In the tech world, developer conferences are like birthdays. These mega-events happen annually and remind us of the cadence of life and that time is a neverending circle. Google I/O 2024 will be no different. This year, we expect to hear a great deal about Google’s foray into AI and where Gemini will venture next. We anticipate that Google will offer a glimpse at upcoming Pixel hardware, including the hotly anticipated Pixel 8a and what’s new in Android 15.
I’m especially curious about this workshop on automating tasks in Google Workspace—this is what I’d expect Gemini to be used for in the first place. Expect Pixel hardware Google’s annual developer conference isn’t typically an event where hardware gets trotted out—or at least, it wasn’t in the earlier days. For the last few years, Google has used the conference as a venue to either tease what’s next or launch its next-gen “cheap” phone.