Android, Wear OS, Pixel, and more. Google has some of the world’s biggest and most well-known brands under its belt, and Google I/O is its annual software celebration that sets the stage for everything the company has planned for the coming year. This year looks to be no less packed than usual, and the keynote speech at the start of the event is, as always, when we’re likely to see the biggest announcements and news.
Android 15, Wear OS 5, and Google Gemini are at the top of the list of announcements we expect to hear during the Google I/O keynote speech, but as always, keep an eye out for some surprising reveals we weren’t expecting. While unlikely to come as full announcements, we may also hear about the upcoming Google Pixel 9 range and Pixel Watch 3.
Here’s everything announced at Google I/O 2024. Keep checking back often, as we’ll update this article throughout the show as more news comes in.
Gemini AI rules the roost
It should come as a surprise to no-one that AI is taking center stage at this Google I/O. It seems as if the world has talked about nothing but for this entire last year, and Google has never been a company to ignore a rampant trend like this. Google is fully in its “Gemini era”, according to CEO Sundar Pichai, so expect to see AI touching every part of this year’s announcements.
Over 1.5 million developers use the AI model formerly known as Bard, and Gemini is available to over 2 billion users on Android. AI Overview, Gemini’s integration with the main Google search engine, is coming to the U.S. and other countries soon. Gemini will be added to Google Photos as well, adding extra search abilities through the Ask Photos function. Ask it “what’s my license plate again” and it’ll search through your photos to find the most likely answer, stopping you from needing to manually look through your photos to find it yourself.
As you might expect, Gemini will be rolling out to other parts of Google’s portfolio, such as Gmail. Ask it to summarize information from you kid’s school, and it can do that. Notebook LM, spotlighted at last year’s Google I/O, will also have Gemini introduced into it, pushing its AI smarts to even higher levels. During the presentation, we were shown it being asked to break down science using basketball as an example. This sort of personalization for learning is likely to become more prevalent as we move into the future.
Gemini 1.5 Pro will be available for all developers and advanced users from today, in over 35 languages.
Gemini Agents can do it for you
Gemini isn’t just for asking questions to, and Google is working hard to push it beyond simply being a more personable search engine. Agents is a big part of that, and something that Google is experimenting with. The idea at the center of Agents is using AI to, well, do things for you.
In theory, you could send Gemini a picture of a pair of shoes, and tell it you want to return it, and Agents would scramble into action, arranging the entire process for you. This could also be used to plan vacations, work trips, or any needs surrounding those.
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