Lots of AI and not much Android.
Allison Johnsona reviewer with 10 years of experience writing about consumer tech. She has a special interest in mobile photography and telecom. Previously, she worked at DPReview.This year’s I/O keynote featured a lot of AI and very little about the next version of Google’s mobile OS.There was a chilly marine layer hanging in the air above the Shoreline Amphitheater, but the danceable beats thumped on in spite of it.
I/O is, of course, the company’s yearly developer conference, and it officially kicked off on Wednesday morning when CEO Sundar Pichai took the stage, headlining a two-hour presentation that was almost entirely centered on AI. We got a preview of what’s coming to Google Search, Gmail, and Photos, along with an unappetizing, photo-realistic image of pizza fondue. It was all AI, top to bottom.
But what we didn’t hear much about — in fact, barely earned a mention on stage — is I/O’s usual guest of honor: Android. Namely, Android 14, which is in beta now and is expected in the fall. There’s plenty about the apps and services that run hand-in-hand with Google’s mobile operating system, but the platform itself gets very little time in the spotlight., the next Android version commanded a dedicated 10-plus-minute segment in the keynote highlighting new features.
That’s not an accident. I asked Sameer Samat, VP of Android ecosystem, why Android 14 specifically got so little airtime. He said that as Google has implemented ways for Android devices to receive updates outside of a once-a-year platform upgrade, like Play System and app updates, it’s become necessary to frame things a little differently. “So this year, we thought it’s important to show people what’s new in Android from a user experience standpoint, regardless of the OS version.
Rather than lumping together a lot of new features in an OS upgrade that will roll out slowly to certain devices, the company is sprinkling features throughout the year as updates to Google Photos or Gmail. That’s a good thing, and it’s a side effect of Google’s efforts to solve
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