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<p>Another Google I/O event is here again. As is typical, the tech giant has unveiled updates and additional features to its products.</p>
<p>Coming to this event, Google has already unveiled a bevvy of AI features to its Android 17 software. These include AI-generated widgets. It also announced a few new Gemini models, Google Search and Workspace integrations. I r<a href="https://technext24.com/2026/05/06/ai-mode-googles-new-enhance-search/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">eported</a> how Google is deepening the complexity of its Search by enhancing language understanding and spam detection.</p>
<p>The company’s VP of Search, Pandu Nayak, unveiled key additions such as AI overviews, AI mode, and Search Live, enabling long-form queries and multimodal interactions.</p>
<p>During this evening’s I/O event, the CEO of Google and Alphabet, Sundar Pichai,&nbsp;introduced Gemini 3.5 Flash. According to him, the version combines frontier intelligence with action. Alongside the Gemini Omni Flash, it can create any output from any input, starting with video:</p>
<p>“Gemini 3.5 and Antigravity are unlocking a new world of agents and agentic capabilities. We’ve been bringing agents to developers and enterprises for a while. Now we are super focused on bringing the power of agents, safely and securely, to consumers so that it works for everyone .”</p>
<p>In this article, I provide a roundup of all that Google unveiled at the event tonight and how each will benefit you:</p>
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<h5 id="gemini-3-5-frontier-intelligence-with-action" class="wp-block-heading">Gemini 3.5: frontier intelligence with action</h5>
<p>Today, Google unveiled Gemini 3.5, its latest Gemini model. According to Koray Kavukcuoglu, CTO of Google DeepMind and Chief AI Architect, it rivals large flagship models on multiple dimensions, at the speeds. When looking at output tokens per second, it is 4 times faster than other frontier models.</p>
<p>It outperforms Gemini 3.1 Pro on challenging coding and agentic benchmarks like Terminal-Bench 2.1 (76.2%), GDPval-AA (1656 Elo) and MCP Atlas (83.6%), and leads in multimodal understanding (84.2% on CharXiv Reasoning).</p>
<p>This balance of speed and performance makes 3.5 Flash ideal for tackling long-horizon agentic tasks. What used to take a developer days or an auditor weeks, 3.5 Flash can now help complete in a fraction of the time, often at less than half the cost of other frontier models. Google is using its enhanced agentic coding capabilities of 3.5 Flash to deliver more intelligent experiences across Search.</p>
<p>What’s more? 3.5 Flash is now the default model for the Gemini app and AI Mode in Search globally.</p>
<p>Gemini 3.5 Flash is generally available via Google Antigravity, the Gemini API in Google AI Studio and Android Studio, Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform and Gemini Enterprise. It’s also now available to everyone in the Gemini app and AI Mode in <a href="https://blog.google/products-and-platforms/products/search/search-io-2026" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Google Search</a>.</p>
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<h5 id="introducing-gemini-omni" class="wp-block-heading">Introducing Gemini Omni</h5>
<p>Last year, Google introduced <a href="https://deepmind.google/models/gemini-image/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Nano Banana</a> to Gemini to help users to restore old photos, design from sketches and visualise ideas. This year, it is introducing Gemini Omni to allow users to create anything from any input.</p>
<p>Gemini Omni gives you an easier way to edit video – with natural language. Every instruction builds on the last. Your characters stay consistent, the physics hold up, and the scene remembers what came before. It imagines the next scene from your prompt and inculcates an endless continuity.</p>
<p>According to Google, “it combines an intuitive understanding of physics with Gemini’s knowledge of history, science, and cultural context, bridging the gap from photorealism to meaningful storytelling”.</p>
<p>While Omni can turn any reference (image, text, video or audio) into a single, cohesive output, Google noted that only voice references will be supported for audio to start; it will roll out other types of audio inputs soon.</p>
<h5 id="a-new-era-for-ai-search" class="wp-block-heading">A new era for AI Search</h5>
<p>&nbsp;Just one year after its debut, AI Mode has surpassed one billion monthly users, with queries more than <a href="https://blog.google/innovation-and-ai/sundar-pichai-io-2026" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">doubling </a>every quarter since launch. As people have realised just how much more Search can do for them, they’re searching more than ever before.</p>
<p>Today at I/O, Google announced that the next step is to bring together the best of a search engine with the best of AI. “We’re bringing our advanced model capabilities to Search with new AI features, enabling you to use agents just by asking a question. We’re also introducing a new, intelligent AI-powered Search box, marking its biggest upgrade in over 25 years”, Liz Reid, Google’s VP, Head of Search said.</p>
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<p>Consequently, it is upgrading Search with Gemini 3.5 Flash to make it more intuitive: more space to describe exactly what you need. It can now also anticipate your intent: &nbsp;it can formulate your question with AI-powered suggestions beyond the existing autocomplete. Now, you can search using text, images, files, videos or Chrome tabs as inputs.</p>
<p>You can now easily ask a follow-up question right from an AI Overview, and flow into a conversational back and forth with AI Mode. As a bonus, Google is also introducing new agentic capabilities to help users to shop in Search.</p>
<p>Lastly, but more interestingly, Google is expanding Personal Intelligence in AI Mode to more people in nearly 200 countries and territories across 98 languages — no subscription required.</p>
<h5 id="the-gemini-app-becomes-more-agentic" class="wp-block-heading">The Gemini app becomes more agentic</h5>
<p>Google has redesigned the Gemini experience from the ground up. This includes a new design language we call Neural Expressive. The interface now features fluid animations, vibrant colours, overhauled fonts and haptic feedback.</p>
<p>It has also infused a live conversational experience directly. Now, you can seamlessly switch between typing a quick question and diving deeper in a free-flowing voice conversation. Google also announced that it will start offering regional dialects, so users can find a voice that resonates with them.</p>
<p>At the event, Google also previewed Android Halo, which gives you at-a-glance visibility into what your agent is working on at any given time.</p>
<p>Android Halo makes your agent’s status visible by bringing subtle communication to the top of your phone screen as it takes on a task, goes into live mode or sends you a message. This means you can see the agent’s progress right from the top of any screen you’re on, without having to stop what you’re doing.</p>
<p>Android Halo will be available later this year</p>
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<h5 id="new-ways-to-create-things-on-google-workspace" class="wp-block-heading">New ways to create things on Google Workspace</h5>
<p>More than 4 billion users rely onWorkspace apps like Gmail, Docs, and Drive to create, collaborate and get things done.</p>
<p>Today, Google announced a few updates that will interest you:</p>
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 <li><strong>Voice capabilities:</strong> New conversational features that help you brainstorm, organize your thoughts and get things done in Gmail, Docs and Keep with just your voice.</li>
 <li><strong>Google Pics:</strong> An all-new app that reimagines how you generate and edit your images with ultimate precision for professional to everyday creative projects.</li>
 <li><strong>AI Inbox:</strong> Now expanding to Google AI Plus and Pro subscribers with new updates to help you better manage and stay on top of your inbox.</li>
 <li><strong>Gemini Spark:</strong> A new 24/7 personal AI agent in the Gemini app that can help you navigate digital life and take action on your behalf, under your direction, and integrate with your Workspace apps.</li>
 <li><strong>Search your inbox with Gmail Live:</strong> When you’re on the go, you don’t have time to dig through emails. With Gmail Live, you can just ask for what you need. Say things like, “What’s my flight’s gate number?” or “What’s going on at my kid’s school this week?” and Gmail Live will search your inbox to find the answer instantly.</li>
 <li><strong>Think it through — and write it out — with Docs Live:</strong> Docs Live acts as your thought partner and co-writer to help you get to a first draft faster using just your voice. Just talk, and Docs Live handles the heavy lifting — organizing your thoughts, structuring your document, and, with your permission, pulling relevant details from your Gmail, Drive, Chat and the web. Whether you’re rambling a stream of consciousness or brainstorming an idea, Docs Live helps you outline, refine your tone, and create seamlessly.</li>
 <li><strong>Just talk to Keep to organise your thoughts:</strong> In Keep, you’re usually just trying to capture a quick idea or note that crossed your mind. Now, you can just “brain dump” and Keep not only understands your rambles, but it also gets to work in the background — turning what you say into organised notes and lists.</li>
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<p>With <a href="https://blog.google" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Google Pics</a>, you can now also generate and edit visuals with creative control in Google Pics. Built on our latest Nano Banana model, the tool takes the hassle out of complex image generation. From designing event flyers and social media content to tweaking digital illustrations.</p>
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<h5 id="new-agents-mobile-apps-and-gemini-omni-for-google-flow" class="wp-block-heading">New agents, mobile apps and Gemini Omni for Google Flow</h5>
<p>&nbsp;Last year, Google&nbsp;introduced<a href="https://blog.google/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"> Google Flow</a> for filmmakers in over 140 countries: an AI creative studio, with capabilities in video and image generation and editing.</p>
<p>Now with its Gemini Omni, the tool will allow creatives to blend real-world inspiration with generated content and iterate conversationally. Omni Flash will also help to improve character consistency, meaning identity and voice are preserved across every scene.</p>
<p>Lastly, Google is launching mobile apps for both Google Flow and Google Flow Music. For those 18+, the Flow app is available on Android in beta (iOS coming soon), and the Flow Music app is available now on iOS (Android coming soon).</p>

Here is a list of all that Google unveiled at its 2026 I/O event

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