Google E / S, the biggest conference of Google developers of the year, is almost out of us.
Scheduled from May 20 to 21 at the Shoreline amphitheater in Mountain View, the E / S will present product announcements from the Google portfolio. Expect many news about Android, Chrome, Google Search, YouTube and – Of course – the chatbot powered by Google, Gemini.
Here’s what to expect.
Gemini and AI
AI is the technology of the day, and Google, like its competitors, has invested a lot.
A shoo-in for E / S is a new addition (or more) to the flagship family of Google Google AI models. Leaks In recent weeks, suggests that an ultra -updated gemini model is on the way, Gemini Ultra being the offer of high -end Gemini from Google.
With this improved gemini, Ultra can come a more expensive Gemini subscription.
Google offers a single premium level, Gemini Advanced ($ 20 per month), to unlock additional capabilities in his GEMINI chatbot, which is powered by the company’s Gemini models. But Google could soon launch two new plans, Premium Plus and Premium Pro. It is not yet known what advantages could be attached and how these plans could be assessed compared to advanced Gemini.
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Google will almost certainly speak of Astra, its large -scale efforts to create AI applications and “agents” for a multimodal understanding in real time. Project Mariner is probably on the agenda, the “agents” of Google who can navigate and take measures on the web in the name of a user. People on x spotted References to “the use of the computer” in the developer platform code AI Studio de Google, which may well be related to Mariner.
Android 16
For the first time this year, Google is organizing a separate event dedicated to Android updates: Android program. It will take place Tuesday, about a week before the E / S.
The latest version of Android, Android 16, will be the object. Android 16 should bring with him Improvement of notifications and an entirely new design language, expressive material 3. In a blog article disclosed, Google describes the expressive material 3 as an overhaul from top to bottom, with greater responsiveness and “elements of action” which pop.
Android 16 is mainly an update of the quality of life, judging by reports. It will introduce the support for Auracast, which should facilitate the tilting between Bluetooth devices. Lock screen widgets are also on a locking scale and a range of new accessibility features.
Google can also highlight the capacities in the latest versions of Android XR, its mixed reality operating system, and Wear OS, company software for portable devices.
Everything else
According to the official I / O calendar, Google will have a lot to discuss the Android series and the opening addresses of E / S.
The calendar lists the sessions dedicated to Chrome and Google Cloud, Google Play (the Android App Store), Android Development Tools and Gemma, the Google “open” IA model collection.
Last year, Google unveiled some surprises on the theme of AI in IS / S, including a set of refined models for educational applications called Learnlm. An upgrade to the Google viral podcast generation booklet could be such a surprise. Disclosed code reveals an “overview” tool that would likely create video summaries, probably taking advantage of the Google VEO 2 video generation model.
