Expect Google to Trot Out More Gemini AI at Google I/O on May 20

Google has announced the date for its annual developer conference this year. Google I/O will be held on May 20 and May 21 at the Shoreline Amphitheater in Mountain View, California. You can visit the official website to register for the event, which allows you to watch it online or grab a ticket to attend in person. There’s also a puzzle on the website if you’re into that sort of thing. I am not, so I will not bother with it.

This is the seventh time that Google is hosting its conference in its backyard, not counting the two years it took off due to the global pandemic. Google typically starts its developer conferences with a massive, two-hour keynote catching up with developers, users, and shareholders on what’s next for the company’s varying platforms and projects. For the past few years, it’s been mostly about artificial intelligence, Gemini, specifically, and the way that it is being slowly adapted across the ecosystem.

We’re definitely headed for another AI-heavy developer conference this year. That’s all Google’s been pushing for the past few years, and that’s all I’m expecting at this point. It’s hard to imagine anything else taking focus.

Last year, Google I/O was held earlier in May—during Taurus season, specifically, a zodiac sign that is considered grounded and industrious. This year’s Google I/O 2025 is taking place on the first day the sun is in Gemini, which is an air sign considered charming and adaptable. I’m curious to see what the vibe will be like for this year’s developer conference. Hopefully, it’s more interesting than what went down last year. Though Google I/O 2024 did bring us Project Astra and, uh, Gems, it still left me scratching my head about what exactly I’m supposed to do with all these new integrations.

The official Google I/O 2025 website links out to the Gemma open model, Google AI Studio, and NotebookLM, insinuating that most of the conference’s workshop will be based on getting developers to integrate these models into their products.  This year, I will hopefully be more focused on when to use Gemini and other assistants.

Fun fact: that week is also Microsoft’s Build conference, where the company will likely also trot out a bunch of AI integrations into its Windows, gaming, and Office products. It’s going to be a week of understanding just how much AI will be the focus of the software and platforms we use.