Coronavirus outbreak: Google cancels its biggest event of the year, I/O 2020.

Google I/O is a high-profile event the tech industry looks up to every year but it’s good to see Google being safe now rather than sorry later. (Courtesy: Reuters photo)

The I/O developer conference is not only Google's biggest event of the year, it is also a big tech event for developers and partners.

Google has cancelled its I/O developer conference, its biggest event of the year, in the wake of the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak. The Google I/O 2020 was scheduled to take place between May 12 to May 14 at Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View, California. It isn’t immediately clear if Google will be hosting an online-only event to make some of the announcements it was supposed to make on-ground at I/O 2020.

The I/O developer conference is not only Google’s biggest event of the year, it is also a big tech event for developers and partners. As well as for tech enthusiasts invested into the whole Android ecosystem. For years now, Google has taken to I/O to talk all things software (and some hardware), the sort of things that would set the tone for the rest of the year.


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