In about two weeks, the annual conference of Google developers will start on May 20. The event is probably the most important in the company’s calendar, offering an overview of everything he worked in the past year.
Judging by rumors and information that Google has flowed, E / S 2025 should be one of the main technological keynots of recent memory. In addition, for the first time, Google has transformed a dedicated Android showcase planned for a whole week earlier. If you want to know what to expect from the company later this month, read the rest.
Android 16
Over the years spent, some of my favorite E / E / Moments were involved to watch Dave Burke going to the shore to talk about the latest updates for Android. But in the past two years, Android has not had many spotlights at the annual conference of Google developers. This is about to change, the company organizing a dedicated showcase which will be broadcast a week before I will not be. Planned for May 13, Google says that it has “so many things to share” during the Android program: E / S Edition.
The presentation will showcase the president of the Android ecosystem, Sameer Samat, who succeeded Burke in 2024. As for what to expect from Samat and Company, an overview of Android 16 is an obvious bet. Google has already confirmed that the new operating system will arrive some time before the second half. As such, it can even publish a stable construction of Android 16 on the same day. Google feature could announce for Android 16 is the “current notifications” live activities type. By Android authorityGoogle could also add a more robust photo selector, with the support of cloud storage solutions.
We have also seen many tips during a next design change on the platform, which would have been called expressive Material 3. The most overwhelming (or credible) indication that this is real is the recent-self-of Google, which has been captured by 9TO5GOOGLE And remains archived and visible on the Wayback machine. This disclose blog article deals with the research behind Material 3 expressive and the way in which the visual redesign has led to elements of action increasingly reactivity on the part of users. According to the message, “when the participants were invited to” send the email “to the application, their eyes saw the 4x button faster in the expressive design”.
One of the best places to get an idea of what will come to Android 16 is in its beta version, which has already been available for developers and is Currently in its fourth iteration. For example, we learned in March that Android 16 will bring the Auracast support, which could facilitate listening and switch between several Bluetooth devices. This could also allow people to receive Bluetooth audio on hearing aids they have associated with their phones or tablets.
Android XR
Do you remember Google Glass? No, how about Daydream? Maybe by cardboard? After having (at least) sent three XR projects to the graveyardYou might think that even Google would say it’s enough. Instead, the company is preparing to publish Android XR after previewing the platform at the end of last year. This time, society claims that the power of its Gemini AI models would make things different. We know that Google works with Samsung on a coded name of Moohan helmet cod. Last fall, Samsung suggested that the aircraft could arrive this year.
That Google and Samsung Demo Project Moohan at E / S, I imagine that the research giant will have more to say on Android XR and the ecosystem partners she worked to bring to her side for the initiative.
Ai, ai, more ai
If Google felt the need to separate Android into its own shop, we are probably more than ever obtained on IA -related announcements at E / S. The company did not provide many tips on what we can expect on this front, but if I had to guess, features such as IA previews and IA mode are likely to obtain substantial updates. I suspect that Google will also have something to say on Project Mariner, the web agent he has made of 2024. Anyway, Google is an AI company now, and each E / S in the future will reflect this.
Astra project
Speaking of AI, Project Astra was one of the most impressive demos that Google showed at E / S 2024. The technology has benefited from the latest multimodal capacities of Google Gemini models to offer something that we had never seen before the company. It is a vocal assistant with advanced image recognition features that allows him to converse on the things she sees. Google plans an ASTRA project, offering a really useful artificial assistant.
However, after seeing an Astra’s demo in person, the committee of Engadget said that technology needed much more work. Given the Splash project that Astra made last year, there is a good chance that we can obtain an update at E / S 2025.
To carry
Last year, Wear OS was not mentioned during the main speech of the company, but Google previewed Wear OS 5 during the developer sessions that followed. The company only started to deploy Porter bone 5.1 to Pixel devices in March. Given this, you might expect that Google would not have much new OS X official account Fans said on Android show for updates.
Notebook
Since 2023, Google has been offering Notebooklm on the desktop. The note taking application uses automatic learning for features such as automated summaries. Based on App Store and Google Play announcements, the company is preparing to publish a mobile version of the service on the first day of E / S 2025.
Everything else
Google has terrible history when it comes to preventing leaks in its internal ranks, so the probability that society can surprise us is low. However, Google could announce something that we do not expect. As always, your best bet is to visit Engadget on May 20 and 21. We will all have the latest from Google with our blog and our live analysis.
Update, May 5, 2025, 19:08 pm HE: This story has been updated to include details on a blog article disclosing discussing the expressive “material 3”.
Update, May 6, 2025, 5:29 PM HE: This story has been updated to include details on the Android 16 Beta, as well as the Auracast support.
