The solar is peaking out behind the clouds and the birds are singing. That may solely imply one factor: developer season is almost upon us. Whereas the remainder of you’re on the market touching the proverbial and literal grass, the world’s builders are jamming into convention halls to search out out what the subsequent yr holds for AI and OSes. Issues kick off subsequent week with NVIDIA’s GTC, with the subsequent few months holding Microsoft Construct, Apple’s WWDC and, in fact, Google I/O.
Invitations simply dropped for the latter, which is about for Might 14 and 15 at Shoreline Amphitheater in Mountain View, California — the standard spot. As I’m scripting this, I’m outdoors, a airplane carrying a banner is flying overhead and a chook simply unloaded the contents of its cloaca on me (I want I used to be kidding), so I very a lot really feel prepared for the massive occasion. We’ve nonetheless acquired two months to ebook journey, however we’ll be there (I would pack a hat this time).
Whereas the present is aimed particularly at builders for Google’s varied working programs, issues typically kick off with a Sundar-led keynote. Count on updates to Android, Put on OS, Gmail and extra, together with some client {hardware} (Pixel 8a, anybody?) and so, a lot new about Gemini and different AI choices. Skydivers are elective. Fowl poop, sadly, not a lot. Such are the hazards of the job, I suppose.
