Google I/O dates introduced for Could

Tech conferences are again, child. Kind of.

That is in response to Google, which on Wednesday introduced that its annual developer convention, Google I/O, is scheduled to happen on Could 11 and 12, 2022.

“We’ll be again dwell from Shoreline Amphitheater for this yr’s #GoogleIO,” wrote Google CEO Sundar Pichau. “Be a part of us on-line Could 11-12”

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Notably, this yr’s Google I/O web site suggests however would not clearly verify that 2022’s convention could have some in-person factor together with a web-based stream.

“Be a part of I/O dwell from Shoreline and on-line Could 11-12, 2022,” notes the positioning.

We reached out to Google to find out whether or not or not attendees will likely be displaying up within the flesh at Shoreline this yr, and an organization spokesperson clarified that builders and press shouldn’t plan on bodily attending the occasion. Precise, actual in-person attendance will primarily be restricted to Google workers and companions.

Google I/O was straight up canceled in 2020, because the coronavirus pandemic ravaged the world, “out of concern for the well being and security of our builders, workers, and native communities—and in step with ‘shelter in place’ necessities by the native Bay Space authorities.”

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This yr, apparently, will likely be completely different. In all probability. Assuming, after all, no surprises get in the best way.

UPDATE: Mar. 16, 2022, 3:43 p.m. PDT This story was up to date to incorporate affirmation from Google that in-person attendance at I/O will likely be restricted to Google workers and a restricted set of companions.