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Google I/O 2026 Roundup: Gemini 3.5, AI Search, Android XR Glasses, and More

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Google held its annual Google I/O event today, launching new AI products and giving us a look at what's coming in the near future. Google I/O is Google's equivalent of Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference, and Google's announcements offer insight into what Apple is going to be competing with in the coming months.

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We've rounded up everything Google announced at I/O across its product lineup.
Gemini

  • Gemini Omni - Gemini Omni is a new model that can create anything from any input, and that is better at simulating gravity and kinetic energy. It combines Gemini intelligence with generative models like Nano Banana and Veo. It supports conversational language video editing, and allows users to upload videos and edit any element in the video. Omni is starting with video, but Google's Demis Hassabis says it will eventually be able to create any output from any input.
  • Gemini Omni Flash - Gemini Omni Flash is the first Omni model that Google is releasing, and it is available starting today in the Gemini app.
  • Gemini 3.5 Flash - Gemini 3.5 Flash is a new model that Google's Sundar Pichai said combines frontier intelligence with action. Flash is better across almost all benchmarks compared to 3.1 Pro, and it is "comparable to the best models" but faster. Gemini 3.5 Flash is available for everyone today across Google's products and APIs.
  • Gemini 3.5 Pro - Google is testing Gemini 3.5 Pro internally, and it's coming next month.
  • Gemini App - Google redesigned the Gemini app with a new Neural Expressive design language that's rolling out today on desktop, iOS, and Android. It features fluid animations, vibrant colors, haptic feedback, and new typography. It's also getting custom regional dialects in the next few months. Gemini Omni is available for paid Plus, Pro, and Ultra subscribers in the Gemini app today, making it easier to create and edit videos.
  • AI Agents for Gemini - Gemini is getting AI agents, like a Daily Brief agent that presents users with a customized daily digest. Daily Brief is rolling out today for paid subscribers.
  • Gemini Mac App - Mac users will be able to select a bunch of images and documents in Finder, and then press the Function key to give Gemini a voice command on what to do with the files. Google's demo involved sending an email to a dog kennel with the dog's information and image, with info pulled from Finder to generate an email using Gmail in Chrome. Voice support and Gemini Spark are coming to the Gemini Mac app this summer.
  • Gemini for Science - Gemini for Science is a collection of science tools, and there's also a Co-Scientist collaborative AI research partner.
AI Content Identification

  • Identifying AI-generated Images - C2PA content credentials are coming to Gemini and Chrome. Google's tools can tell if an image was captured with a camera or made with AI, and can determine whether an image captured with a camera was edited with AI. Users will be able to right-click on an image in Chrome and ask Gemini whether it was generated with AI.
Antigravity

  • Antigravity 2.0 - Google is launching a new agent-first Antigravity 2.0 app for the desktop that uses Gemini 3.5 Flash. Antigravity is Google's coding tool, and the equivalent of Copilot, Codex, and Claude Code. Gemini 3.5 Flash is 12x faster in Antigravity, which optimizes token use. Antigravity 2.0 is available globally for everyone.
Gemini Spark

  • Gemini Spark - Gemini Spark is a personal AI agent that helps users navigate their digital life. Gemini Spark runs on virtual machines through Google Cloud, and it is able to operate 24/7, with no need to have a laptop open for it to run. It's accessible through the Gemini app, but there will also be options to email or message it. It uses Gemini 3.5 Flash and Antigravity to work on long-running tasks in the background. It integrates with Google tools now, and Google is debuting MCP support for third-party apps in the coming weeks. Gemini Spark can do multi-step ongoing tasks, planning out subtasks and going through the steps. Gemini Spark will be available for Google AI Ultra subscribers in the U.S. next week, and it will work with Chrome later this summer.
Google Search

  • Google Search - Google Search AI Mode and AI Overviews now use Gemini 3.5 Flash. "Google Search is AI Search," was Google's messaging. There's a new Google Search box that's been reimagined with AI, and it changes based on how you're using it and goes "beyond autocomplete" to help you better ask questions. The search box supports images, files, videos, and Chrome tabs as input in addition to text. Pichai said it's the biggest upgrade to the search box in over 25 years, and it's rolling out today. Google is also combining AI Overviews and AI Mode into one interface.
  • Agents in Search - Search is gaining support for creating and managing multiple AI agents. It can keep users updated on what's going on in the world, like changes in the stock market, and send alerts. Search will be able to monitor changes on webpages, so users can get alerts on things like sneaker drops. Information Agents are coming to search in the summer, and Google plans to add more agents.
  • Coding in Search - Agentic coding capabilities are coming to Search. Search will be able to build a custom response on the fly with dynamic layouts, interactive widgets, and more for queries. It uses Antigravity and 3.5 Flash. Search can create tools, trackers, widgets, and dashboards. Generative UI in Search is rolling out this summer for everyone with no charge. Antigravity in Search for building custom experiences is coming in the summer for subscribers first.
  • Shopping in Search - Google has a new Universal Cart coming this summer to Search and the Gemini app. It's an intelligent shopping cart that works across merchants and services. You can add things to the cart when reading Gmail, watching YouTube, or browsing the web, then check out on Google or on third-party retailer sites. Google has a Universal Commerce Protocol and an Agents Payment Protocol for agentic shopping. The payments feature lets AI agents make payments on your behalf using parameters that you set like a brand and price. It's coming to Gemini Spark later this year.
YouTube

  • Ask YouTube - YouTube is getting an Ask YouTube feature, which is similar to the Ask Maps AI feature. It uses Gemini and lets users ask questions. It supports context and follow-up questions, and it's in testing now. It will roll out broadly in the United States this summer.
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The only thing i use in all of that lot is You Tube and that is via an app on my TV. so I doubt there will be any Ai on that.
I have a Android phone, but like my Mac, all Ai is turned off and will stay turned off, no Gemini app.
Not that Google will care, but their AI and any other AI can stay of my devices, I did not ask for it.
 
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Google is on fire 🔥 with Gemini! Apple wasn't even mentioned once, other than a couple of mentions of macOS.

The Developer Keynote is next, which will likely talk about the Googlebook platform, a direct competitor to MacBooks!

Apple definitely has its work cut out to stay relevant in this fast-moving world. The Googlebook platform could eat away a huge chunk of purchasers that would normally choose Mac, and are deeply invested in the Google ecosystem.

I hope Apple gains the wisdom to become more open. Re-embrace and evolve open standards, internet APIs, etc. And continue to contribute to cross-platform collaborations.

Now it's clear why Apple chose Gemini as the foundation for the next Siri.
 
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"C2PA content credentials are coming to Gemini and Chrome. Google's tools can tell if an image was captured with a camera or made with AI, and can determine whether an image captured with a camera was edited with AI. Users will be able to right-click on an image in Chrome and ask Gemini whether it was generated with AI."

I wonder if it will detect an AI-generated image that someone took a screenshot of and then edited.
 
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Ad47uk said:
The only thing i use in all of that lot is You Tube and that is via an app on my TV. so I doubt there will be any Ai on that.
I have a Android phone, but like my Mac, all Ai is turned off and will stay turned off, no Gemini app.
Not that Google will care, but their AI and any other AI can stay of my devices, I did not ask for it.
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Do you have running water in your house?

Imagine the days back then... "Why do I need water in my house?"

"An outhouse in my house?!? Who wants to smell that?!!"

The world evolves. Holding onto the past is futile.
 
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novagamer said:
Gemini has literally no opt out for training data, at any cost. Just something to keep in mind. You can have a conversation where it doesn't train, but you lose that conversation upon a refresh. It's ridiculous.
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Disable message history, or use the workspaces version if you want no training.
 
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Disable message history, or use the workspaces version if you want no training.
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Message history does not let you retain ... any message history. So you can't use projects. There is no opt out at the consumer level, the only equivalent is temporary chat basically.

The paid competitors all offer this at the consumer and prosumer level.

There is a large gulf between I want to spend $180 on 1M output tokens for GPT 5.5 Pro so I can have ZDR and I want nothing to train on my novel work before I publish it. Google does not meet that gap, at all, with their AI suite for end users.

It impacts independent researchers pretty severely.
 
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"real innovation" as if Apple isn't paying Google for access to Gemini on their phones because they couldn't deliver on their AI promises and "innovations"
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Like when Apple used Google Search, or Maps... Apples fallback when they dont have their own working thing is to use Googles.
 
Ad47uk said:
The only thing i use in all of that lot is You Tube and that is via an app on my TV. so I doubt there will be any Ai on that.
I have a Android phone, but like my Mac, all Ai is turned off and will stay turned off, no Gemini app.
Not that Google will care, but their AI and any other AI can stay of my devices, I did not ask for it.
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Amen to everything you said except you owning a droid phone…scary stuff my guy. Goood job getting all your contact’s info straight to goog and who knows who else smh

coolfactor said:
Google is on fire 🔥 with Gemini! Apple wasn't even mentioned once, other than a couple of mentions of macOS.

The Developer Keynote is next, which will likely talk about the Googlebook platform, a direct competitor to MacBooks!

Apple definitely has its work cut out to stay relevant in this fast-moving world. The Googlebook platform could eat away a huge chunk of purchasers that would normally choose Mac, and are deeply invested in the Google ecosystem.

I hope Apple gains the wisdom to become more open. Re-embrace and evolve open standards, internet APIs, etc. And continue to contribute to cross-platform collaborations.

Now it's clear why Apple chose Gemini as the foundation for the next Siri.
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Yeah they chose them because it’s probably the easiest/least resistance seeing as how they already work together on the safari search deal and how much prowess goog has with data and AI smh

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The latest evolutions in AI are transforming the world faster than any technology has in the past. To ignore it would be foolish.
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This is sad but true…all these companies will be constantly shoving AI down our throats til we say, “thank you, master” and, “can I have some more, pwease??”

please smh

Apple is interesting tho cuz they don’t really need AI at all smh

They’re doing big numbers every year selling hardware/services and we were all perfectly content before the awesome iPhone 16 and the intro of Apple Intelligence…we would’ve been just as content had they not introduced it at all and just waited say 7 years until the tech demo advertisement short they showed was a 100% reality.

I’m ready for cook and his $$$ ways to be gone hopefully this new guy cuts off goog and everyone else and Apple is all in-house made and a true walled off garden of eden…

These articles re: goog (on an Apple fan site no less) are really only good at informing us abt what new ways goog has concocted to steal ppls info and data and use it for their own ends smh
 
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