How to watch the Android Show ahead of Google I/O 2025

Google’s annual I/O developer convention is approaching Could 20, and for the primary time, there’s two main occasions you may need to watch to remain on prime of all of the updates the corporate’s making to its software program platforms. I/O 2025 kicks off on Could 20, and per week earlier on Could 13, there’s additionally The Android Show: I/O Edition, a devoted showcase for the Android ecosystem.

The Android Present: I/O Version airs on Could 13 at 1PM ET / 10AM PT, and it will stream at the moment on Google’s Android YouTube channel. Because it seems to be pre-recorded, we have embedded it beneath, so actually, you may simply bookmark this web page and return then. Higher but, we will likely be liveblogging alongside the present, so you may see our protection, evaluation and takes in actual time.

Android is developed partially within the open, so there’s already some indication of what may very well be coming with Android 16. To this point, that is a visual redesign of a few of the working system’s core options, just like the notification shade, a take on Apple’s Live Activities for monitoring ongoing occasions and probably a Samsung DeX-like “Desktop Mode” for Android telephones. Google even appeared to accidentally publish its personal weblog submit detailing its analysis round consumer interfaces and Materials 3 Expressive, solely to take it down shortly after. Sadly (or thankfully for Android lovers), the internet never forgets.

In the meantime, I/O 2025 begins on Could 20 at 1PM ET / 10AM PT with Google’s keynote, sometimes a sequence of updates on Android, Search, Google Workspace and Gemini. It is price noting: Google sometimes does not put aside separate time for Android bulletins. The corporate mentioned there will likely be some Android information at I/O, however the secure wager is that Gemini would be the star. We expect Google to share Gemini updates, together with Android XR information and perhaps additional demonstrations of experimental initiatives like Project Astra.

Google’s I/O keynote will likely be accessible to observe on Google’s YouTube channel and proper right here as soon as the livestream is up on Could 20 at 1PM ET.

Replace, Could 8 2025, 10:30PM ET: This story has been up to date to incorporate data on Engadget’s liveblog of the Android Present, in addition to further data on what we count on to be introduced based mostly on leaks round Materials 3 Expressive.