Google I/O 2026 dates announced: May 19–20 event set for Shoreline, as Sundar Pichai visits India for AI Impact Summit

Google has confirmed the Google I/O 2026 dates for May 19–20, with the annual developer conference set to take place at Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View, California, alongside an online stream at io.google.

The announcement coincides with Google CEO Sundar Pichai’s visit to New Delhi for the Government of India-backed India AI Impact Summit 2026, being held February 16–20 at Bharat Mandapam.

What happened

Google published a “save the date” announcement confirming that Google I/O 2026 will run May 19–20 in-person at Shoreline Amphitheatre and online. Google said I/O will cover “latest AI breakthroughs” and updates across products “from Gemini to Android and more.”

Separately, India Today reported that Pichai is in India for the India AI Impact Summit 2026, and that the timing of the I/O announcement aligns with the visit.

Key details

• Event dates: May 19–20, 2026
  
  

• Venue + format: Shoreline Amphitheatre (Mountain View, California) and online at io.google
  
  

• What Google is signalling: A heavy focus on AI (including Gemini) alongside major platform updates such as Android, plus other developer-facing announcements
  
  

• India AI summit dates/venue: Feb 16–20, 2026 at Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi (official Government of India/PIB communication and summit agenda pages)

  
  

Context

Google I/O has increasingly become a major stage for Google’s AI strategy, with the company using the event to outline platform roadmaps for developers and product directions across its ecosystem. Coverage of the 2026 date announcement notes that Google is again positioning I/O as an AI-first showcase, while the full session schedule is still awaited.

For India, the parallel focus is the India AI Impact Summit 2026, hosted under the IndiaAI Mission, which the government has framed as a major global convening in New Delhi from Feb 16–20.

What happens next

• Google I/O 2026: Registration and updates are being routed through Google’s I/O site, with more detailed agendas and session line-ups expected closer to the event.
  
  

• India AI Impact Summit 2026: Summit programming continues through Feb 20, with multiple tracks on governance, deployment and real-world applications, as reflected on official summit pages and government communication.
  
  

• Pichai’s India engagements: India Today reported that Pichai met Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi; this meeting was also reported by other Indian outlets citing official-photo distribution via ANI.