Google I/O 2025: how to watch and what to expect

Google’s yearly I/O developer league is astir here, and each eyes volition beryllium connected the company’s opening keynote. But for the archetypal clip successful years, we cognize there’s small crushed to anticipation for large Android OS announcements, since Google already did that past week.

Instead, we’re expecting I/O’s keynote to beryllium (almost) each astir AI, though we bash cognize there’ll beryllium astatine slightest a small clip devoted to XR.

When Google I/O volition hap and wherever you tin watch

Google I/O happens implicit 2 days, May 20th and 21st, but you astir apt privation to cognize astir the opening keynote. That kicks disconnected astatine 10AM PT / 1PM ET connected the 20th. You tin ticker it connected Google’s I/O site oregon its YouTube channel, and we’ve embedded the livestream supra for easiness — there’s a version with an American Sign Language interpreter, too.

If you’re readying to watch, beryllium definite to acceptable speech ample time. I/O keynotes usually tally for a mates hours, and adjacent with nary caller Android announcements, we’d expect the aforesaid this time.

All astir AI

As my workfellow Allison Johnson put it implicit the weekend, the information that this year’s I/O keynote volition beryllium focused connected AI shouldn’t travel arsenic a surprise. Gemini and its ilk person dominated the lawsuit for 2 years running, and Google is embroiled successful an AI contention with OpenAI, Meta, Microsoft, and more. In fact, I/O kicks disconnected a time aft Microsoft’s Build developer event, which should marque for an absorbing back-to-back comparison.

It’s apt that Google volition person tons to accidental astir caller Gemini features coming to phones and different devices, updated models with accrued power, and hopefully immoderate ambitious Project Astra updates that volition amusement america the pie-in-the-sky broadside of Google’s AI work.

There’ll beryllium immoderate XR, too

I/O won’t beryllium entirely astir AI, arsenic Google has already promised updates connected Android XR, too. The company’s extended world OS didn’t get overmuch screentime during past week’s Android Show, different than confirmation of Gemini enactment to come, but a closing tease from Android caput Sameer Samat suggested that we’ll astatine slightest spot much from Google’s prototype astute glasses.

Samsung inactive says its Project Moohan Android XR headset is going to motorboat this year, truthful this mightiness beryllium Google’s past accidental to item the bundle broadside earlier Samsung steals the limelight.

Don’t expect Pixel oregon Nest hardware

Google utilized to usage I/O to motorboat Pixel phones and Nest astute location tech, but it doesn’t look keen connected the thought anymore. If we were going to perceive astir caller phones, tablets, oregon wearables, past it apt would person happened past week, and Google wouldn’t privation thing to distract from its AI updates. There’s a accidental we’ll spot caller XR hardware, but you shouldn’t expect thing beyond that.