Google-sponsored event for large developers `` I / O 2020 '' canceled due to the influence of the new coronavirus

It has been announced that Google 's annual developer conference, Google I / O , will be canceled in fiscal 2020. I / O 2020 was scheduled for May 12-14, 2020, at the Shoreline Amphitheater in Mountain View, California, USA.

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Google cancels I / O 2020, its biggest event of the year-The Verge
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On its official I / O 2020 website, Google said, `` Our concern with the new coronavirus (COVID-19) and guidance from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention , the World Health Organization and other health authorities, We decided to cancel the physical event of Google I / O 2020, which was scheduled to be held at the theater. '

Google I / O is an event for developers, but in 2019 there were announcements of Google products such as genuine smartphones Pixel 3a and Nest Hub Max , and it is an event that has more than just technical announcements.

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Google states that all customers who have purchased an I / O 2020 ticket will be refunded in full on March 13, 2020. Also, customers who have purchased I / O 2020 tickets will automatically be entitled to purchase I / O 2021 tickets without participating in the lottery. In addition, Google states, 'Over the next few weeks, we will look for other ways to evolve Google I / O and maximize connections with the developer community.'

In addition, Google just announced the cancellation of the corporate event 'Cloud Next' due to the influence of the new coronavirus.

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As a large-scale event that event is canceled due to the influence of the new coronavirus, one of the world's largest mobile phone exhibition MWC and, annual developers conference, the Facebook F8 , for the event game developers GDC , and the like. You.