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

Google's yearly I/O developer league is coming connected May 20, and for the archetypal time, there's 2 large events you'll privation to ticker to enactment connected apical of each the updates the company's making to its bundle platforms. I/O 2025 kicks disconnected connected May 20, and a week earlier connected May 13, there's besides The Android Show: I/O Edition, a dedicated showcase for the Android ecosystem.

The Android Show: I/O Edition airs connected May 13 astatine 1PM ET / 10AM PT, and it'll watercourse astatine that clip connected Google's Android YouTube channel. Since it appears to beryllium pre-recorded, we've embedded it below, truthful really, you tin conscionable bookmark this leafage and instrumentality then. Better yet, we volition beryllium liveblogging alongside the show, truthful you'll spot our coverage, investigation and takes successful existent time.

Android is developed partially successful the open, truthful there's already immoderate denotation of what could beryllium coming with Android 16. So far, that's a ocular redesign of immoderate of the operating system's halfway features, similar the notification shade, a instrumentality connected Apple's Live Activities for tracking ongoing events and perchance a Samsung DeX-like "Desktop Mode" for Android phones. Google adjacent appeared to accidentally publish its ain blog station detailing its probe astir idiosyncratic interfaces and Material 3 Expressive, lone to instrumentality it down rapidly after. Unfortunately (or fortunately for Android enthusiasts), the net ne'er forgets.

Meanwhile, I/O 2025 starts connected May 20 astatine 1PM ET / 10AM PT with Google's keynote, typically a bid of updates connected Android, Search, Google Workspace and Gemini. It's worthy noting: Google typically doesn't acceptable speech abstracted clip for Android announcements. The institution said determination volition beryllium immoderate Android quality astatine I/O, but the harmless stake is that Gemini volition beryllium the star. We expect Google to share Gemini updates, on with Android XR quality and possibly further demonstrations of experimental projects similar Project Astra.

Google's I/O keynote volition beryllium disposable to ticker connected Google's YouTube channel and close present erstwhile the livestream is up connected May 20 astatine 1PM ET.

Update, May 8 2025, 10:30PM ET: This communicative has been updated to see accusation connected Engadget's liveblog of the Android Show, arsenic good arsenic further accusation connected what we expect to beryllium announced based connected leaks astir Material 3 Expressive.