Google I/O 2023: What to Expect and How to Watch

To be in California this May is to bear witness to many spectacles. Our wildflower tremendous blooms, our brag-worthy snowpack, our infinite parade of developer conferences from all the massive tech firms.

Typically, Google is the one to get developer convention season rolling. The firm’s annual I/O convention kicks off this Wednesday morning with a keynote tackle. Like final yr, the developer periods will likely be held on-line as an alternative of in particular person. But in contrast to final yr, Google will ship the keynote to a crowd of 1000’s—a mixture of workers, companions, business analysts, and media—at Shoreline Amphitheater in Mountain View, California, only a brief driverless automotive journey from the corporate’s headquarters. WIRED can have a number of reporters in attendance; the remainder of us will likely be watching on a livestream, and you’ll be able to watch at residence too.

I/O is technically an occasion the place software program programmers attend periods and learn the way to construct apps for Google’s platforms. But the corporate additionally makes use of the primary day’s keynote tackle to announce new {hardware}, software program, and providers to the general public.

Lots of {hardware} information has already leaked—a few of it by rumor-watchers, a few of it by Google itself—so we now have a good concept of what’s going to be introduced. As all the time, we also needs to put together for a number of surprises.

Google likes to debut the most recent iteration of its Pixel telephones at I/O. We know for certain that the corporate’s first folding handset, the Pixel Fold, will likely be totally unveiled on Wednesday. The gadget was teased by Google final week, and we’re keen to see each how the {hardware} works and what optimizations have been made to enhance Android’s efficiency on the folding display screen. We’re additionally anticipating to see the extra budget-conscious Pixel 7A; the low-priced Pixel fashions historically make their entrance throughout I/O keynotes. We are additionally anticipating the arrival of a Pixel pill that exhibits off the most recent methods Android has been optimized for bigger screens.

The Matter normal, which guarantees interoperability between good residence units, has launched lately, and we must always get updates on how the ecosystem of appropriate devices is rising. 

We can after all count on machine intelligence to play a starring position on this yr’s I/O keynote. A big portion of the presentation is certain to be devoted to Google’s LaMDA and Bard conversational and generative AI applied sciences, with some demonstrations of how the corporate has included these components into search, messaging, and different providers. Also at I/O, we historically get an replace on the most recent model of Android and a preview of recent options coming to Google apps like Photos, Maps, and Workspace.

How to Watch