{"id":251759,"date":"2026-05-21T16:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-21T20:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/21\/the-biggest-surprise-from-google-i-o-2026-poll-reveals-majority-of-android-fans-are-most-excited-for-android-xr-and-gemini-spark-but-were-still-waiting-to-hear-more-about-googlebook\/"},"modified":"2026-05-21T16:05:11","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T20:05:11","slug":"the-biggest-surprise-from-google-i-o-2026-poll-reveals-majority-of-android-fans-are-most-excited-for-android-xr-and-gemini-spark-but-were-still-waiting-to-hear-more-about-googlebook-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/21\/the-biggest-surprise-from-google-i-o-2026-poll-reveals-majority-of-android-fans-are-most-excited-for-android-xr-and-gemini-spark-but-were-still-waiting-to-hear-more-about-googlebook-2\/","title":{"rendered":"The biggest surprise from Google I\/O 2026? Poll reveals majority of Android fans are most excited for Android XR and Gemini Spark\u2014 but we\u2019re still waiting to hear more about Googlebooks and the Google Smart speaker"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.techradar.com\/tech\/the-biggest-surprise-from-google-i-o-2026-poll-reveals-majority-of-android-fans-are-most-excited-for-android-xr-and-gemini-spark-but-were-still-waiting-for-more-about-googlebooks-and-the-google-smart-speaker\">The biggest surprise from Google I\/O 2026? Poll reveals majority of Android fans are most excited for Android XR and Gemini Spark\u2014 but we\u2019re still waiting to hear more about Googlebooks and the Google Smart speaker<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.techradar.com\/tech\/the-biggest-surprise-from-google-i-o-2026-poll-reveals-majority-of-android-fans-are-most-excited-for-android-xr-and-gemini-spark-but-were-still-waiting-for-more-about-googlebooks-and-the-google-smart-speaker\">https:\/\/www.techradar.com\/tech\/the-biggest-surprise-from-google-i-o-2026-poll-reveals-majority-of-android-fans-are-most-excited-for-android-xr-and-gemini-spark-but-were-still-waiting-for-more-about-googlebooks-and-the-google-smart-speaker<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-05-21 16:00:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.techradar.com\">www.techradar.com<\/a><\/p>\n<ul id=\"elk-2d649d1c-acf3-475e-ba54-4ad600d0e17f\">\n<li><strong>TechRadar readers voted on what they were excited to see at Google I\/O<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Two thirds had their wishes fulfilled, but a couple were missed<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>There were no updates about the next Google Home speaker or Googlebook<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"elk-cc8fad99-af46-4eee-85c1-edd7d3ce02dd\">Before CEO Sundar Pichai had even took to the stage at Google I\/O 2026, excitement levels were already climbing for what might be announced, launched or demoed at the developer&#8217;s conference.<\/p>\n<p>According to the results of a poll about which of the five most rumored Google products and services TechRadar readers were excited to see at the keynote, 73% saw what they wanted, with the Android XR Smart Glasses being launched, a personal AI agent unveiled and various Gemini Intelligence demos.<\/p>\n<p id=\"elk-cc8fad99-af46-4eee-85c1-edd7d3ce02dd-2\">But despite rumors floating around about the upcoming Google Home speaker and already announced Googlebook being potentially demoed to showcase more of the AI use cases being rolled out, there was no mention of either of these.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"inline-flex items-center gap-1.5 text-sm font-article-heading capitalize leading-5 text-white whitespace-nowrap\"><span class=\"jwp-carousel-title-mobile\"\/><span class=\"jwp-carousel-title-desktop\">Latest Videos From<\/span><span class=\"jwp-carousel-brand inline-flex items-center\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span><\/span><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.techradar.com\/media\/img\/techradar_logo_v2.svg\" alt=\"\" class=\"max-h-12 w-auto\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\/><br \/>\n        <span class=\"\n            flex\n            after:content-[''] after:flex-1 after:ml-4 after:my-[0.7rem] after:border-t after:border-solid after:border-t-[#ccc]\n            before:content-[''] before:flex-1 before:mr-4 before:my-[0.7rem] before:border-t before:border-solid before:border-t-[#ccc]\n            font-article-heading pb-0 text-[length:var(--article-river-title--font-size,1em)] uppercase sm:text-[length:var(--article-river-title--font-size,0.875em)] font-bold\n        \"><br \/>\n            You may like<br \/>\n        <\/span><\/p>\n<p>You can see the results of the poll below \u2014 just note that majority of votes came via our TechRadar WhatsApp Channel (if you&#8217;re not already following us on the messaging app, then make sure to for the latest news, polls and reviews).<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"which-google-i-o-announcements-were-the-most-hyped-3\">Which Google I\/O announcements were the most hyped? <\/h2>\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:56.29%;\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/yH922nYcGKvjjTGkdARPze.jpg\" alt=\"The Samsung glasses from Warby Parker\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/yH922nYcGKvjjTGkdARPze-922-80.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/yH922nYcGKvjjTGkdARPze-922-80.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/yH922nYcGKvjjTGkdARPze-922-80.jpg 970w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/yH922nYcGKvjjTGkdARPze-650-80.jpg 650w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/yH922nYcGKvjjTGkdARPze-480-80.jpg 480w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/yH922nYcGKvjjTGkdARPze-320-80.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1000px) 970px, calc(100vw - 40px)\" loading=\"lazy\" data-new-v2-image=\"true\" data-original-mos=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/yH922nYcGKvjjTGkdARPze.jpg\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/yH922nYcGKvjjTGkdARPze.jpg\" class=\"rounded-[var(--image--border-radius,0)] inline\"\/>\n<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"caption-text\">Samsung&#8217;s first XR glasses were finally unveiled at Google I\/O. <\/span><span class=\"credit\" itemprop=\"copyrightHolder\">(Image credit: Samsung)<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"elk-38fb3c39-0ed6-4c7c-b432-087e6481ee66\">Google made 100 announcements at I\/O, but the most notable to consumers were the raft of new Gemini-powered features coming to its products and services, which was already largely expected going by the results of the poll.<\/p>\n<p>Given that nearly every company is now working with AI (to be clear, I don&#8217;t mean the theoretical version of the word, but machine learning, learning language models (LLMs) and automations), it&#8217;s not too surprising that this was the focus for most of the two-hour keynote.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;d already seen Gemini Intelligence revealed at the Android Show a week earlier, so the unveiling of Google&#8217;s 24\/7 personal AI&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.techradar.com\/tech\/the-biggest-surprise-from-google-i-o-2026-poll-reveals-majority-of-android-fans-are-most-excited-for-android-xr-and-gemini-spark-but-were-still-waiting-for-more-about-googlebooks-and-the-google-smart-speaker\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The biggest surprise from Google I\/O 2026? 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