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Google I/O 2026 Live Updates: Android 17 updates, Android XR, Gemini Intelligence and other things to expect

THE TIMES OF INDIA | May 19, 2026, 20:18:37 IST

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Google I/O 2026 Live Updates: Android 17 updates, Android XR, Gemini Intelligence and other things to expect

Google's biggest event of the year 2026, Google I/O 2026, is here. Count down has started for Google I/O 2026, which is the company's annual developers conference. The tech world will turn its attention to the Shoreline Amphitheatre in California as Google prepares to kick off its largest developer conference of the year. Google I/O 2026 starts on Tuesday (May 19), with a keynote at 10 a.m. PT (1 p.m. ET, 6 p.m. BST) with Google CEO Sundar Pichai delivering the keynote address. Along with CEO Sundar Pichai, Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis and other top Google executives too will take stage at the two-day event.

Like every year Google I/O 2026 is expected to be packed with major announcements that will set the tune for Google's products and services for the rest of the year. While updates to Artificial Intelligence solutions will undoubtedly take centre stage, Google is also expected to showcase updates to its operating systems, announce hardware partnerships and provide a sneak peek into the futuristic tools it is working on. Google is also likely to unveil the company's next wave of AI announcements along with other software efforts coming to phones, laptops and wearable platforms like glasses. TOI Tech will be covering the event live, stay with us for all the key updates from Google I/O 2026.

20:18 (IST) May 19

Google I/O 2026: As Google Cloud goes revenue-heavy, investors glued

Cloud has become one of Alphabet’s strongest pillars. It grew 63% year-over-year in the first quarter, outpacing both Azure and AWS. Cloud backlog hit $462 billion, up roughly 90% quarter-over-quarter, with half expected to be recognized over the next 24 months. Gen AI product revenue grew roughly 800% year-over-year. Investors are likely to be looking at it and the most consequential I/O announcements may come from cloud and infrastructure.

19:57 (IST) May 19

Google I/O 2026: Agentic shopping

Commerce may be the bigger opportunity. Google already has search, shopping, autofill and payments; now it wants Gemini to connect them into an agentic checkout experience. Google has been expanding its Universal Commerce Protocol, adding partners including Meta, Microsoft, Stripe, Klarna and Affirm in recent weeks. I/O is expected to further show how that infrastructure could enable end-to-end agentic checkout, where Gemini does not just answer a shopping query, but completes a transaction. Sameer Samat, president of Android Ecosystem at Google, described asking Gemini to plan a barbecue, build a menu, open Instacart, add ingredients to a Safeway cart and notify him when the task was done.

19:38 (IST) May 19

Google I/O 2026: AI agents

If there is one theme running through the I/O session lineup, it is AI Agents. Google has several sessions on agentic coding workflows, multimodal tools, media generation, robotics and AI agents. The goal is to position Gemini as not just a chatbot but more of an operating layer across Google’s products, capable of understanding context and taking action.

19:17 (IST) May 19

Google I/O 2026: Demis Hassabis replies ‘Locked in!’ as Sundar Pichai gears up for Google I/O 2026

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18:53 (IST) May 19

Google I/O 2026: Stakes are higher in 2026 for Google

Google I/O has always been Google's stage and venue for showing developers where the company is headed, but this year stakes are higher than past many years as AI solutions from many competitors go mainstream.

18:33 (IST) May 19

Google I/O 2026: Wall Street is all wowed

Google I/O kicks off Tuesday at a time when Wall Street has already repriced Alphabet as a full-stack AI winner. Since the start of 2026, Wall Street is valuing Google like one of the few companies positioned to profit from every layer of the generative AI boom. The bull case heading into I/O is that nearly every winner in the AI economy may need Google somewhere in its supply chain, from chips and cloud to the models running on top of both.

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18:00 (IST) May 19

Google I/O 2026: What are investors watching

At Google I/O 2026 investors are watching a number of key areas, from the next Gemini model to agentic commerce and Google's in-house AI chip, commonly called TPUs.

17:32 (IST) May 19

Google I/O 2026: Google-Blackstone partnership aims to find compute solution

Just hours before Google II/O, Google announced an AI Cloud business with Blackstone Inc, aiming to compete with companies like CoreWeave in a burgeoning market. The project will rely on an initial $5 billion in equity capital from Blackstone, which will become the majority owner. Including leverage, the investment will be worth $25 billion, a person familiar with the matter said. The goal is to have 500 megawatts’ worth of computing capacity by 2027. The data centers will run Google’s homegrown AI chips called tensor processing units, or TPUs, that are designed to develop and run AI models. Veteran Google executive Benjamin Treynor Sloss will become CEO of the new business. The move is said to add to a boom in spending on computing infrastructure, which underpins AI models and services.

17:31 (IST) May 19

Google I/O 2026: Sundar Pichai promises big reveals

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17:28 (IST) May 19

Google I/O 2026: Chromebooks may have just got a successor Googlebooks

As part of last week's Android Show, Google unveiled Googlebooks as the next generation of laptops powered by the company's services. While no devices were announced, Googlebooks look to be an Android-powered successor to Chromebooks that will heavily feature Gemini's AI capabilities. After last week's announcement of Googlebooks, Google I/O may include more details about the company's plans for this newer desktop operating system.

17:27 (IST) May 19

Google I/O 2026: Google Health gets big update

Earlier this month, Google merged the Fitbit app into Google Health while launching the displayless Fitbit Air fitness tracker. The announcements made clear how Google plans to integrate Gemini into its health-tracking product. While IO is unlikely to show off more products that would tie into Google Health, the company might use the developer conference to show more ways that Google Health is set up to integrate with other services. Google IO developer conference could provide a larger look at ways Google plans to offer AI coaching through Google Health.

17:26 (IST) May 19

Google I/O 2026: How and where to watch keynote live

Google I/O 2026 will take place on May 19 and 20 and the keynote will begin on Tuesday, May 19, at 10:00am PT (10:30 pm IST). The main keynote may run for nearly two hours. Google will be streaming the keynote, and those interested can watch the official broadcast live via YouTube. The annual show comes a week after The Android Show, wherein Google gave a sneak peek into features coming to Android 17, including Gemini Intelligence and ‘AirDrop capability’. The company also teased “Googlebooks” laptop line, noting that these will be using premium materials built by its partners Acer, Asus, Dell, HP and Lenovo, the software running them remains a mystery. Moreover, Google is rolling out end-to-end encryption for RCS messaging between Android and iPhone users.

Google I/O 2026 Live Updates: Android 17 updates, Android XR, Gemini Intelligence and other things to expect

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