2019 Google I/O Conference Preview | This Is the "Programmer Spring Festival Gala"

The annual Google I/O event is about to open. As the most grand event in the programming world, the constant pursuit of technology, coupled with humanistic care, may be the powerful magic weapon that makes this technology event highly respected. What kind of surprises will the I/O conference bring this year?

The annual "Programmer Spring Festival Gala"——Google I/O Conference,It will be held at the Shoreline Amphitheater in California from May 7th to 9th, local time in the United States. 

You may not know this conference, but you must know Android,This operating system, which has the largest global market share, was released at the second Google I/O conference ten years ago. 

Of course, there is more than one Google I/O conference in the technology industry. However, unlike other conferences of the same scale, I/O is more like a carnival for programmers, both mentally and physically. 

What kind of fairy conference is this? 

Google I/O is an annual conference held by Google. I/O stands for "Innovation in the Open". The conference focuses on Google and open network technologies to develop network applications.

Usually at the conference, Google will release some of the latest applications, service hardware or technology, and various updates to software, while sharing the technology trends of the coming year with developers.

Google I/O is the most representative large-scale developer event, as it has both appreciation value and content value and connects the discourse system of Internet developers. 

The reason why Google I/O is called Programmer Spring Festival GalaIn addition to the revolutionary technologies, products and future trends that will be released at the conference, the themes of these conferences are closely related to the work of front-line engineers. 

The first Google I/O conference started 2008Google I/O was held in San Francisco, California, the headquarters of Google.Year 12,More than 5,000 people will participate. 

Conference Highlight 1: Various AI Products 

Since 2017, Google I/O has been focusing on AI  The theme of the 2017 conference was "Mobile first to AI first". Since then, AI has become the protagonist of every year's conference and has increasingly penetrated into each of their products. 

Artificial intelligence is already everywhere in Google products. Although the conference has not yet kicked off, this highly anticipated event is sure to be full of technology and artificial intelligence technology. 

Therefore, people who have been keeping an eye on the industry have found the "program list" of this "Spring Festival Gala" in the technology industry. So, what products are worth looking forward to at this conference? Let's take a look first. 

Android Q

The new version of Google's operating system, called Android Q, may be announced at the conference. Google has previously released two developer beta versions of Android Q. If nothing unexpected happens, according to Google's tone, the official version of Android Q will be released at the I/O conference. 

According to the speculation of many scientific and technical personnel,The new version will bring a more user-friendly experience:For example, support for different accent colors; easy Wi-Fi sharing via QR code; adding a secret desktop mode; adding a native screen recorder, and more. 

Google Pixel 3a 

Google's own new smartphones seem to be unveiled at I/O 19. In March, there were exposure photos of 3a and 3a XL on the Internet, and gradually, other signs about the devices became more and more obvious. For example, Google executives admitted to using unannounced phones, and Google hinted that there might be some new hardware at the conference on May 7, which coincides with the first day of Google I/O. 

Nest Hub Max  

According to multiple sources, we can expect to see newGoogle Smart Display.According to reports, Google is working on a device called Nest Hub Max. 

The rumored Nest Hub Max will feature a 10-inch display and adopt many of the Assistant-driven features found in the Google Home Hub. It will also include an integrated Nest camera, support for video calling, and stereo speakers. 

Of course, whether these products will be unveiled in the end cannot be said to be 100% certain before the actual conference. In addition, the most eye-catching thing is what ultimate killer weapons Google will have in the field of AI. 

If AI is a necessary magic weapon for the development of technology companies, then Google has been promoting how to use AI technology comfortably and practically, and can be said to be the company that connects users and technology most closely. So what surprises will this I/O conference bring? Let's wait and see.

Conference Highlight 2: Very fun and interesting

Compared to serious industry conferences, Google's conferences are always interesting. For example, at last year's I/O conference, the warm-up method was to let musicians perform using NSynth Super (neural synthesizer), a set of musical instruments developed by Google.

This magical instrument uses neural networks to learn sound features and thus produce new sounds. This form of integrating technology into the performance also made the audience excited. 

At the GDD (Google Developer Day) held in Shanghai last year, the way to warm up the audience was to let the participants use the "Guess the Picture Song" applet to performThousands of people compete in "Soul Painter"The competition was also very exciting for the participants. 

I/O also has an After Dark schedule: After the conference, attendees will enjoy two nights of food, drinks, and fun along the coast. On the first night, there will be a festival of experimentation, and on the second night, there will be a concert at the amphitheater.Exclusive concerts. 

Have you ever seen a concert where the audience is all programmers? It would be a very cute scene to put cute programmers in a lively and bouncing concert. 

Guess what the opening show will be this year?

I/O Conference Program Details 

On Zhihu, someone roughly calculated the budget for attending this conference. Air tickets, tickets and other expenses are about 16,000 to 22,000 RMB.

Maybe you haven't saved enough money for the plane ticket, or you are too busy with work to get away, so in order to help you who are still reading this article in China to understand the latest developments, we willFirst timeSend you all the information you want to know most.

At present, Google I/O has announced the conference schedule. We have sorted out the detailed schedule (select key projects) for these three days as follows (all times in the table are local time): 

Keep following us, in the coming week, we will take you to observe this exclusive feast for programmers up close!