It’s that time of year again—Google I/O 2025 is right around the corner, and if you thought last year was heavy on AI, buckle up. On May 20–21, Google’s biggest developer event will take over the Shoreline Amphitheater in Mountain View, and yes, the AI spotlight is only getting brighter.
From Sundar Pichai to DeepMind’s Demis Hassabis, the top brass will hit the stage to unveil what’s next across Google’s product empire. Expect deep dives into everything from Android and Search to Cloud and Waymo—but let’s be real, the real headliner is Gemini. Google’s flagship family of AI models is poised to steal the show, continuing its push to outpace OpenAI, xAI, Anthropic, and the rest of the AI elite.
Project Astra, DeepMind’s ambitious multimodal AI system, will also make an appearance—and we’re hoping for more than a teaser this time. Remember those AI-powered smart glasses from last year’s I/O? There might be more information on where that came from.
The theme for this year? AI. In everything. And we mean everything. Elizabeth Reid, Google’s Search lead, will talk about how genAI is flipping the entire search experience on its head. Other sessions will explore AI agents navigating apps for you, scientists leveraging AI for research, and how Waymo’s self-driving cars are getting smarter (and braver?) thanks to machine learning.
Here’s the schedule breakdown: the main keynote starts at 10 a.m. PT on May 20 and will be streamed live for those not in Mountain View. The developer keynote follows at 1:30 p.m., and at 3:30 p.m., Hassabis will chat with Alex Kantrowitz from the Big Technology Podcast about DeepMind’s next chapter.
Not all sessions will be livestreamed, but no worries—TechCrunch will be there in person, boots on the ground, covering all the announcements you don’t want to miss.
One thing is clear: Google I/O 2025 isn’t just a conference. It’s Google making a loud, calculated move in the AI race—and they’re not playing small.
