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Googleâs big annual developer conference, Google I/O, will take place May 11th and 12th, the company announced Wednesday. The event will once again be fully online, though it sounds like at least some of the conference will be streamed live from the Shoreline Amphitheatre, a frequent Google I/O venue.
Registration will be free and will begin sometime this month, according to an FAQ. There will be no tickets, which seems to mean that everyone who wants to attend will be able to.
We’ll be back live from Shoreline Amphitheatre for this year’s #GoogleIO! Join us online May 11-12 https://t.co/KgNKbaLeym pic.twitter.com/NUodJb7UCi
â Sundar Pichai (@sundarpichai) March 16, 2022
Google I/O was canceled in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic and returned as an online event in 2021. The company made a number of big announcements at last yearâs event, including debuting Android 12âs âMaterial Youâ design, revealing updates to Google Workspace, and saying that Googleâs Wear OS and Samsungâs Tizen would be merging into one platform (now known as Wear OS 3).
We donât know exactly whatâs coming this year, but given that Google has already released the first preview of Android 13, it seems likely that one of the focuses will be that OS.