Google I/O 2026: From AI agents to smart glasses, here are the biggest announcements
From the launch of Gemini 3.5 Flash and the new Gemini Spark AI agent to AI-powered Search upgrades, intelligent smart glasses, generative video creation tools and advanced scientific research assistants, Google positioned Gemini at the centre of nearly every product across its ecosystem.The company also introduced major updates for Workspace, Android XR, Google AI Studio, Antigravity and Google Flow, alongside new AI commerce tools such as Universal Cart and agentic shopping experiences. New creative tools like Gemini Omni and Google Pics aim to simplify video and image generation, while Neural Expressive redesigns the Gemini app experience with dynamic visuals and conversational interactions. Google additionally highlighted new AI transparency initiatives, enterprise-grade research tools under Gemini for Science, and AI-powered coding systems aimed at accelerating software development and automation workflows.Gemini 3.5 Flash with faster AI agents and coding tools Google has introduced Gemini 3.5, its latest family of AI models focused on combining “frontier intelligence” with advanced agentic capabilities. The first release, Gemini 3.5 Flash, is designed for complex multi-step workflows, coding, automation, and real-world AI tasks while delivering significantly faster performance than rival frontier models. Google says the model excels in coding, multimodal reasoning, and long-horizon task execution, with applications ranging from app development and financial document preparation to enterprise automation.
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