Google I/O’s Android Show: all the news from the I/O pre-show – The Verge

Android’s youthful new design language just dropped

2025-05-13T13:36:25-04:00

An eye-catching new treatment for Android. | Image: Google

Google just announced a bold new look for Android, for real this time. After a false start last week when someone accidentally published a blog post too early (oh, Google!), the company is formally announcing the design language known as Material Three Expressive. It takes the colorful, customizable Material You introduced with Android 12 in an even more youthful direction, full of springy animations, bold fonts, and vibrant color absolutely everywhere. It'll be available in an update to the Android 16 beta later this month.

Support for the Live Updates feature that Google introduced in an earlier Android 16 beta is nestled among the new de …

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Gemini is coming to TVs and cars, eventually

2025-05-13T11:27:47-04:00

Google is bringing its Gemini AI assistant to devices with Google TV, cars with Android Auto and Google built-in, Wear OS smartwatches, and Android XR. But Google isn't saying exactly when the AI assistant will come to those devices - right now, the company is giving more general timelines about when it might arrive.

On Google TV products, "you can ask for action movies that are age-appropriate for your kids, and get the best recommendations," according to a blog post from Guemmy Kim, a senior director of product and user experience on Android. In an example, the company shows how you can ask something like "can you explain the solar system …

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Wear OS 6 puts Google Gemini on your wrist

2025-05-13T12:21:18-04:00

G’bye Assistant, hello Gemini! | Image: Google

After a few years of iterative updates, Wear OS 6 is shaping up to be a significant leap forward. For starters, Gemini will replace Google Assistant on the wrist alongside a big Material 3 Expressive redesign that takes advantage of circular watch faces. Oh, and for the third year running, the latest Wear OS will also come with some battery life improvements.

"Over the past couple of years, we really completely reimagined Android with Gemini right at the center, and now we're expanding Gemini beyond the phone," says Jaime Williams, Wear OS' product manager.

Williams says that adding Gemini is more than just replacing Assistant, which is al …

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Android launches new protections against phone call scammers

2025-05-13T12:40:40-04:00

Google is rolling out several new features to protect Android users from falling victim to phone call scams. Now, Android will automatically block users from sideloading an app for the first time from a web browser, messaging app, or other service while on a call with an unknown contact.

Google will also stop users from giving an app accessibility permissions while talking on the phone, helping to prevent a potentially dangerous app from gaining control of their device and stealing personal information. If you try to adjust these settings during a call, Google will display a message saying: "This setting is blocked to protect your device." …

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Google adds UWB support to its rebranded Find Hub tracker app

2025-05-13T13:05:08-04:00

Find My Device just became Find Hub.

A year after launching its Find My Device location tracking network, Google is adding support for ultra wideband (UWB) for more precise tracking using compatible phones and trackers. The network and its Android app are also getting a new name: Find Hub.

Google says that UWB will be enabled "later this month." UWB provides more accurate tracking at close range than Bluetooth, reporting both distance and direction so you can find a missing tracker quicker once you're in the vicinity. Apple's AirTag has supported the tech since its launch in 2021, as have Samsung's SmartTags. Tile's is now the only major tracker network to lack a UWB option, s …

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How to watch Google’s Android Show: I/O Edition today

2025-05-13T12:22:40-04:00

There's still a week to go until Google I/O 2025 starts in earnest, but some of the developer conference's biggest announcements are likely to arrive today in a one-off livestream called The Android Show: I/O Edition.

When the Android Show will happen and where to watch it

The Android Show takes place today, Tuesday, May 13th, at 10AM PT / 1PM ET. You can watch it live on the Android site or its YouTube channel, and we've embedded the livestream at the top of this page too.

Google's main I/O keynotes tend to run for a couple of hours. Breaking Android out should mean this is a shorter show, though we don't know for sure how long it'll run …

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Google announces the dates for I/O 2025

2025-05-13T12:53:35-04:00

Mark your calendars for Google’s next developer conference.

Google's next I/O developer conference will take place on May 20th and May 21st, the company announced today. The event will be "open to everyone online" and will include "livestreamed keynotes and sessions," according to an FAQ. Like past years, there will also be an in-person component at the Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View, California.

The news comes after Google launched a fun puzzle game to help reveal the date of the event. (The company loves to release puzzles ahead of announcing its I/O dates.) This year's show will run in the middle of Microsoft's Build conference, which takes place from May 19th through May 22nd.

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