Google I/O 2016 dates announced: May 18-20, in Mountain View

Google chief executive Sundar Pichai today announced that this year’s big Google I/O developer conference will be hosted at the Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View, California, on May 18-20.

There’s some meaning behind the location.

“To celebrate our 10th anniversary of developer gatherings, we’ll be hosting I/O in our backyard at the Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View, CA from May 18th-20th,” Pichai wrote in a Google+ post. “We’ll have 3 full days together to dive deep into developer content, code labs, and more.”

Shoreline is a widely known concert venue that sits 22,500. So there will be plenty of room for attendees — more room than the Moscone West facility in San Francisco where I/O has taken place in the past few years.

Pichai did not say when registration will begin.

I/O'16 coming to neighborhood where it all started 10 yrs ago: Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View, May 18-20. More details soon. #io16

— Sundar Pichai (@sundarpichai) January 12, 2016

Of course, the event will be livestreamed, and we’ll be offering coverage throughout.

An overview of our coverage of news from the 2015 I/O conference is here.

Update on March 1: Registration for this year’s Google I/O begins on March 8, according to the website for the event.