It’s an important week for Google as the company’s developer conference, Google I/O, will be held on May 20-21 at the Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View. The world will get to see what Google has been up to, be it in Android, Chrome, Google Search, YouTube and the chatbot Gemini.

Google has stiff competition in terms of keynote presentations. Microsoft is hosting its Build developer conference and there will be a keynote presentation by chairman and CEO Satya Nadella on May 19. That day, Computex 2025 begins in Taipei, which opens with NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang’s keynote.

Meanwhile, here’s what to expect at Google I/O.

Gemini and AI

It will probably be the thrust of the conference as OpenAI is making headway with its ChatGPT and so are other companies.

The company may announce new addition(s) to its family of AI models. Rumours suggest that we may get to see Gemini Ultra model or the company’s top offering.

At the moment, Google offers a single premium tier, Gemini Advanced, but there is a chance that two new plans will be introduced.

The company will touch upon Astra, its effort to build AI apps and “agents” for multimodal understanding. Google will also touch on Project Marina, the company’s AI “Agents” that can navigate and take action across the web on behalf of the user.

Less of Android 16, more Android XR

Don’t expect anything much about Android. This year, the tech giant hosted The Android Show: I/O Edition, where Android 16 was unveiled, with discussion of the new Material 3 Expressive interface, updates to security and a deep dive into how Gemini will work on a variety of devices.

For example, we got to know about the company’s design language Material 3 Expressive. It takes the customisable Material You introduced with Android 12 in a new direction, full of animations, bold fonts, and vibrant colour. It’ll soon be available in an update to the Android 16 beta.

Google is adding support for ultra-wideband (UWB) for more precise tracking using compatible phones and trackers. Android 16 will also come with new scam-detection features and an improved Find Hub that will see support for satellite connectivity later in the year.

During the Android show, Google didn’t discuss Android XR in detail. We expected to hear more about the company’s dive into mixed-reality headsets in partnership with Samsung and its Project Moohan headset.