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Google I/O 2026 Unveils Gemini 3.2 Flash, XR Glasses

5/19/2026

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Google Unveils

Google will hold I/O 2026 at Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View, California on May 19, 2026, with a 10 a.m. PT keynote.
Leaks say Gemini 3.2 Flash will debut, reaching 92% of GPT-5.5’s coding performance while costing 15-20× less to run.
Google may also unveil Gemini Spark for task automation, Gemini Omni video generation, Android XR smart glasses with translation, and “Googlebooks” laptops running merged Android-ChromeOS “Aluminium OS.”

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Google Livestreams I/O

Google will livestream the I/O 2026 opening keynote on its YouTube channel and a dedicated page for worldwide viewing.
The broadcast starts at 10 a.m. PT / 1 p.m. ET / 6 p.m. BST on May 19, 2026, with a 3 a.m. AEST slot for Australia.
After the main keynote, a developer-focused session at 1 p.m. PT / 4 p.m. ET will precede two days of deep-dive sessions, workshops, and early-access streams for developers before public release.

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Historical Context

Google’s first I/O on May 27, 2008 unveiled Android 1.0 to developers, continuing a tradition of major tech showcases at San Francisco’s Moscone Center in California. Opened in 1981, the venue hosted the 1992 Microsoft Professional Developers Conference and the 1984 Democratic National Convention, and its 675 kW solar array now powers about 8,500 homes.

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Google Unveils

Google will hold I/O 2026 at Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View, California on May 19, 2026, with a 10 a.m. PT keynote.
Leaks say Gemini 3.2 Flash will debut, reaching 92% of GPT-5.5’s coding performance while costing 15-20× less to run.
Google may also unveil Gemini Spark for task automation, Gemini Omni video generation, Android XR smart glasses with translation, and “Googlebooks” laptops running merged Android-ChromeOS “Aluminium OS.”

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