Tech giant Google’s annual conference, the I/O event 2024 is all set to take place on May 14, 2024, at Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View, California. This developer conference is one of the biggest events in the tech industry, where Google unveils its latest innovations and updates across its various platforms.
The event will kick off with the Google keynote at 10:00 AM PT (10:30 PM IST), where attendees can expect to learn about various new developments. Rumors suggest the event may feature a new VR headset, the next-generation Pixel phone, and the latest iteration of the Android operating system, Android 15.
This year’s conference follows OpenAI’s recent announcement of GPT-4o, and many are eager to see how Google will respond in the ever-evolving AI landscape.
The conference will be live-streamed as well for the whole world to see.
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Google I/O 2024: Where and How to Watch Live Streaming?
The event will be streamed live on the company’s YouTube account, with the developer keynote requiring pre-registration. Sundar Pichai, the CEO of Google and Alphabet, is slated to make the keynote speech.
You can register yourself to watch the developer keynote here: https://io.google/2024/
Alternatively, we have included the live stream video below. Once the conference begins, you can also watch it here as well.
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What to Expect from Google I/O 2024?
With so much anticipation surrounding the event, Google I/O 2024 promises to be a thrilling and informative experience for tech enthusiasts. While Google has remained tight-lipped about specifics, here are some of the expected announcements:
- Android 15: Google might unveil the new features and release date of Android, which is highly anticipated, at I/O. Attendees may get a first look at new features, design updates, and possibly the release date for the update. Techies are waiting with bated breaths for this announcement, given that Android powers a significant portion of the global smartphone market.
- Gemini AI Integration: Rumors suggest that Google’s powerful Gemini AI technology might be integrated more deeply into existing apps, potentially enhancing functionality and the user experience. This could mean improved functionality and a better user experience across Google’s suite of apps and services. It could be a significant step in Google’s ongoing efforts to harness AI for user benefit and stay competitive in the AI landscape.
- Hardware Updates: Google might surprise us with announcements about other hardware advancements or a teaser for the upcoming Pixel Fold 2, despite the recent launch of the Pixel 8a. This could include other hardware advancements or a teaser for Fold 2.
Latest Announcements
11:20 pm IST: Search in Gemini era
Google’s new search head, Liz Reid announces Search in the Gemini era, a way to transform the search experience by integrating AI technology to provide more useful and insightful search results. One key enhancement is Multi-step reasoning, which enables Google to conduct extensive research on the user’s behalf.
Also, Gemini will be integrated into Google Search to assist with meal planning, aggregating daily meals, and offering recipes for each dish.
11: 12 pm IST: Meet Veo, Google’s own generative AI video tool
Veo, Google’s generative video model generates 1080p videos based on prompts. It can be accessed through VideoFX, a tool that offers video editors and creators a new approach to producing videos.
11:07 pm IST: Music AI Sandbox, Google’s answer to generative music
Doug Eck announces Music AI Sandbox, a tool within YouTube, marking the arrival of generative music. This development is a result of close collaboration with songwriters, musicians, and producers. It is designed to empower creators by offering the ability to mix various musical styles.
11: 00 pm IST: Imagen-3 is announced
Imagen-3 is said to be the most capable image generation model yet. This text-to-image model builds upon the success of Imagen 2.0, and promises enhanced photorealism, richer details, and improved natural language interpretation. This allows users to create images with a wider range of styles and increased precision in representing their desired visuals.
10: 58 pm IST: Project Astra: A universal AI agent helpful in everyday life
Google has introduced Project Astra, a “universal AI agent” designed for everyday practicality. Project Astra is Google’s answer to the recent enhancements in ChatGPT. This AI system leverages video capabilities to provide more accurate and relevant responses to user queries.
With Project Astra, users can use their phone’s camera to ask about objects in view, including analyzing code and making relevant changes.
10: 53 pm IST: DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis takes the stage
Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis takes the stage for the first time, addressing the recent merger between DeepMind and Google’s Brain AI group. Hassabis talks about building an AGI and how building an AI responsibly can help humanity in a number of ways. He talks about the success of DeepMind and its products.
10: 47 pm IST: Google Workspace gets a huge Gemini upgrade
Gemini is being integrated into Google Workspace at a large scale, offering users new features like Gmail integration. Users can now use Gemini to search their emails, retrieve highlights from Google Meetings, and access various other functionalities.
10:43 pm IST: Gemini Advanced is here
Google has announced the release of Gemini Advanced in 35 languages, with a groundbreaking 1 million context window feature. Simultaneously, Gemini 1.5 Pro has been made available to developers worldwide. Users will have 2 million token access in Advanced Gemini.
10: 40 pm IST: Google Photos gets an AI upgrade
Google Photos will now harness Gemini’s skills to improve search relevancy, allowing it to find and choose photographs based on contextual replies. This new tool, Ask Photos with Gemini, improves the search experience within Google Photos.
10:39 pm IST: AI Overviews in the United States
AI-generated summaries, officially known as “AI Overviews,” will be available to everyone in the United States starting this week. The update will be rolled out in other countries soon.
10:37 pm IST: The world is in its Gemini Era
Pichai talks about sharing Gemini’s (previously known as Bard) release announcement, a year ago on the stage and how it was a “big step in turning any input into any output. An I/O for a new generation.” Since then, Gemini has displayed “state-of-the-art performance on every multimodal platform.”
He highlights the work done around Gemini and the future plans to integrate the LLM into many services offered by the tech giant.
10:33 pm IST: CEO Sundar Pichai delivers his keynote address
Google I/O 2024 has officially started with CEO Sundar Pichai taking the stage. A quick video right at the start highlights much of Google’s work around Gemini, the frontier model of Google.
10:30 pm IST: The I/O Conference 2024 begins!
Google’s largest annual developers conference, I/O 2024, is currently taking place live from the stage of Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View, California.
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