Google I/O developer conference in Mountain View next week, Google will try to rally developers around one of its next big bets: Android XR. Later this year, Samsung is set to release the first VR headset powered by the spatial computing operating system,

Google's future of AI looks like it's going through glasses and we should know more as soon as next week. A little tease by Android head Sameer Samat, where he put on a pair of smart glasses at the end of Google's Android 16 showcase this week,

With its 'Material 3 Expressive' design, Google aims to make Android 16 and Wear OS 6 livelier (and safer) environments.

It’ll come as no surprise that Gemini, Google’s AI, will play a big part in Android 16. However, it’s now moving beyond phones and coming to Wear OS, where it will replace Google Assistant. Gemini allows you to speak naturally, it can connect with a wide range of apps, and then pull required information from them.

It's a lot of new stuff, from the biggest Android redesign in years to Gemini rolling out across more devices.

With version 16 of the OS, we'll finally get subtle blurs and background shading. When you pull down the Notification Shade, instead of seeing a flat background, you'll get a subtle background blur and shading to give the UI more depth and movement.

There’s still a week to go until Google I/O 2025 starts in earnest, but some of the developer conference’s biggest announcements are likely to arrive today in a one-off livestream called The Android Show: I/O Edition.

Google's new Android 16 reveals are getting their own livestream, and we'll be covering the details in this live blog.

Google says the stable version of Android 16 will start rolling out widely in June 16, rocking a fresh design and a bunch of new features.