{"id":1166,"date":"2026-02-18T04:08:05","date_gmt":"2026-02-17T20:08:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/18\/google-i-o-2026-is-set-for-may-19-and-20\/"},"modified":"2026-02-18T04:08:05","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T20:08:05","slug":"google-i-o-2026-is-set-for-may-19-and-20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/18\/google-i-o-2026-is-set-for-may-19-and-20\/","title":{"rendered":"Google I\/O 2026 is set for May 19 and 20"},"content":{"rendered":"

We\u2019ll soon get a closer look at a bunch of features and updates Google has planned for Android and its other services. The company has confirmed<\/a> that Google I\/O 2026 will take place on May 19 and 20. <\/strong>As always, Google will stream some of the keynotes and sessions for free, including the opening keynote (during which the company makes the bulk of its major I\/O announcements).<\/p>\n

Although I\/O is primarily a conference for developers, it\u2019s typically where we first learn about major upcoming Android changes, which of course affect tens of millions of people. Expect a lot of news about Google\u2019s AI efforts as well, such as what\u2019s next for Gemini.<\/p>\n

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See you all at Google I\/O starting May 19th! https:\/\/t.co\/KgNKbb3nMu<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/OD6x3IYtTi<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Sundar Pichai (@sundarpichai) February 17, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

As has been the case for several years<\/a>, Google revealed the conference\u2019s dates for 2026 after enough folks completed a puzzle<\/a> on the I\/O website. This year\u2019s puzzle has multiple \u201cbuilds\u201d to play through, all of which use Gemini. <\/p>\n

They start with a mini-golf game in which a virtual caddy that\u2019s powered by Gemini offers some of the most anodyne advice imaginable. The second build is a nonogram. If you\u2019ve ever played a Picross game, you\u2019ll know what to do here. It\u2019s about using logic to place tiles on a grid in order to create an image. Here, Google is using Gemini to generate \u201cendless game boards.\u201d<\/p>\n

The other three minigames are Word Wheel (which \u201cleverages Gemini 3 to automate level design\u201d), Super Sonicbot (which \u201cuses Gemini to introduce microphone mechanics where noise controls the Android Bot\u2019s altitude\u201d) and Stretchy Cat. The latter \u201cuses Gemini 3 as a stage designer balancing game mechanics and difficulty to create endless play.\u201d<\/p>\n

This article originally appeared on Engadget at https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/general\/google-io-2026-is-set-for-may-19-and-20-200805024.html?src=rss<\/p>

Please credit: OBA Blog<\/a> » Google I\/O 2026 is set for May 19 and 20<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We\u2019ll soon get a closer look at a bunch of features and updates Google has planned for Android and its other services. The company has confirmed that Google I\/O 2026 will take place on May 19 and 20. As always, Google will stream some of the keynotes and sessions for free, including the opening keynote (during which the company makes the bulk of its major I\/O announcements). Although I\/O is primarily a conference for developers, it\u2019s typically where we first learn about major upcoming Android changes, which of course affect tens of millions of people. Expect a lot of news about Google\u2019s AI efforts as well, such as what\u2019s next for Gemini. See you all at Google I\/O starting May 19th! https:\/\/t.co\/KgNKbb3nMu pic.twitter.com\/OD6x3IYtTi \u2014 Sundar […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1166","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-share"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1166","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1166"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1166\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1166"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1166"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1166"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}