheatre”. As in previous years, we will have the presence of Sundar Pichai, the CEO of the company, who will lead this great event. We are already anxious to tell you what is Google bring us this year.
As has become tradition, Google will hold the main event, a recount of everything that has happened in the last year in relation to platforms such as Android, Assistant or Chrome OS. Then start with the sessions of each platform individually. In the activity schedule published by Google, we can see some important conferences and sessions that will be held during the three days:
- What’s new in Android Wear.
- What’s new in Android apps for ChromeOS.
- Android instant apps: how developers find success.
- Designing Actions for Google Assistant on smart screens.
- Do not let your application drain your users’ battery.
- Integrate your Smart Home devices with Google Assistant.
These are just some of the activities that will be carried out in this year’s Google I/O. What is certain is that the company will once again celebrate one more year taking this event for developers to the top. In which great innovations will be part of Google services in the coming months. Including Android, as usual.
We are all waiting for the new version of Android, the mobile operating system that we want Google to announce. And yes, the American company will give us more details of Android P, the next evolution of Android Oreo. As already the previous version was released in March to the developers. Therefore, it is expected that in this event a second beta version will be announced. Which will surely have advanced notifications, applications capable of working with augmented reality and an improved fingerprint sensor.
Likewise, according to the Spanish media Xataca, Google will announce a new Android design, called Material Design 2. We hope that this version has more prominence in terms of colors and focus in applications such as Google Play and Google Search. In addition to also announce a new device that can run Android TV, which we can expect to be very similar to Chromecast. This new equipment will count, according to The Verge, with a remote control and will come with the complete Google TV interface.
And although nothing is confirmed yet, in the previous “Keynote” we could meet Google Lens, Android O, Android GO, Daydream and other updates to products and applications such as Google Assistant or Photos. So this year the expectations of users remain quite high and we would not be surprised if the first update of Wear OS, the operating system destined for bodily devices based on Android, will be announced.
If we rely on the content of the conferences we can conclude that this is what should not be missing in the Google I/O:
- Android P: Definitely the Google I / O could not be carried out without the presentation of an upcoming Android operating system.
- Artificial Intelligence: In recent years, Google is focusing on the design of artificial intelligence and machine learning, so this year we can not expect anything else.
- Google Assistant and Google Home: In Google I/O 2016, two years ago, the first Google Home design was announced, and since then there has been no update. So in this opportunity, some modifications are expected, either in the Hardware or in the Software with improvements in the Google Assistant.
- Applications in general: Google Photos, News, and the designs of many Google apps are changing since a few months. So, there will surely be some announcements about this in this year’s Google I/O conference.
- Wear OS: As we know Google has not yet released an actual update for their watches. Therefore, we can assume that this opportunity will do so.
An unavoidable reality is that Google will bring many news, so we will stay tuned to learn about everything new. Whether it came to advances in artificial intelligence and new features on platforms like Google Home and Google Play that we can learn about new features on Google Photos, like the image recognition software.
We invite you to stay connected to learn more about Google I/O. Check the official schedule to catch your favorite conferences. And you can also find all the sessions on the official I/O 2018 page or see the live stream on the Google Developers YouTube channel. The event start since May 8 at 10 am local time, until May 10 at the “Shoreline Amphitheatre” in California.
