It’s a big day for Android, as we’re just hours away from ‘The Android Show: I/O Edition’, which we’ll simply be calling the Android Show from here on out.
It’s here that we’re expecting Google to announce many as-yet-unknown Android 17 features, including possibly some AI upgrades and even changes to the look of Android.
While we don’t know for sure what will be unveiled, leaks and rumors have pointed to some possibilities, and you’ll find an overview of them further down — or head to our listicle covering five features that could be unveiled at Google’s pre-I/O Android reveal for a closer look.
Before that, though, you’ll find information on when exactly the Android show is taking place, and how to tune in.
How to watch the Android Show 2026
The Android Show starts at 10am PT / 1pm ET / 6PM BST today (May 12), which is 3am AEDT on May 13 for those in Australia, so not such a sociable time there. The good news is there probably won’t be any need to tune in live — you’ll almost certainly be able to watch a recorded version after the fact, and you’ll also find full coverage of the event on TechRadar.
But if you do want to watch live, you’ll be able to do so on the Android YouTube page — or simply use the stream we’ve embedded below. You can also click a button on that video to get notified when the event starts. The same video should also be viewable on the Android.com site, but it’s still just a YouTube embed.
What to expect at the Android Show
We can only really guess at what Google might announce at the Android Show, but there are some clues.
For example, we know Google is working on a tool — possibly called Motion Assist — that would help tackle motion sickness when using your phone in a car or other moving vehicle, so perhaps that will be officially announced.
There have also been claims that Google might add more blur to the Android interface, making it a bit more like the iPhone’s Liquid Glass, and that there might be an app lock feature that lets you select specific apps to lock behind a PIN or biometric authentication — without also having to hide them from your home screen.
Evidence of a new home screen organizer feature for Google Pixel phones has also been dug up, with this allowing you to automatically build home screens based around specific categories, such as games or social media.
There will likely be other things too, and we’d be surprised if there wasn’t also some AI stuff, since that’s the ongoing buzzword in the tech world, and since Google is one of the biggest players in that space.
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