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Google’s next I/O developer conference will take place on May 20th and May 21st, the company announced today. The event will be “open to everyone online” and will include “livestreamed keynotes and sessions,” according to an FAQ. Like past years, there will also be an in-person component at the Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View, California.
It's a lot of new stuff, from the biggest Android redesign in years to Gemini rolling out across more devices.
Google announced on Monday that it has officially released the NotebookLM apps for Android and iOS, a day before Google I/O 2025 and a day before the
Google may be developing an Android equivalent to iOS's Standby Mode, which will let you transform your Android phone into a smart display.
The NotebookLM apps for Android and iOS are now official Many of the features of the web app are carried across If you pay for Google One AI Premium, you get more features Google had already told us that mobile versions of the AI-powered NotebookLM research tool were on the way,
NotebookLM, Google’s AI-powered service that was previously viral for generating podcasts about any topic, is now available on Android. With the app, students or researchers can gather information from all sorts of sources,
Google Maps Go is a lightweight and basic version of Google Maps, but it saves me from the main app's most annoying issue while using navigation.
Google I/O is usually an important event. It's where Google usually lays out the next year of software innovation. But this year, I think it’ll be an especially important event as Android XR is all but confirmed to take an important role in the festivities.