For followers of Google merchandise, there are two massive moments to be careful for yearly. There’s the autumn occasion – the place we anticipate the Pixel 9 to debut this 12 months – and the Google I/O within the spring.
Whereas the latter is generally in regards to the software program, we have additionally seen the revealing of main {hardware} lately, together with the Pixel Fold, Pixel Pill and varied A-series Pixel smartphones.
We do not have a date for Google I/O 2024 but, however an invite to a developer convention after the occasion has simply given us a transparent indication that it’ll happen once more in early Could.
As 9to5Google stories, builders have acquired invites to Google I/O Join in Berlin. This 12 months it is going to happen on June 27 and can provide individuals the chance to “discover Google’s newest merchandise and options by stay classes, hands-on actions and demos.”
Crucial factor is that the corresponding 2023 occasion in Amsterdam came about on June twenty first. Since final 12 months’s predominant occasion began on Wednesday Could tenth, which means we’ll possible be competing both Wednesday Could 1st or per week later this time on Could eighth.
That is not an enormous shock. Apart from 2020, when the occasion was canceled totally as a consequence of Covid-19, it’s important to return to 2014 to discover a 12 months the place the Google I/O in Could did not occur. And even then, it was only a month later, beginning on June twenty fifth.
Google I/O 2024: What we anticipate
Like Apple’s WWDC, Google I/O is designed as a developer convention, which suggests there’s quite a lot of discuss software program. Particularly, we will anticipate to listen to so much about Android 15 – the primary developer preview of which was launched simply final week. It’s also possible to anticipate quite a lot of AI promoting like final 12 months.
However lately, I/O has provided so much to tech lovers who aren’t builders themselves within the type of {hardware} and teasers about future gadgets. That is the place the Pixel Watch was lastly confirmed, even when it solely reached the wrists of early adopters after a number of months.
One factor we’re very more likely to see is the Pixel 8a, as prior to now Google has used I/O to announce the Pixel 3a, Pixel 6a and Pixel 7a. We all know the most recent model is within the works, so it will be a shock if it wasn’t printed right here – not least as a result of the subsequent occasion within the fall might be all in regards to the Pixel 9 and it will be an “A” model of the earlier technology instantly appears outdated.
Past that, every little thing is a bit more easy. We might doubtlessly see new wearables (Pixel or Fitbit manufacturers), extra Nest-branded sensible house gadgets, the primary indicators of the Pixel Fold 2, and even an replace to the Samsung/Google blended actuality headset after Apple launches Imaginative and prescient Professional introduced.
That is all hypothesis for now. Nonetheless, with the I/O date now all however confirmed, we must always get a clearer thought of what Google has in retailer for the occasion within the subsequent few months.
