Google I/O 2025 live: all the latest news and rumors for Android XR, Gemini, Project Astra, and more

One feature I expect Google to talk more about today is AI Mode. TechRadar writer Eric Hal Schwartz has tried Google’s AI Mode and says it might be the end of Search as we know it.

In his feature about the user experience he says, “There’s always a lot going on in my area, but finding information on what’s on can often be tough. Instead of checking six different websites and hoping they’ve been updated, I asked Google through AI Mode: “What are some local events happening in the Hudson Valley this weekend?”

As you can see above, the AI responded almost instantly with a tidy roundup of events. The list of links to the right showed where it was pulling from, and each event had a short description and details of location and time, as well as a hyperlink to where the information came from. The diversity of sources stood out, and I can’t deny it was faster than a regular search plus time spent opening each site to see what was listed.”

Think of AI Mode as Google’s take on ChatGPT Search, although, are we ready to fully embrace AI search yet? I’m not so sure.

On Google’s official website for the event, it says, “Discover how we’re furthering our mission to organize the world’s information and make it universally accessible and useful.”

This makes me think we’re going to see some big improvements to Google Search, and maybe even a wider roll-out of AI Mode.

AI Mode launched in beta earlier this year, bringing artificial intelligence to the forefront of the Google Search experience. Whether you love it or hate it, AI looks like it’s here to stay, and Google Gemini is probably going to play a part.

Google I/O 2025 starts in around 9 hours, at 10 am PT / 1 pm ET / 6 pm BST. That gives us loads of time to take you through everything we expect to see at Google’s headline keynote.

There’s going to be loads of AI, maybe some Android, and definitely some surprises, so you won’t want to miss what the tech giant has up its sleeve.

Welcome to TechRadar’s Google I/O 2025 live blog! John-Anthony Disotto, Senior AI Writer, here to take you through the first few hours of today as we build up to one of Google’s biggest events of the year.

So grab a coffee, set this tab up to the side of your monitor, and get ready for a huge day in the world of tech!