As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, Google I/O was postponed until 2021, when it was resurrected as an online event. At last year’s event, the firm made a number of significant announcements, including the premiere of Android 12’s “Material You” design, the release of upgrades to Google Workspace, and the revelation that Google’s Wear OS and Samsung’s Tizen will be merged into a single platform (now known as Wear OS 3).
