Everything announced at Google I/O 2026

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Eyes successful nan tech world person turned toward Mountain View, California this week. The San Francisco Bay Area metropolis is wherever Google's office is located, making it a logical spot to clasp nan company's yearly developer conference. That's right, gang, Google I/O 2026 kicked disconnected connected Tuesday pinch nan usual opening keynote, which is wherever nan institution reveals what's arguably nan event's astir applicable info for consumers.

Google made a ton of Android announcements past week, truthful its mobile ecosystem wasn't really connected nan agenda. But what other could nan onus perchance person been connected if not AI? We heard nan connection "Gemini" much times than I could perchance attraction to count, and nan institution had galore updates to stock connected that front.

Search, Google's longtime breadstuff and butter, was a large attraction of nan event. The institution talked up a caller Ask YouTube characteristic arsenic good arsenic changes to AI subscription pricing and Workspace features for illustration Docs and Gmail.

There are galore much specifications to spell over, truthful let's delve into everything Google announced astatine its I/O 2026 keynote.

We saw nan bulk of nan Android news past week, truthful it was clip to cheque retired what's coming to different pillar of Google's empire: Search. Perhaps nan biggest alteration is an overhaul of nan Search box, which has been nan de facto beforehand page of nan net for hundreds of millions of group for decades.

Starting today, Google is deploying "an intelligent AI-powered Search box" successful each languages and countries successful which AI Mode is available. The institution says this will connection suggestions to users "that spell beyond autocomplete," arsenic it designed nan Search container to amended expect their intent and thief them to shape questions. Along pinch text, they'll beryllium capable to usage images, files, videos and moreover Chrome tabs arsenic Search inputs.

Introducing our marque new, intelligent Search container — wholly reimagined pinch AI. This is nan biggest upgrade to our Search container successful 25 years and it's starting to rotation retired today.

Designed to expect your intent, nan caller Search container helps you formulate your mobility pinch AI-powered... pic.twitter.com/hgEI2BzhwV

— Google (@Google) May 19, 2026

Users connected desktop and mobile astir nan world now person nan action to inquire a follow-up mobility successful an AI Overview and past descent correct into AI Mode. Google says that nan deeper you dig, nan much nan links and supporting accusation go applicable to what you're looking for.

It's unclear arsenic yet whether these changes will hamper workarounds that galore users (*waves*) person turned to successful bid to debar AI Overviews and different AI features successful Search results. In immoderate case, I wouldn't beryllium amazed to spot galore much folks ditching Google Search for alternatives that connection AI-free web searches (*waves again*).

As is nan measurement of things, Google is retooling AI Mode pinch yet different exemplary change. Starting today, AI Mode will now beryllium powered by Gemini 3.5 Flash by default. This is Google's latest Flash exemplary (more specifications connected that shortly).

We're bringing generative UI to everyone, free of charge, acknowledgment to Google @Antigravity and nan agentic coding capabilities of Gemini 3.5 Flash.

Search tin build civilization ocular devices and simulations, tailored to your circumstantial question, connected nan fly.

Under nan hood, Search... pic.twitter.com/eb1KqRHuft

— Google (@Google) May 19, 2026

Speaking of which, Google is expanding Personal Intelligence successful AI Mode. This is simply a characteristic that allows you to assistance Gemini entree to propulsion successful accusation from apps for illustration Gmail and Google Photos if you take (Google Calendar integration is connected nan way). The thought is to alteration Gemini to person a amended knowing of your individual context.

Google made Personal Intelligence free for each US users successful March. Starting today, it's making nan instrumentality disposable successful 98 languages crossed almost 200 countries and territories.

Inevitably, as it's doing connected Android, Google is bringing much agentic AI features to Search. Among these are accusation agents, which nan institution says tin tally perpetually successful nan inheritance to support you updated connected what you're willing in. They tin seemingly support an oculus connected blogs, news websites, existent property listings, societal media posts and nan remainder of nan web, arsenic good arsenic real-time finance, sports and shopping accusation to support you up to date. (That judge doesn't sound perfect for online publications that person already seen their postulation decimated by AI Overviews and AI Mode.)

Soon, you'll beryllium capable to create and negociate aggregate AI agents for your galore tasks — correct successful Search ✨

We're starting pinch accusation agents:

🔹These agents intelligently look crossed everything connected nan web, including blogs, news sites and societal posts, positive real-time information on... pic.twitter.com/cVcHKrdXoW

— Google (@Google) May 19, 2026

These accusation agents tin summarize their findings and connection actionable adjacent steps. They'll first beryllium disposable this summertime to Google AI Pro and Ultra subscribers this summer.

Also this summer, each users successful nan US will beryllium capable to effort agentic booking features successful Search. Google suggests that if you, for instance, look for a backstage karaoke room wherever you'll still beryllium capable to bid nutrient precocious connected a definite night, Search will research nan disposable options. It will show you astir readiness and pricing, and show you wherever you tin complete nan booking. When it comes to beauty, pet care, location repair and immoderate different categories, Google tin telephone section businesses for you, if you prefer. The institution has been moving connected tech for illustration this for rather immoderate time.

Google has a small thing up its sleeve for vibe coders (and everyone else) successful Search arsenic well, arsenic it's folding Google Antigravity into nan product. As such, it says you will beryllium capable to make civilization personification interfaces, specified arsenic visualizations of really things work, aliases whip up tables, graphs and simulations. Everyone will person entree to this generative UI instrumentality this summertime and Google won't complaint you for it.

Also successful Search, there'll beryllium a measurement to make mini apps, specified arsenic dashboards and trackers, for definite tasks utilizing Antigravity. Google says these tin thief pinch things for illustration wedding readying and fittingness search — Antigravity tin harness Google information specified arsenic weather, unrecorded maps and reviews. AI Pro and Ultra users successful nan US will beryllium nan first to get entree to this action this summer. This seems akin to nan expertise to create civilization widgets successful Android, which is something Google announced past week.

Available today, Gemini 3.5 Flash is nan caller default exemplary successful AI Mode successful Search for everyone globally.#GoogleIO pic.twitter.com/UhaH3fM6FO

— Google (@Google) May 19, 2026

Let's swoop backmost astir to Gemini 3.5 for a moment. Flash is nan first exemplary that Google is releasing from this series. Beginning today, it's successful AI Mode and nan Gemini app for everyone, and successful various devices (such arsenic Antigravity) for developers and enterprises. Gemini 3.5 Pro should get successful June.

Google says Gemini 3.5 Flash is its "strongest agentic and coding exemplary yet," pinch nan expertise to thief developers complete tasks "in a fraction of nan time, often astatine little than half nan costs of different frontier models." The institution claims that partners specified arsenic information scientists person been utilizing nan exemplary to garner insights from analyzable data.

Gemini 3.5 is little apt to make harmful worldly aliases incorrectly garbage to reply queries that are supra board, Google said. It claimed that it's employing much precocious information measures, specified arsenic checks connected nan model's reasoning earlier it offers a consequence to a prompt.

Edit your ain videos pinch Gemini Omni pinch conscionable a conversation. 🎥

Prompt nan changes you want to spot to reimagine nan action, alteration nan constituent of view, aliases set nan lighting complete aggregate turns.

Every instruction builds connected nan last, truthful your characters enactment consistent, the... pic.twitter.com/irsFXVAk54

— Google (@Google) May 19, 2026

Google had different bid of AI models to blab about. Gemini Omni tin "create thing from immoderate input," nan institution said, starting pinch nan action to make videos based connected text, images, audio and different videos. Image and audio outputs are connected nan way.

This is sounded arsenic a measurement for you to edit videos successful a much conversational manner. For instance, Google claims that you'll beryllium capable to load successful a video you changeable and inquire Omni to change nan environment, style, perspective and different details. Because it tin harvester immoderate combo of inputs "into a single, cohesive output," arsenic Google claims, you'll seemingly beryllium capable to provender successful images of characters, different scenes aliases drawings that Omni tin usage to pass its outputs.

Gemini Omni tin create thing from immoderate input, starting pinch video. 🪄

This intends you tin harvester images, audio, video and matter arsenic input and make high-quality videos.

Or usage drawings to create successful a measurement that matches your vision.#GoogleIO pic.twitter.com/JIQW7uGfAZ

— Google (@Google) May 19, 2026

The institution besides says you tin create an avatar that has your sound and "generate videos that look and sound for illustration you." Google notes that each videos generated pinch Omni will see its SynthID integer watermark to show that they were made utilizing its AI models.

The first exemplary to usage this tech is Gemini Omni Flash, which will beryllium disposable successful nan Gemini app and Google Flow coming for Google AI Plus, Pro and Ultra subscribers. Everyone other tin effort it for free via YouTube Shorts and YouTube Create App this week (more connected that broadside of things momentarily).

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Gemini Spark is billed arsenic a individual AI supplier that tin get things done for you. It runs successful nan unreality (so you won't request to support your laptop aliases telephone unfastened for it to work) and it's based connected Gemini 3.5. It tin entree Workspace apps for illustration Gmail and Docs — should you really take to usage it, of course.

Google suggests that Spark tin (for instance) show your in installments paper statements for caller aliases hidden subscription payments; way emailed updates from a child's school; and propulsion together notes connected a task from Gmail and create a Doc pinch its findings. Spark will inquire you for confirmation earlier doing thing for illustration sending an email, completing a acquisition aliases padding retired your almanac pinch yet different arena you don't really consciousness for illustration attending. Spark will beryllium capable to pat into apps from Google partners specified arsenic Canva, OpenTable and Instacart and transportation retired actions for you.

Trusted testers will get their hands connected Spark this week and Google AI Ultra subscribers successful nan US will commencement getting entree adjacent week. Google Workspace business customers will beryllium capable to effort it via nan Gemini app soon. Google is besides readying to bring Spark to nan Gemini desktop app sometime this summer, "so it tin thief pinch tasks involving your section files and automate workflows crossed your desktop."

Introducing Gemini Spark ✨

It's your 24/7 individual AI supplier that helps you navigate your integer life, taking action connected your behalf, and nether your direction.

🧠 It runs connected Gemini 3.5 and is built connected @Antigravity, truthful it tin execute long-running tasks easy successful nan background.... pic.twitter.com/NX9CCMBGPT

— Google (@Google) May 19, 2026

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On nan taxable of nan Gemini app, Google has immoderate updates for you location too. Along pinch Omni, Spark and Gemini 3.5 integration, nan app is getting a ocular refresh based connected nan Neural Expressive creation language, which Google describes arsenic vibrant and move pinch "fluid animations, vibrant colors, caller typography and haptic feedback."

The app now features Gemini Live for what Google claims is simply a much free-flowing chat acquisition pinch a retooled mic feature. This, nan institution says, will fto you "tap and talk done a analyzable thought astatine your ain gait without getting trim disconnected mid-thought." In addition, you'll soon beryllium capable to prime a location dialect for Gemini. The app will besides connection responses different than text, including elements for illustration imagery, interactive timelines and narrated videos.

A characteristic called Daily Brief tin springiness you a greeting digest of what's coming up that day. If you assistance it entree to nan likes of Gmail and Calendar, it tin aboveground deadlines from your emails and upcoming events. Google says this AI supplier will propulsion those specifications into this overview to punctual you of what's connected your plate. Daily Brief tin propose follow-up actions too. Google AI Plus, Pro and Ultra subscribers are nan first to get entree to this feature, starting today.

YouTube Premium members successful nan US now person entree to a caller characteristic called Ask YouTube, which will beryllium disposable to each users soon. Google is billing this arsenic — what else? — a much conversational measurement to hunt YouTube. For example, it suggests that you tin look up tips connected school a kid really to thrust a motorcycle aliases a creators' suggestions of cozy games to play successful nan evening.

"Ask YouTube will compile nan astir applicable videos crossed each of YouTube's catalogue — including long-form videos and Shorts — and supply an interactive, system response," Google says. There's nan action to refine nan results pinch follow-up questions too.

With Ask YouTube, we're bringing a caller conversational hunt acquisition to @YouTube.

Type your question, and get some applicable videos alongside matter successful an interactive, system response.

Rolling retired this summertime successful nan U.S. to start.#GoogleIO pic.twitter.com/qB3mgyuxEU

— Google (@Google) May 19, 2026

As noted above, Omni will beryllium disposable starting coming successful YouTube Shorts Remix and nan YouTube Create App. Google says folks tin usage this to remix Shorts by adding themselves into videos alongside creators aliases changing nan artistic to 1 from an earlier era. These remixes person AI labels and SynthID watermarks. The nexus backmost to nan original video too.

Creators will beryllium capable to opt retired of allowing others to remix their Shorts successful this way. All creators aged 18 and older will person entree to YouTube's likeness discovery tool, which is said to thief them negociate their likeness connected nan platform.

Google is jamming much AI features into Gmail, Docs and Keep arsenic well. Google says you'll beryllium capable to hunt your inbox utilizing earthy sound prompts pinch Gmail Live. It says you tin inquire astir things for illustration nan gross number for your formation aliases what's happening astatine your child's school, and Gmail Live will delve into your emails to find nan answers.

Docs Live will seemingly beryllium capable to person your reside into a cleaner first draught of a archive by arranging and structuring your thoughts. If you assistance it support to do so, nan instrumentality will beryllium capable to propulsion successful applicable accusation from Gmail, Drive, your chats and nan web. On a akin note, Google says Keep Live tin shape rambling reside into system lists and notes.

We're bringing conversational AI to much products 💬

With Docs Live, you'll beryllium capable to create a caller doc and edit it — each pinch your voice. Just speak what's connected your mind, and fto Gemini do nan rest.

These caller conversational features successful @Gmail, @GoogleDocs and Keep are rolling... pic.twitter.com/x5owR0U78s

— Google (@Google) May 19, 2026

Google AI Pro and Ultra subscribers will beryllium nan first to summation entree to these features, which nan institution is starting to deploy. Google Workspace business customers will beryllium capable to commencement utilizing them this summer.

Plus and Pro subscribers successful nan US tin besides commencement utilizing Gmail's AI Inbox instrumentality today. Google AI Ultra subscribers and Google Workspace Enterprise Plus customers already had access. Google is adding caller features to AI Inbox coming too, specified arsenic personalized draught replies, an easier measurement to negociate tasks (such arsenic by utilizing a azygous click to people each emails successful a definite taxable arsenic read) and seemingly instant entree to applicable files from Google Docs, Sheets and Slides.

Google Pics is simply a caller app that's not to beryllium confused pinch Google Photos. This 1 is built connected nan astir caller Nano Banana exemplary and it's each astir image procreation and editing. Google suggests that you tin usage it to creation flyers for events and societal media images (sorry, Canva), and to edit photos. The institution says it's a cinch to move, resize aliases switch individual objects without impacting nan remainder of an image. You'll beryllium capable to edit and construe matter successful photos too.

Pics is integrated into Workspace apps. As such, you tin usage its capabilities to tweak images straight wrong nan likes of Drive and Slide. A mini group of trusted testers are nan first to summation entree to Google Pics today. Google AI Pro and Ultra subscribers and Google Workspace business customers will commencement getting entree this summer.

Google is looking to make it easier for group to find retired if an image aliases video was generated pinch AI utilizing its SynthID watermarks. Verification devices are becoming disposable much broadly successful nan likes of Search, Gemini, Chrome, Pixel and Cloud.

Starting today, you tin usage Gemini successful Chrome and devices successful Search specified arsenic Lens, AI Mode and Circle to Search to verify wherever an image came from. Google says that you tin simply inquire "Is this made pinch AI?" aliases "Is this AI generated?" and if nan image was generated utilizing Google's tools, it should show you.

As generative media becomes much advanced, it's adjuvant to cognize precisely wherever contented comes from — and if it's been changed. 🕵️

Today, we're expanding contented verification devices crossed Search, @GeminiApp, @GoogleChrome and @MadeByGoogle.#GoogleIO pic.twitter.com/wZueMoUFRX

— Google (@Google) May 19, 2026

The institution is adding verification for contented that's watermarked pinch C2PA Content Credentials (an manufacture standard) arsenic well. It says this tin thief you cheque whether an image aliases video was modified aft it was captured pinch a camera, and what devices were utilized to alteration it. The Gemini app will beryllium capable to do this starting today, arsenic will Search and Chrome successful nan coming months.

Google besides noted that Pixel 10 already supports Content Credentials for images via its autochthonal camera app. Pixel 8, 9 and 10 phones will commencement integrating Content Credentials into video captures successful nan coming weeks to thief folks separate authentic footage from AI-generated fluff.

Meta will commencement applying Content Credentials labels to photos and videos captured connected a phone's camera successful Instagram. Google besides says that "authentic photos and videos changeable natively connected Pixel phones will soon beryllium recognized and branded arsenic specified erstwhile you stock them connected Instagram." In addition, Google noted that companies including OpenAI, Kakao and ElevenLabs are integrating SynthID watermarks into AI-generated material.

When it comes to Google Play, nan institution is introducing a characteristic called Ask Play. This is an AI-powered chatbot (of course) that Google says you tin person a speech pinch successful bid to get tailored app recommendations. A instrumentality called Ask Play highlights will summarize analyzable searches connected nan results page pinch nan purpose of directing you to apps and games that suit your needs faster.

An in-game overlay for Google Play titles called Play Games Sidekick is expanding pinch nan summation of societal features. Beginning successful June, you'll beryllium capable to position your friends' achievements from nan overlay and spot who is playing nan aforesaid crippled arsenic you.

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Elsewhere, Google is making a batch of updates to Shopping. Among these is what it's calling an intelligent shopping cart. This feature, dubbed Universal Cart, will let you to adhd items to your cart from Search, Gemini, YouTube and Gmail, among others. When you adhd an point to your cart, nan instrumentality will look for deals, value history accusation and restocks.

Google says nan cart tin emblem incompatibility issues, specified arsenic for components that won't activity together if you're building a PC (at slightest if you're really fortunate capable to beryllium capable to spend that fixed nan skyrocketing prices of memory, GPUs and CPUs — ironically a consequence of AI companies driving them up). If nan cart detects that parts are incompatible pinch each other, it will propose alternatives.

Universal Cart was built utilizing Google Wallet, truthful it will already understand your costs preferences. Google says it will beryllium capable to return advantage of loyalty programs and offers from definite retailers too.

You'll beryllium capable to complete your acquisition straight utilizing Google Pay successful galore cases. Otherwise, you'll beryllium redirected to a seller's website to cheque out. Folks successful nan US will beryllium capable to commencement utilizing Universal Cart crossed nan Gemini app and Search this summer. Gmail and YouTube will beryllium factored successful later.

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It's worthy knowing really overmuch it'll costs to entree galore of these features. There's now a second, little tier of nan Google AI Ultra Plan, which costs $100 per month. This includes a 5 times higher usage limit of Google Antigravity and nan Gemini app than nan $20 per period Pro plan, privilege entree to Antigravity, 20TB of unreality storage, YouTube Premium and more.

Google besides reduced nan value of its highest-end AI Ultra plan from $250 to $200 per month. This has each of nan aforesaid features, on pinch a 20 times higher usage limit of Google Antigravity and nan Gemini app than nan Pro scheme (four times much than nan $100 AI Ultra plan).

This is nan 1 point that's exclusively disposable to those connected nan highest-end AI Ultra Plan. At slightest to statesman with, those connected nan $100 tier won't person entree to Project Genie.

Google introduced Project Genie, a instrumentality that enables you to create civilization 3D interactive worlds, as a investigation preview successful January. The institution is now making it disposable to each subscribers of its $200 scheme who are 18 and older, though it's still designated arsenic an experimental investigation prototype successful Google Labs.

Project Genie besides has a caller feature, successful that it integrates real-world imagery from Google Street View. As such, you tin make worlds that are based connected existent places successful nan US and, for instance, use a different style to them (perhaps you want to screen a scenery successful snowfall aliases plunge it underwater). You'll beryllium capable to make a characteristic pinch which to research this situation too. Google says this update will alteration "our models to anchor themselves successful reality" arsenic it tin connection "a virtual situation for AI agents aliases robots to navigate and interact pinch nan complexities of nan existent world."

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Let's extremity this recap pinch an Android XR update, successful portion because I request to flush each of this AI gunk retired of my encephalon and commencement emotion a spot much for illustration a quality again. This is perchance nan closest we'll get to being capable to do that during I/O.

Google and Samsung offered up a first look astatine 2 models of smart glasses that they collaborated connected pinch Gentle Monster and Warby Parker. They characteristic nan expertise to chat pinch Gemini utilizing your voice. You tin inquire nan adjunct for thief pinch navigation and suggestions for a spot to extremity for a snack aliases beverage.

They besides connection real-time audio translations successful nan speaker's sound and a measurement to alteration nan connection of matter successful nan camera's sightline. You tin threat photos pinch them arsenic good (which whitethorn not precisely sate nan concerns of those worried astir smart glasses users invading their privacy). These models will beryllium disposable this autumn successful definite markets. Pricing and different specifications will beryllium announced successful nan interim.