Google I/O 2016 invites now available

NEW DELHI: Google has reportedly started sending invites to its annual developer conference I/O. Earlier this month, the search giant had opened registrations to Google I/O 2016 scheduled to be held on May 18 to 20th in Mountain View, California. And now reportedly those who had registered are receiving acceptance and denial emails.

As for the fees, it is $900 for developers and $300 for students. This surely appears cheap if one compares it to that of Apple's developer conference, WWDC. The ticket price for the same is $1599. Incidentally, Apple too uses the the same lottery system to distribute WWDC tickets.

Google hosts the I/O conference every year and makes developer-centric announcements, such as details about the next version of Android, Chrome OS and more recently Android Wear and platforms like

Google Fit

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This year, Google has already released the developer preview of the next build of its mobile operating system Android, codenamed Android N. In a blog post Google vice president of engineering Dave Burke said, "We're doing something a little different this year by releasing the preview early... really early." "By releasing a 'work in progress' build earlier in development, we have more time to incorporate developer feedback," he said about the beta release of Android N.

There are speculations that the company may announce initiatives related to bringing Chrome and Android closer.


Here's the copy of the acceptance email as it appeared on 9to5google:

Congrats! You’ve been selected to purchase a General Admission ticket for

Google I/O

’16.
Google I/O is a festival for developers and technologists. During I/O, you’ll learn about our latest product innovations and dive deep into code, all while networking with your peers and Google engineers.