Google cancels its biggest tech event of the year due to coronavirus spread. Google I/O 2020 was scheduled to take place between May 12 to May 14 this year.
Google cancels I/O 2020- Google cancels its biggest tech event of the year due to coronavirus outbreak.
Tech giant Google has announced that it is canceling its biggest annual conference- Google I/O 2020 due to coronavirus outbreak.
Google I/O 2020 was scheduled to take place between May 12 to May 14 this year.
Google made this announcement via an email sent to the attendees, According to the report, in the email, the company said;
“Due to concerns around the coronavirus (COVID-19), and in accordance with health guidance from the CDC, WHO, and other health authorities, we have decided to cancel the physical Google I/O event at Shoreline Amphitheatre,” Google said in a statement. “Over the coming weeks, we will explore other ways to evolve Google I/O to best connect with and continue to build our developer community. We’ll continue to update the Google I/O website.”
A #GoogleIO update.
— Google Developers (@googledevs) March 3, 2020
Due to concerns around the coronavirus (COVID-19), we've decided to cancel this year's physical event at Shoreline Amphitheatre. It's sad that we won't be able to gather as a developer community but your health and safety is our priority. (1/2)
Google I/O 2020:
Google typically uses I/O as its biggest tech event of the year to introduce new changes to its Android, Google-powered hardware, and even updates to services like Google Maps. Google says it’s now exploring “other ways to evolve Google I/O to best connect with and continue to build our developer community.”
Google says attendees will be refunded in full by March 13th, and those who purchased tickets for this year’s event will be automatically granted the option of buying a Google I/O 2021 ticket. Guests who have registered for I/O 2020 will not need to enter next year’s drawing and will be automatically granted the option of purchasing an I/O 2021 ticket also added.
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