| Google I/O | |
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| Date(s) | May–June (2–3 days) |
| Frequency | Annual |
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| Founded | May 28, 2008 |
| Most recent | May 11, 2022 |
| Next event | May 10, 2023 |
| Attendance | 5000 (est.) |
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| Website | io |
Google I/O (or simply I/O) is an annual developer conference held by Google in Mountain View, California. "I/O" stands for Input/Output, as well as the slogan "Innovation in the Open".[1] The format of the event is similar to Google Developer Day.
| Year | Date | Venue | Ref(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | May 28–29 | Moscone Center | |
| 2009 | May 27–28 | ||
| 2010 | May 19–20 | ||
| 2011 | May 10–11 | ||
| 2012 | June 27–29 | ||
| 2013 | May 15–17 | [2] | |
| 2014 | June 25–26 | ||
| 2015 | May 28–29 | [3][4] | |
| 2016 | May 17–19 | Shoreline Amphitheatre | |
| 2017 | May 17–19 | ||
| 2018 | May 8–10 | ||
| 2019 | May 7–9 | [5] | |
| 2020 | Canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | [6] | |
| 2021 | May 18–20 | Online | [7] |
| 2022 | May 11–12 | Shoreline Amphitheatre | [8] |
| 2023 | May 10 | [9] | |
Google I/O 2020 was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but Google I/O 2021 took place online. Google I/O returned to its in-person format in 2022; the most recent event, Google I/O 2022, took place as an in-person conference for the first time since the one held in 2019.
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Speakers included Marissa Mayer, David Glazer, Steve Horowitz, Alex Martelli, Steve Souders, Dion Almaer, Mark Lucovsky, Guido van Rossum, Jeff Dean, Chris DiBona, Josh Bloch, Raffaello D'Andrea, Geoff Stearns.[10]
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Speakers included Aaron Boodman, Adam Feldman, Adam Schuck, Alex Moffat, Alon Levi, Andrew Bowers, Andrew Hatton, Anil Sabharwal, Arne Roomann-Kurrik, Ben Collins-Sussman, Jacob Lee, Jeff Fisher, Jeff Ragusa, Jeff Sharkey, Jeffrey Sambells, Jerome Mouton and Jesse Kocher.[11]
Attendees were given a HTC Magic.
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Speakers included Aaron Koblin, Adam Graff, Adam Nash, Adam Powell, Adam Schuck, Alan Green, Albert Cheng, Albert Wenger, Alex Russell, Alfred Fuller, Amit Agarwal, Amit Kulkarni, Amit Manjhi, Amit Weinstein, Andres Sandholm, Angus Logan, Arne Roomann-Kurrik, Bart Locanthi, Ben Appleton, Ben Chang, Ben Collins-Sussman.[12]
Attendees were given a HTC Evo 4G at the event. Prior to the event US attendees received a Motorola Droid while non-US attendees received a Nexus One.
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Attendees were given a Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1,[15] Series 5 Chromebook[16] and Verizon MiFi.
The after party was hosted by Jane's Addiction.
The I/O conference was extended from the usual two-day schedule to three days.[17] There was no keynote on the final day. Attendees were given a Galaxy Nexus, Nexus 7, Nexus Q and Chromebox. The after party was hosted by Paul Oakenfold and Train.
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Google I/O 2013 was held at the Moscone Center, San Francisco. The amount of time for all the $900 (or $300 for school students and faculty) tickets to sell out was 49 minutes, even when registrants had both Google+ and Wallet accounts by requirement.[20] A fleet of remote-controlled blimps streamed a bird's-eye view of the event. Attendees were given a Chromebook Pixel. The after party was hosted by Billy Idol and Steve Aoki .[2]
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Attendees were given a LG G Watch or Samsung Gear Live, Google Cardboard, and a Moto 360 was shipped to attendees after the event.
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Attendees were given an Nexus 9 tablet and an improved version of Google Cardboard[21]
Sundar Pichai moved Google I/O to Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View, CA for the first time. Attendees were given sunglasses and sunscreen due to the amphitheater's outside conditions, however many attendees were sunburned so the talks were relatively short.[22][23] There was no hardware giveaway.
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Attendees were given a Google Home and $700 in Google Cloud Platform Credits. The afterparty was hosted by LCD Soundsystem.
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Attendees were given an Android Things kit and a Google Home Mini.[34] The after party was hosted by Justice with Phantogram opening.
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The after party was hosted by The Flaming Lips. There was no hardware giveaway.
The 2020 event was originally scheduled for May 12–14.[36] Due to the coronavirus pandemic, the event was considered for alternative formats[37] and eventually canceled.[6]
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A "pre-show" was held before the keynote, featuring a performance from Tune-Yards and Google Arts & Culture's "Blob Opera" experiment.
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