[Andrex]

June 27 to 29 · Moscone Center, San Francisco

Android App · Official Site · YouTube

Android has conquered the world. Google+ is the fastest-growing social network of all-time and will soon have more active users than Twitter. Chrome has left Firefox in the dust and is closing in on Internet Explorer.

But Skynet cannot rest. Google still has much room for growth, and several "failures" that must be iterated on. New products to launch, new APIs to demonstrate, and more developers that must be taught. Google is a user-driven company, but its focus on platforms cannot be understated. Google I/O debuted in May 2008 as a conference to spotlight everything new and upcoming in the Google world.

And it is Google's world. We just live in it.

The keynote and all the presentations (see below) will be streamed live and be available for later viewing on the Google I/O 2012 website and the Android Developers YouTube account. The amount of technical expertise on display is truly unprecedented, and if you're like me you'll likely keep learning more and more until next year's I/O if you keep coming back to the videos.

Like Google I/O 2011 which split the keynote into two parts (largely, a Chrome part and an Android part), this year there will also be two keynotes spearheaded by Vic Gundotra and several other Google executives, partners, and employees. The first keynote will run from 9:30am to 11:45am Pacific time (12:30pm to 2:45pm Eastern) on the first day of I/O, June 27. The second keynote will go from 10am to 11:30am Pacific time (1pm to 2:30pm Eastern) on June 28.

Watch:

• Keynote Day 1
  
  
• Keynote Day 2

Keynote Day 1 Announcements:

• 400 million total Android devices out there, 1 million being activated daily
  
  
• Android Jelly Bean is 4.1
  
  
• Project Butter: Android is mostly locked at 60fps, triple buffering, smoother animations
  
  
• Automatic widget resizing and homescreen reflowing
  
  
• Notifications got suped up, two finger gesture to "expand" them and access more info/controls
  
  
• Offline voice typing, offline Google Maps
  
  
• Google Now is like Google's Siri, location and time-based search, access info in "cards," voice is a lot nicer/more human than Siri's
  
  
• Chrome for Android is now stable and the default browser
  
  
• Jelly Bean hitting Xoom, Nexus S, Galaxy Nexus, and AOSP in mid-July
  
  
• Android Platform Development Kit (PDK) will be available to hardware manufacturers and partners 2-3 months ahead of new Android versions, allows easy porting of Android to hardware
  
  
• Google Play now has TV shows and magazines
  
  
• Nexus 7 tablet by Asus, $199, 7" inch 1280x800 screen, 8 GB storage, Tegra 3
  
  
• Nexus Q, $299, Sonos-like social media ball thing
  
  
• 250 million total Google+ users, 150 million active, 75 million use it everyday, users spend 12 minutes in stream
  
  
• Livestreamed jumping out of a plane and other stuff using Google Glass
  
  
• $1500 preorder for pre-alpha "Google Glass Explorer Edition" hardware, shipping early 2013, only for US I/O attendees
  
  
• Attendees get a Galaxy Nexus, Nexus 7, and Nexus Q for free

Keynote Day 2 Announcements:

• Chrome has 310 million users, up from 170 million last year
  
  
• Chrome comes to the iPhone and iPad, releasing today, same interface and features as Chrome for Android, does not include Chrome's fast V8 JavaScript engine
  
  
• Google Drive is now available for iOS and Chrome OS, latter can only read files at this time
  
  
• Google Docs offline mode is finally available
  
  
• Chromebooks to be sold at Best Buy nationwide
  
  
• Google Compute Engine, infrastructure-as-a-Service, hosts Linux VMs on Google's infrastructure
  
  
• Bulletstorm demo'd as a Native Client game using the HTML5 GamePad and Fullscreen APIs.
  
  
• Attendees get a Chromebox for free, too

• Android Jelly Bean
  Android Jelly Bean, rumored to be a more incremental 4.1 upgrade as opposed to a full version increase, is pretty much guaranteed to be detailed on stage at the Google I/O keynote. However, despite its assured appearance much is still unknown about Jelly Bean. We do know that the GSM version of the Galaxy Nexus (the one sold through Google Play) will receive the upgrade first, likely a repeat of Google I/O 2010 where Android 2.2 Froyo was released for the Nexus One around a week after it was first detailed. We also know it will include several minor UI updates and a new, Google Play-inspired live wallpaper.
  
  
• Google Assistant
  If you want the cliff notes, Google Assistant is rumored to be Google's official Siri competitor for Android (as opposed to S Voice, which is proprietary to Samsung.) This article goes over why Assistant could be a true game changer, but it basically comes down to full integration with the "Knowledge Graph" that landed in Google Search last month -- those little Wikipedia-like info boxes on the right hand of searches for celebrities and notable figures. It should also have a more human-like voice than Siri due to Google's acquisition of Phonetic Arts, and it will include a groundbreaking "do engine." It is likely to be fully integrated into Android Jelly Bean, and possibly an app for previous versions of Android.
  
  
• Nexus Tablet and the Nexus Family
  Eric Schmidt guaranteed there would be an Android tablet arriving this year that had more Google involvement than previous ones. The Amazon Kindle Fire, which runs a skinned version of Android without any kind of Google involvement, is one of the best-selling tablets out there -- mostly due to its price. A "pure-Google" Nexus tablet would be Google's take on the Kindle Fire; a $200-250 piece of kit with a 7-inch screen. While such a tablet would definitely be on the lower end of the market, Google needs to kill off the Kindle Fire quickly so that it doesn't cannibalize all of Android's tablet marketshare. The iPad can wait. The Nexus tablet is rumored to be manufactured by Asus and could be released shortly after the conference, possibly mid-July.
  
  There are also rumors that a "family" of Nexus devices will be announced at I/O -- up to five in total, including the Nexus tablet and the next "flagship" Nexus phone. Not much has been heard on that rumor for a while -- even still, when the Wall Street Journal talks about a tech rumor, you should listen. Will this be the first fruits of Google's acquisition of Motorola?
  
  
• Google Games
  A Google+ product manager at the Games Developer Conference earlier this year stated, "By next year, we will not be here talking about Google+ Games, Chrome Web Store games, Games for Native Client and Android games. We will be talking about Google games." The language here leaves very little room for interpretation; some kind of merger between Google's three disparate game platforms is in the works and will happen before next year's GDC. There are several ways this could go down; he could mean Google will bet on HTML5 and offer a simple publishing solution for getting a single HTML5 game on each platform. WebView could render the HTML5 content on Android, and users of Google+ and Chrome would interact with it like any other content. Since he also included Native Client, he could mean that Native Client will somehow come to Android and make cross-porting Native Client games from Chrome easier. Whatever the case, games are likely to be a big focus for Google at I/O and the rest of the year.
  
  
• Google Game Center
  Expanding on the gaming focus, Google is rumored to launch an iOS Game Center clone. This would allow apps to integrate with an "official" leaderboard and achievement API, however it would be much more powerful and relevant than the iOS implementation because of Google+. In fact, due to an entire social network being built-in, the service will likely more closely resemble Xbox Live, especially if multiplayer is officially supported.
  
  
• Google+ Third-Party Apps
  With several presentations focused on the Google+ platform scheduled, there's a high chance that Google+ may finally open up to third-party "apps" to leverage its social API beyond games. The Google+ redesign earlier this year seems to hint towards this as well. Like with Google+ Games, third-party apps on Google+ will likely not be as invasive or annoying as Facebook apps have been due to them possibly being siloed in their own stream.
  
  
• Google Glasses
  Finally, perhaps Google's largest and most-groundbreaking project (perhaps even more so than their self-driving cars), Google Glass, is rumored to make an appearance in some form. Since the fruits of Glass are probably years off yet, any appearance will likely be limited at most to some sort of brief on-stage demo. Best not get your hopes up, the future of wearable computing is close, but still a couple years off.

[Andrex]

• 2:45 to 3:45 Eastern · 11:45 to 12:45 Pacific
  
  
  • (Android) What's New in Android?
    Chet Haase, Romain Guy ♥
    
    
  • (Chrome) The Web Platform's Cutting Edge
    Alex Komoroske, Alex Russell
    
    
  • (Google+) Google+ Platform Basics
    Ade Oshineye ♥, Julie Farago
  
  
• 4:15 to 5:15 Eastern · 1:15 to 2:15 Pacific
  
  
  • (Android) Android Apps in Google Play
    Ellie Powers, Chris Yerga
    
    
  • (Chrome) Dart - A Modern Web Language
    Lars Bak, Kasper Lund
    
    
  • (Google+) The Next Generation of Social is in a Hangout
    Amit Fulay, Jonathan Beri
    
    
  • (Google Maps) What's New in Google Maps
    Brian McClendon, Dylan Lorimer, Thor Mitchell
  
  
• 5:45 to 6:45 Eastern · 2:45 to 3:45 Pacific
  
  
  • (Android) Monetizing Android Apps
    Kenneth Lui, Lauren Usui
    
    
  • (Chrome) GRITS: PvP Gaming with HTML5
    Colton McAnlis
    
    
  • (Google+) Fireside Chat with the Hangouts Team
    The Google+ Platform Team
    
    
  • (Cloud Platform) App Engine Overview
    Peter Magnusson, Gregory D'alesandre
  
  
• 7:00 to 8:00 Eastern · 4:00 to 5:00 Pacific
  
  
  • (Android) Google Play: Marketing 101 for Developers
    Kushagra Shrivastava, Patrick Mork
    
    
  • (Chrome) The Web Can Do That?!
    Eric Bidelman
    
    
  • (Commerce) Monetizing Digital Goods with Google Wallet
    Joel Leitch, Dan Zink, Pali Bhat
    
    
  • (YouTube) YouTube API + Cloud Rendering = Happy Mobile Gamers
    Danny Hermes, Jarek Wilkiewicz
  
  
• 8:15 to 9:15 Eastern · 5:15 to 6:15 Pacific
  
  
  • (Chrome) Better Web App Development Through Tooling
    Paul Irish ♥♥
    
    
  • (Android) Android Fireside Chat
    Tim Bray
    
    
  • (YouTube) HTML5 at YouTube: Stories from the Front Line
    Greg Schechter, Zoltan Szego
  
  
• 11:00 to 12:00 Eastern · 8:00 to 9:00 Pacific
  
  
  • (After Hours) After Hours

• 2:45 to 3:45 Eastern · 11:45 to 12:45 Pacific
  
  
  • (Android) What's New in Android Developers' Tools
    Xavier Ducrohet, Tor Norbye
    
    
  • (Chrome) Fast UIs for a Cross-Device Web
    Boris Smus
    
    
  • (Google+) Getting Started with the Google+ History API
    Timothy Jordan, Daniel Dulitz
    
    
  • (Google TV) Bring Your App to the Big Screen
    Michael Sundermeyer, Ossama Alami
  
  
• 4:30 to 5:30 Eastern · 1:30 to 2:30 Pacific
  
  
  • (Android) Making Good Apps Great: More Advanced Topics for Expert Android Developers
    Reto Meier
    
    
  • (Chrome) The Next Evolution of Chrome Apps
    Erik Kay, Mihai Parparita
    
    
  • (Google+) Integrating Google+ Into Mobile Apps
    Julia Ferraioli
    
    
  • (Cloud Platform) Introducing Google Compute Engine
    Craig McLuckie, Martin Gannholm
  
  
• 5:45 to 6:45 Eastern · 2:45 to 3:45 Pacific
  
  
  • (Android) For Butter or Worse: Smoothing Out Performance in Android UIs
    Chet Haase, Romain Guy ♥
    
    
  • (Chrome) Chrome Developer Tools Evolution
    Sam Dutton, Pavel Feldman
    
    
  • (Google+) Getting More from the Google+ Platform
    Timothy Jordan
    
    
  • (Google Maps) Enterprise Geospatial in the Cloud
    Sean Maday, Mano Marks
  
  
• 7:00 to 8:00 Eastern · 4:00 to 5:00 Pacific
  
  
  • (Android) Doing More With Less: Being a Good Android Citizen
    Jeff Sharkey
    
    
  • (Chrome) Jank Busters: Building Performant Web Apps
    Nat Duca, Tom Wiltzius
    
    
  • (Google+) Fireside Chat with the Google+ Platform Team
    The Google+ Platform Team
    
    
  • (Cloud Platform) Getting the Most Out of Python 2.7 on App Engine
    Brian Quinlan
  
  
• 8:15 to 9:15 Eastern · 5:15 to 6:15 Pacific
  
  
  • (Android) Multi-Versioning Android User Interfaces
    Bruno Oliveira, Adam Powell
    
    
  • (Chrome) New Web Tools and Advanced CSS/HTML5 Features from Adobe & Google
    Alex Danilo, Vincent Hardy, Christian Cantrell
    
    
  • (Google+) Advanced Google+ History API
    Timothy Jordan
    
    
  • (Tech Talk) Running Google on Google
    Jeff Bates, Iustin Pop
  
  
• 9:30 to 10:30 Eastern · 6:30 to 7:30 Pacific
  
  
  • (Tech Talk) Ignite
    Richard Warp, Thomas Park, Peter Norvig, David Weekly, Chris Vein, Amy Jo Kim, Chiu-Ki Chan, Jon Vlachogiannis, DJ Patil, Chris Branch, Chris Marks

The schedule they posted several weeks ago has since been changed, rendering the sessions listing that was here completely inaccurate. If you return after the conference has concluded, there will be a list of aired sessions here like above with links to the recordings on YouTube.

• Google I/O 2010 Thread of Moving to the Clouds and eating Froyo
  Highlights included Android 2.2 Froyo, an initial showing of Google Music, the announcement of WebM and its support by Chrome and YouTube, and early demos of Chrome OS, the Chrome Web Store, and Google TV.
  
  
• Google I/O Live 2011 (May 10-11). Thread of Ice Cream Sandwiches and Musical Clouds
  Last year, Google I/O showed a near-final version of Google Music, a Honeycomb-enhanced Google TV, further improvements to the Chrome Web Store including the availability of Angry Birds, and the announcement of Chromebook availability.

[Cipherr]

(Android) What's New in Android? Chet Haase, Romain Guy ♥

Cant wait. Nice OP.

[Angst]

Finally! Subbed

[Andrex]

Excited! So many sessions I want to watch! I'm going to "waste" over 30 hours total, at least.

I forgot to make the Google Doc open source, but it is now. As always, Docs' revision history makes it pretty easy to undo any defacement, so don't bother.

[CountAntonius]

Great OP subbed.

[MarkMclovin]

Thanks for the OP! Subbed.

Will be interested where they go with Google Assistant. I like how they just don't want to make a clone of the novelty's that are Siri and S voice. Interested to see what features we'll have in JB too.

[Aad]

Andrex, do you work for Google? Not implying your a viral or anything just curious.

Also I love your threads <3

[brotkasten]

You didn't use my subtitle! People wanted it!

[Andrex]

Andrex, do you work for Google? Not implying your a viral or anything just curious. Also I love your threads <3

Not yet. Maybe someday...

Thanks. <3

You didn't use my subtitle! People wanted it!

Was that the incredibly flamewar-y one that would be sure to derail the entire thread? :P

[stilgar]

Google+ is the fastest-growing social network of all-time and will soon have more active users than Twitter.

Is "fastest growing" for Google like "gaining momentum" for Sony?



Nice OP, btw.

[brotkasten]

Not yet. Maybe someday... Thanks. <3 Was that the incredibly flamewar-y one that would be sure to derail the entire thread? :P

But it was approved by gcubed and Angst!

Google I/O 2012 - The tablet for peasants is here!

This.

I like this

And there's really nothing flamewar-y about it.

[Andrex]

Oh I thought yours was the "WWDC13 Preview" one.

I don't really like subtitles that only focus on one rumored part of the conference. :P

[brotkasten]

Oh I thought yours was the "WWDC13 Preview" one. I don't really like subtitles that only focus on one rumored part of the conference. :P

Well, it's the only interesting rumor. :P

[Andrex]

Eh, Google Games excites me the most. :P

I just think, if something completely unforeseen gets announced and overshadows what's in the subtitle, then you're kinda screwed.

I tend to overthink these things though.

[Bit-Bit]

I'd love it if Google comes out with something that can take my HTML5 game and turn it into an Android app.

[brotkasten]

Eh, Google Games excites me the most. :P I just think, if something completely unforeseen gets announced and overshadows what's in the subtitle, then you're kinda screwed. I tend to overthink these things though.

I understand, but come on, what else is Google going to announce? Roboto 2?

[celebi23]

Finally Andrex :P I was wondering when you were going to put this up. Oh, and I'm sorry again for the confusion :P This topic is awesome.

[Copernicus]

No subtitle?........Will have to contemplate my participation.

[gcubed]

I understand, but come on, what else is Google going to announce? Roboto 2?

JB which I assume will bring some core service enhancements, full release Chrome, unification of services. They've been incredibly tight lipped this year...usually some employees slip stuff out in the lead up.

I'll be in Denver for work... not sure I'll be able to watch it live. :(

[Copernicus]

That's why Google added the ability to stream all the sessions.

Apparently Larry Page has a speaking affliction and is sidelined for a few weeks. Ironic if they're planning on that siri imitation. This probably means we'll get to hear Schmidt talk about hovercars and teleportation though.

[Brettison]

I'm interested to see where Jelly Bean is going after seeing WP8 and iOS6. They have the chance to sway me over to the darkside if JB seems legit, and I find a decent phone later this year.

[brotkasten]

I'm interested to see where Jelly Bean is going after seeing WP8 and iOS6. They have the chance to sway me over to the darkside if JB seems legit, and I find a decent phone later this year.

How dare you, traitor!

[Brettison]

How dare you, traitor!

That would require me to firmly be in a camp. You can't be going rogue if nobody owned my allegiance before anyways!

[Mr. Wonderful]

Google: We won't stop until we're integrated into every aspect of your life.

[Zeppu]

The biggest megaton at IO would be:

Jellybean released. Updates rolling out now for Galaxy Nexus, HTC One X, Samsung Galaxy S3.

AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHA

:'(

[Bboy AJ]

Nice OP. How's the Nexus?

[zomgbbqftw]

The biggest megaton at IO would be: Jellybean released. Updates rolling out now for Galaxy Nexus, HTC One X, Samsung Galaxy S3. AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHA :'(

One X?!?

Good luck with that.

[celebi23]

The biggest megaton at IO would be: Jellybean released. Updates rolling out now for Galaxy Nexus, HTC One X, Samsung Galaxy S3. AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHA :'(

No way Google could pull an Apple like that :( The carries/handset manufacturers need at least months before releasing an update :( And there's no way any of them could keep Jellybean a secret :/

[Zeppu]

One X?!? Good luck with that.

No way Google could pull an Apple like that :( The carries/handset manufacturers need at least months before releasing an update :( And there's no way any of them could keep Jellybean a secret :/

I know. But that would be the biggest megaton.

[Deadly Cyclone]

Can I get Chrome on my Droid X yet? :(

[catapult37]

uuuuugh i wasn't able to get a ticket this year. i had funding ready and everything. soooooo bummed.

at least i went to 2011 and got a galaxy tab

the screen has just started to fail, as soon as the warranty ran out

[Bit-Bit]

Also here's to hoping that Google Glasses shows up. If there's a beta, I better get in. It's all I ever wanted.

[prodystopian]

uuuuugh i wasn't able to get a ticket this year. i had funding ready and everything. soooooo bummed.

Same. I'll be here for the press conference. Nice OP.

[SimleuqiR]

Also here's to hoping that Google Glasses shows up. If there's a beta, I better get in. It's all I ever wanted.

Google Glasses for EVERYONE!!

:::Crowd goes berserk::::

INCREDIBLE OP! Even if you do get banned I don't see the need for much updates to it - so the thread can live on without you.

[planar1280]

Op has the facts wrong. Google + does not have the most active users. Anyone who logs into search in google while logged in to g+ is considered active.

[Emily Chu]

fuck yeah more excited about this, than the utter fail that was E3 this year

Can't wait !!!

[Angst]

Op has the facts wrong. Google + does not have the most active users. Anyone who logs into search in google while logged in to g+ is considered active.

Op says "Fastest growing social network of all time" and links to http://articles.businessinsider.com/...omscore-report

Source does have question mark at the end of the statement though...

[gcubed]

Op has the facts wrong. Google + does not have the most active users. Anyone who logs into search in google while logged in to g+ is considered active.

Which is the most important fact that google cares about. You are a commodity, you log in, your value becomes higher. People need to stop comparing the two as they are wildly different in their end goals.

[Bomber Bob]

Anyone who logs into search in google while logged in to g+ is considered active.

because you can still +1 things

[quaere]

Does the live stream work on Android?

[jokkir]

Next week can't come sooner!

I just want to see if Jellybean will come out to Nexus S as well

[D4Danger]

Nothing about Chrome OS is pretty disappointing.

I was hoping Android and Chrome OS would converge over the years and make something really awesome.

[brotkasten]

Nothing about Chrome OS is pretty disappointing. I was hoping Android and Chrome OS would converge over the years and make something really awesome.

Maybe they'll show Chrome OS for tablets.

[D4Danger]

Maybe they'll show Chrome OS for tablets.

I feel like you're teasing me

[brotkasten]

I feel like you're teasing me

It would be the greatest thing since the invention of ice cream sandwich.

[Copernicus]

I'm really excited to hear that there will only be one keynote.

GoogleTV is going to be a huge part of I/O, they've been fellating developers for the past six months to get them to make apps for it. Vizio better at I/O with my god damn $99 box.

Does the live stream work on Android?

Not sure, but if you download the I/O app you'll be able to watch all the sessions through there.

[gcubed]

I'm really excited to hear that there will only be one keynote. GoogleTV is going to be a huge part of I/O, they've been fellating developers for the past six months to get them to make apps for it. Vizio better at I/O with my god damn $99 box. Not sure, but if you download the I/O app you'll be able to watch all the sessions through there.

Its dead copernicus... its dead

[Vyse The Legend]

The biggest megaton at IO would be: Jellybean released. Updates rolling out now for Galaxy Nexus... AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHA :'(

Fixed.

This will likely happen.

[TheNatural]

Nice OP, could do without the hyperbole though. Firefox and Chrome are basically even in usage in the US, hardly 'in the dust.' And Google+ basically being integrated into Gmail and everything Google counts as a 'user.'

I'm interested in their tablet move and would like to see them take on the Nook and Kindle.