How To Watch The Android Show: Google I/O Edition On May 12

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Before I/O 2026 kicks off on May 19, Google has promised to share an update on its Android ecosystem. As with last year, the company will stream a pre-recorded presentation highlighting some of the biggest new features coming to Android and beyond. You can watch the entire thing unfold May 12 at 1PM ET/10AM PT on YouTube.

Engadget has the full slate of what to expect for I/O 2026 already, but for those looking for a brief summary, here's what we know. We're sure to get a preview of the next version of Android. Beyond that, Google may finally have more information to share about Aluminum OS, its effort to unify Android and ChromeOS into a single platform. (Sameer Samat, the president of Google's Android ecosystem, first confirmed work on the project last July.) More recently, screenshots of the software leaked through a bug report. Google could...

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