Google I/O 2026 starts on Tuesday, with a keynote at 10 a.m. PT (1 p.m. ET, 6 p.m. BST) that's 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.
In this live blog, we'll be counting down all the rumors and announcements we hope to see in the lead-up to this developer conference, and once Tuesday's event kicks off, we'll provide live coverage of the keynote from our ground team. CNET editors will bring live reactions to Google's announcements, and you can join our live Google I/O watch party hosted by CNET Editor at Large Andrew Lanxon and PCMag Senior Writer Andrew Gebhart.
Apple announces WWDC lineup ahead of Google I/O
By Mike Sorrentino
This week is about Google's developer conference, but Apple is making news with an announcement about its equivalent show, WWDC. The company on Monday announced its WWDC 2026 schedule, including its own keynote on June 8 at 10 a.m. PT.
And for those who like to speculate on the graphics that Apple creates for these events, the WWDC 2026 logo appears to be the one from its Swift Playground programming tool, with a metallic, reflective look. Maybe it's meant to evoke the Liquid Glass theme?
Google I/O follows up from last week's Android Show
By Mike Sorrentino
Google I/O will kick off a week after the company showed several new Android and Gemini features at this year's Android Show. Many of these AI-related announcements included the ability to command Gemini to book appointments on your behalf, an enhanced auto-fill that can pull your personal information from other places on your phone and the ability to create your own custom widgets that can automatically refresh with new information as needed.
While we expect Google to make more Android announcements over the course of the I/O conference, the show provides an initial jumpstart to the changes we'll see when Android 17 launches later this year.
Read more: Android 17 Is Smarter Than Ever, Thanks to Gemini Intelligence
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