Google I/O 2026: Live updates across Gemini, Android, Search and more

Igor Bonifacic for Engadget

It's time again for Google to unveil a cornucopia of new features coming to its dizzying array of software products. The company's developer conference kicks off today, with a keynote slated to start at 1PM ET. You can watch the stream (here's how to watch the I/O 2026 keynote) or, if you aren't able to tune into a video, you can just rely on our liveblog right here! (You can also do both, you multitasker you.)

Google already hosted an I/O edition of its regular Android Show last week, at which it launched a whole new product category (Googlebooks) and showed off a whole bunch of Android, Gemini and Chrome updates. You can catch up on everything Google announced at the Android Show last week before today's keynote so you can be more informed on what the company is actually likely to discuss today.

Based on recent I/Os, it's most likely we'll hear a lot about — you guessed it — AI. That's in the form of Gemini models, Google Search and Workspace integrations and maybe even surprises in its special projects. Will we see more holographic telecommunications systems today? Or live-translating AR glasses? It's anyone's guess, but it's sure to be a long, eventful keynote. 

Our liveblog will start here at about 10AM ET as our reporters Karissa Bell and Igor Bonifacic make their way to Shoreline Amphitheater. Stick around, we're so glad you're here!

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• By good seats for any such event, by the way, I mean a stable surface on which to place our laptops, nearby outlets in case we run out of power, strong and steady Wi-Fi connections and a bottle of water on hand. Some companies would never allow a power outlet to be visible, let alone have media be able to plug their laptops in during a keynote. Any guesses?

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  We just got our seats inside the venue. We're waiting for the pre-show to start.

• Of course, you're not here for that extra news, you're here for Google I/O. From my prior years attending the event, I'll guess that Karissa and Igor are currently gaining sustenance from the press booth and hoping to secure good spots once they're allowed into the seating area. 

• Would it be wrong if I shouted out non-Google news here? While we wait? For example, Microsoft is hosting its Ability Summit today, while Apple just announced a bunch of new accessibility features this morning. 

• We are 30 minutes out from the "pre-show" and an hour and a half from the start of the keynote and there is already quite a line forming to get into the amphitheater. You can always count on Google IO attendees to be extra hyped.

• Oh that picture is the perfect prompt for me to bring up the fact that this Thursday is Global Accessibility Awareness Day. The cap is an AI prompt, sure, but I initially thought it was the alt text for an image. 

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  I'm not one to normally comment on event swag, but Google gave us these hats, and it's definitely a choice...

• I believe Igor has also arrived at Shoreline and will be posting some excellent pictures here soon!

• While I sit here at home recapping Google's AI history, Karissa says a marching band has just showed up at Shoreline Amphitheater. Fun! Coachella vibes!

• As we wait for Karissa and Igor to settle down and get situated at I/O, I'm going to speculate on what we might see today. Obviously AI and new Gemini models are to be expected, and if I were a prediction market person I'd be putting money on Sundar Pichai doing some sort of recap on how far the company's AI products have come. 

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  Here's Karissa in front of a line of people waiting around the I/O sign at Shoreline Amphitheater. Looks like lovely weather at the moment!

• Karissa overheard someone at Shoreline say that I/O is "Coachella for developers." I don't know if I agree, but I think developer season is certainly a vibe.

• If Google's keynote does run for about two hours today (like I'm expecting based on past I/Os), that would explain why it had to drop some news last week at the Android Show: I/O edition. The company has so much to share, just one multi-hour event clearly isn't enough.

• I hear Karissa has already arrived at I/O and acquired her badge. What a champ!

• We are expecting a ton of news from Google across the Cloud, Gemini, Workspace, Search and possibly even its XR divisions today, and my guess is the keynote will last close to two hours. That means you should really be readying a snack and getting a toilet break in before things kick off in just about two and a half hours!

• Good morning everyone, and welcome to our liveblog of Google I/O 2026! Our on-the-ground team of senior reporters Karissa Bell and Igor Bonifacic are heading to Shoreline Amphitheater, and I'm sure we'll be seeing pictures and commentary from them here shortly. In the meantime, I wanted to thank you all for joining us this morning. Things look different, but we're still the same people!