What is the primary benefit of Gemini 3.5 Flash for my business?

Gemini 3.5 Flash excels by balancing high-level reasoning with rapid execution speeds. This makes it ideal for automating complex workflows that previously required significant human intervention, ultimately reducing operational overhead.

How do the new information agents function in a real-world scenario?

These agents operate continuously in the background, scanning both the open web and your internal data. They synthesize this information into actionable updates, allowing you to stay informed on critical projects without performing manual searches.

Is Google Antigravity suitable for non-technical users?

While Antigravity offers advanced features for developers, it is designed with accessibility in mind. Through Google AI Studio, users can build and deploy prototypes using natural language, making powerful agentic workflows achievable for non-developers.

What is SynthID and why is it important for my organization?

SynthID applies invisible watermarks to AI-generated assets, ensuring transparency and authenticity. For businesses, this is vital for maintaining trust with stakeholders when using AI-enhanced content in marketing or internal communications.

When will these new AI features become available in my Workspace?

Rollouts are currently in progress, with most features arriving throughout the summer of 2026 for AI Pro and Ultra subscribers. Business customers typically receive early access via previews, so it is recommended to monitor the Google Admin console for updates.

Can I use Gemini Omni for internal marketing videos?

Yes, Gemini Omni is highly effective for creative tasks. It allows you to perform complex edits, such as replacing backgrounds or applying cinematic effects, simply by using natural language prompts, significantly accelerating your production cycles.

What changes for my existing Google AI subscription?

Google has introduced new tiers, such as the AI Ultra subscription tailored for high-volume users. Existing Pro subscribers will continue to have access to major updates and may receive additional perks, such as bundled services like YouTube Premium Lite.

Everything Google Announced at I/O 2026

Google I/O 2026 delivered a wave of new models, agents and tools spanning search, productivity, creativity and science. Below is a structured overview of the most important announcements, grouped by theme so you can find what matters to you.

The newest flagship models

Gemini 3.5 Flash

Google launched Gemini 3.5 Flash, the first model in its latest series and one that pairs frontier level intelligence with the ability to take action. It is generally available now through the Google Antigravity platform, the Gemini API in Google AI Studio and Android Studio.

Despite belonging to the fast Flash series, it outperforms Gemini 3.1 Pro on demanding coding and agentic benchmarks such as Terminal-Bench 2.1 (76.2 percent), GDPval-AA (1656 Elo) and MCP Atlas (83.6 percent). It lands in the top right of the Artificial Analysis index, which means you no longer have to trade quality for speed.

The model is built for long running agentic work. Tasks that used to take a developer days or an auditor weeks can now be completed in a fraction of the time, often at less than half the cost of other frontier models. It plans, builds and iterates to solve real problems, from developing applications to maintaining codebases and preparing financial documents. Google also confirmed that Gemini 3.5 Pro is already in internal use and will roll out next month.

Gemini Omni

Gemini Omni is a new model designed to create any output from any input, starting with video. It combines Gemini's reasoning with Google's generative media models and brings a stronger grasp of physics, including gravity, kinetic energy and fluid dynamics, for more realistic scenes.

Every video carries Google's imperceptible SynthID watermark, which can be verified in the Gemini app, Gemini in Chrome and Search. You can steer the result with any reference, whether an image, text, video or audio, with voice references supported first and other audio inputs to follow.

Gemini Omni Flash is rolling out to Google AI Plus, Pro and Ultra subscribers worldwide through the Gemini app and Google Flow. It is also available at no cost in YouTube Shorts Remix and the YouTube Create app for users aged 18 and over. Inside the Gemini app you can edit videos conversationally, for example applying cinematic zooms or swapping backgrounds with a simple prompt, upload any photo or video from your camera roll, and even create a custom avatar that looks and sounds like you.

A completely rebuilt Search

AI Mode is now Google's most powerful AI Search and has passed one billion monthly users, with Gemini 3.5 Flash as the new default model worldwide. AI Mode queries have more than doubled every quarter since launch.

Google introduced the biggest upgrade to the Search box in over 25 years. The reimagined box lets you search across text, images, files, videos and Chrome tabs at the same time, and Search reasons across all of them. AI Overviews and AI Mode have also been merged into one seamless experience, so you can move from a question, to a results page with an AI Overview, to a follow up in AI Mode, all with links to learn more. This is live now across desktop and mobile worldwide.

Information agents

Google is entering an era of Search agents that you can create, customize and manage for your own tasks. The first of these are information agents, which run in the background around the clock to keep you updated on any topic that matters to you. They scan the open web alongside Google's freshest data on finance, shopping and sports, then send you a synthesized update with the option to act on it. You can run several at once. They roll out this summer, first to Google AI Pro and Ultra subscribers.

Generative UI and custom experiences

Using Google Antigravity and the agentic coding abilities of Gemini 3.5 Flash, Search can now build a custom layout for your specific question on the fly, assembling interactive visuals, tables, graphs and simulations in real time. This generative UI rolls out to everyone for free this summer.

For ongoing projects such as planning a wedding or managing a move, Search can go further and build entire custom experiences like dashboards or trackers that you keep coming back to. Think of them as mini apps for your own tasks, arriving in the coming months starting with subscribers.

Personal Intelligence

Personal Intelligence in AI Mode is expanding to nearly 200 countries and territories across 98 languages, with no subscription required. You can securely connect apps like Gmail and Google Photos, with Google Calendar coming soon. Connecting apps is always your choice, with transparency and control built in.

Universal Cart

Universal Cart is a new shopping hub that works across Google. You can add products to it while browsing Search, chatting with Gemini, watching YouTube or reading Gmail. Once an item is in the cart, it finds deals and price drops, shows price history and alerts you when something is back in stock.

The cart runs on Gemini, so it gets smarter as the models improve. It flags product incompatibilities and suggests alternatives, and because it is built on Google Wallet it understands your payment perks, loyalty info and merchant offers to help you choose the best payment method. The new Universal Commerce Protocol makes checkout smooth, letting you buy in a few taps with Google Pay or transfer items to a retailer's site. It arrives this summer across Search and the Gemini app, with YouTube and Gmail to follow.

The Gemini app gets a personal agent

Gemini Spark

Gemini Spark is a personal AI agent that helps you navigate your digital life and takes action on your behalf, under your direction. It works in the background on your phone or laptop even when they are turned off. Spark runs on Gemini 3.5, is built on Google Antigravity and is designed to check with you before taking major actions. Given that it is early in its journey, Google is prioritizing safety and rolling it out to trusted testers first, with a beta planned for Google AI Ultra subscribers in the United States. Future features include texting or emailing Spark directly, creating custom sub agents and authorizing payments within set budgets and merchants.

Daily Brief

Daily Brief is a ready made agent that organizes and prioritizes your day with a personalized digest based on your goals. It works overnight, analyzing your inbox, calendar and tasks to surface what matters most, then suggests next steps and learns your preferences over time. It is rolling out now to Google AI subscribers aged 18 and over in the Gemini app, starting in the United States, for those who have connected their Google apps.

A new design language called Neural Expressive

The Gemini experience has been rebuilt from the ground up around a design language called Neural Expressive, featuring fluid animations, vibrant colors, new typography and haptic feedback. Instead of a wall of text, Gemini lays out its response in real time, with interactive images you can zoom into, skimmable timelines and embedded visuals. Gemini Live now opens immediately and inline, runs on a smarter and faster model that is less distracted by background noise, and will soon let you pick a regional dialect that suits you.

Building with agents

Google Antigravity

Antigravity is Google's agent first development platform, and it is expanding significantly. Antigravity 2.0 is a standalone desktop app that acts as a central home for agents, letting you orchestrate several in parallel, for example one coding a website while another generates brand assets. The Antigravity CLI offers a lightweight terminal experience, while the Antigravity SDK gives you programmatic access to the same agent harness that powers Google's own products, which you can host on your own infrastructure.

Google is unifying on Antigravity as the single platform for agent first development and encourages Gemini CLI users to migrate to the Antigravity CLI, with a porting guide available. New capabilities include subagents, hooks and asynchronous task management, plus native voice support and integrations with Android, Firebase and Google AI Studio. For enterprises, Antigravity can connect directly to Google Cloud projects, and existing Gemini Enterprise customers will see it roll out in the coming months.

Google AI Studio

A new AI Studio app will soon let you capture an idea on the go and have a working prototype ready by the time you reach your desk. Google Workspace is now directly accessible from the apps you build, so you can create dashboards on top of Sheets data or tools that organize Drive without leaving AI Studio. You can build native Android apps right in the build tab, publish to Google Play's internal test track with a single click, and deploy your first two apps to Google Cloud at no cost. You can also export to Antigravity for local development, and the build agent can generate custom images on the fly using Nano Banana.

Managed Agents in the Gemini API

Managed Agents let a single API call provision a remote Linux environment where an agent can reason, plan and call tools, run code in an isolated sandbox and browse the web for live data. They are powered by the new Antigravity agent built with Gemini 3.5 Flash, and you can extend them with your own instructions and skills defined in markdown files like AGENTS.md and SKILL.md.

New subscription plans and a hackathon

Google introduced a new AI Ultra plan at 100 dollars, aimed at developers, technical leads, knowledge workers and advanced creators, with five times higher usage limits than AI Pro plus 20TB of cloud storage. Google AI Pro subscriptions now also include YouTube Premium Lite at no extra charge. Separately, the Build with Gemini XPRIZE Hackathon was announced with a 2 million dollar prize pool, the largest ever for a hackathon.

Work and creativity

AI Inbox

AI Inbox, the Gmail view that surfaces what matters most, is expanding from Ultra subscribers to all Google AI Plus and Pro subscribers in the United States. It now generates personalized draft replies, surfaces relevant Docs, Sheets and Slides next to your to dos, and offers cleaner task management. This summer, Gmail Live will let Pro and Ultra subscribers ask their inbox questions directly.

Google Pics

Google Pics is a new image creation and editing tool built on the latest Nano Banana model. It helps you create everything from party flyers to infographics, with object segmentation for precise edits, text editing and translation, and Workspace integrations. It is launching to trusted testers now and rolling out to Google AI Pro and Ultra subscribers this summer, with a preview for Workspace business customers.

Docs Live and Keep

Docs Live lets you create and edit documents with your voice, organizing your thoughts and, with permission, pulling details from Gmail, Drive, Chat and the web. Keep will soon let you brain dump out loud and turn your stream of thoughts into organized notes and lists. Both arrive this summer for Google AI Pro and Ultra subscribers, with previews for Workspace business customers.

Google Flow and creative tools

Gemini Omni Flash is now in Google Flow for subscribers worldwide, improving character consistency so identity and voice are preserved across scenes. The new Google Flow Agent can take on multi step creative tasks, acting as a sounding board for dialogue, suggesting plot ideas, creating variations, batch editing and organizing assets. Google Flow Tools let you build bespoke creative tools with natural language, no coding required, and share them with others. Google Flow Music adds conversational music video creation and granular editing, Pomelli adds new ways to build brand content, and Stitch now supports real time design through text or voice.

Tools for science

Google introduced Gemini for Science, a collection of tools and experiments to expand the scale and precision of research. Three experimental tools are arriving on Google Labs. Hypothesis Generation, built with Co-Scientist, runs a multi agent idea tournament to generate, debate and evaluate hypotheses backed by clickable citations. Computational Discovery, built with AlphaEvolve and Empirical Research Assistance, generates and scores thousands of code variations in parallel for fields like solar forecasting and epidemiology. Literature Insights, built with NotebookLM, searches scientific literature and structures the results into searchable tables and rich artifacts.

Access opened gradually from 19 May at labs.google/science. Google also launched Science Skills, a bundle that integrates over 30 major life science databases and tools such as UniProt, the AlphaFold Database, the AlphaGenome API and InterPro, available on GitHub and for all Antigravity users. Dedicated pilots with conferences like ICML, STOC and NeurIPS are exploring agentic peer review and scientific validation.

Learning, exploring and trust

Ask YouTube

Ask YouTube is a new conversational search experience that handles complex queries, for example tips on teaching a child to ride a bike, and compiles the most relevant videos and Shorts into an interactive, structured response. It begins rolling out this month on desktop as an experiment for a subset of English language users in the United States.

Android XR eyewear

The next milestone for Android XR is intelligent eyewear, in two forms: audio glasses that offer spoken help in your ear, and display glasses that show information right when you need it. The first audio glasses, made with Gentle Monster, Warby Parker and Samsung, arrive this fall and will work with both Android and iOS devices.

SynthID

SynthID, Google's watermarking technology, embeds imperceptible signals into AI generated content. Verification for images, video and audio in the Gemini app has already been used 50 million times globally, and it is expanding to Search now and Chrome in the coming weeks. You can ask whether an image was made with AI using Lens, AI Mode, Circle to Search and Gemini in Chrome. Google is also adding verification for C2PA Content Credentials to check whether content is an unaltered original or has been modified. As content travels across platforms, partners including OpenAI, Kakao and ElevenLabs are bringing SynthID to more of their AI generated content.

Everything Google Announced at I/O 2026: The AI Agent Era

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