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GOOGLE I/O 2026: GEMINI AND ANDROID XR UPDATES LIVE

Google is hosting its annual I/O developer conference today, unveiling new capabilities for its Gemini AI suite and revealing further details about Android XR smart glasses. Follow live coverage of the keynote announcements.

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Google I/O is back with updates to Search, Android, Gemini, and a fresh peek at upcoming Android XR smart glasses. Here'…

Engadget+4h 37m

The old icons that debuted five years ago had very little to visually differentiate them.

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It's not just you - the Google Workspace apps are getting a new look. The redesigned app icons, leaked last month, are n…

Engadget+5h 49m

Google's keynote on Tuesday will include a boatload of AI news and perhaps some Android XR updates.

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Follow our live coverage of Google’s annual developer keynote, where the company will announce updates to its Gemini sui…

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Google's annual developer conference has arrived. We're expecting plenty of updates to Gemini, Search, and every other p…

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Join our liveblog as the Engadget team brings you Google's news live from the developer conference.

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We're back at the Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View, California, for this year's edition of Google I/O. These days…

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Google on YouTube: A livestream of the Google I/O 2026 keynote  —  It's time to I/O!  Tune in to learn the latest news,…

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Alphabet Inc.’s Google unveiled a new design for its iconic search box along with new artificial intelligence coding too…

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You can talk out a first draft of a document, and Docs will organize your thoughts for you.

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Ina Fried / Axios: Sundar Pichai says Google is now processing 3.2 quadrillion tokens per month, up from 480T tokens per…

Hacker News+1d 6h

https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/models/gemini-3.5-flas... Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48196…

The Decoder+1d 6h

Google used its I/O developer conference to unveil a wave of new AI products. The highlights: a new model called Gemini…

Engadget+1d 6h

The AI agent is rolling out to testers this week.

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Ground your snow-globe worlds in real-world locations from Google Maps.

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The two models were created in partnership with Warby Parker and Gentle Monster.

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Play Games Sidekick is also getting a wider rollout.

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Google Pics isn't Photoshop, but it could be better than what's in Google Photos.

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Google expands Gmail’s AI Inbox with conversational voice search, letting users ask Gemini to find buried email details.

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The updates signal Google’s push to turn its Gemini app into an all-purpose AI hub rather than a stand-alone chatbot.

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At the Google I/O developer conference, the company announced a new agentic personal assistant called Gemini Spark, buil…

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Google is debuting a new AI Ultra plan priced at $100, which will give users 5x more usage limit than the AI Pro plan a…

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Google's Gemini Omni is a new multimodal model that reasons across text, images, audio, and video to generate and edit v…

Wired+1d 6h

Here's your first look at smart glasses coming from Warby Parker and Gentle Monster, powered by Google and Samsung's XR…

TechCrunch+1d 6h

Google is letting users create drafts, take notes, and search for email with voice with the new Workspace update

The Verge+1d 6h

Google is announcing a major upgrade to one of its vibe coding platforms: Beginning today, you can now use AI Studio to…

The Verge+1d 6h

Google is launching a new AI image generation app to Workspace that it's calling Pics, and it has a new feature to try a…

The Verge+1d 6h

Google Search is entering the next phase of its AI evolution. During Google I/O 2026, the company showed off a reimagine…

TechCrunch+1d 6h

Google unveiled new web-based AI tools that can generate native Android apps in minutes, as the company expands its push…

Wired+1d 6h

Vibe-coded results! Super widgets! Bots that never sleep! Google’s vision for the future of Search is hyper-personalized…

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Google’s always-running, data-hungry AI agent is designed to spend your money and send your emails.

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The tech giant says it's designed the app to be accessible to everyone, from teachers to small business owners.

The Verge+1d 6h

Google is launching its own take on OpenClaw, the buzzy AI agent platform that caused a stir in the tech industry earlie…

Engadget+1d 6h

Universal Cart will make it easier to buy from inside YouTube and Gmail.

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You can kiss the classic Google Search goodbye.

TechCrunch+1d 6h

Google is transforming Search from a list of links into an AI-powered experience filled with conversational answers, aut…

Hacker News+1d 6h

Article URL: https://deepmind.google/models/gemini-omni/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48196609 Poi…

Bloomberg Tech+1d 6h

The companies are collaborating with eyewear makers Warby Parker and Gentle Monster

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Google DeepMind is integrating Street View with Project Genie to create immersive, interactive world simulations for rob…

The Verge+1d 6h

Google CEO Sundar Pichai on stage at I/O 2026. | Screenshot: YouTube Google's I/O 2026 keynote today was once again fu…

Techmeme+1d 7h

Mariella Moon / Engadget: Google announces Gemini Spark, a “24/7 personal AI agent” that is powered by Gemini 3.5 and su…

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The biggest news from Google's annual developer conference, from Gemini Spark, Omni and Search to Shopping, XR and more.

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Jess Weatherbed / The Verge: OpenAI adds support for Google's SynthID watermarks in AI images, and previews a public por…

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Damien Wilde / 9to5Google: Google teases Android Halo, which makes an AI agent's status visible via “subtle communicatio…

Techmeme+1d 7h

Josh Woodward / The Keyword: Google says Gemini's MAUs grew to 900M+ across 230 countries, up from 400M at I/O 2025, and…

Techmeme+1d 7h

Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: Google unveils Universal Cart, a shopping assistant that works “across merchants”, built on th…

TechCrunch+1d 8h

Google is calling the new devices "audio glasses," in that users will be able to issue verbal commands to them and get t…

Techmeme+1d 8h

Charles Rollet / Business Insider: Sundar Pichai announced at Google I/O that Gemini 3.5 Pro will launch next month; att…

The Decoder+1d 8h

Google is restructuring its AI subscriptions at I/O 2026: three tiers from $7.99 to $99.99 per month with staggered usag…