Google I/O
Google I/O was not entirely a surprise, after Google had already announced a few things during The Android Show last week, but during I/O it really became clear what it plans to do with AI. Above all, it must be very helpful and continue with the steps within the assignments you have given it while you have already closed your laptop. One of the major driving forces behind all that agentic AI that carries out assignments on its own. So you ask for something quite large, and then he divides it into smaller assignments that he will do one by one. This is based on Gemini 3.5 Flash, the new Gemini version that has now been added to the Gemini app, Google Search and the Gemini API.
Gemini Omni
Another major update that Google announced is Omni. Gemini Omni lets you customize your own videos quite deeply with AI. For example, you can have yourself depicted as a stained glass painting, or you can have all stars around you created by artificial intelligence. Once again, it all happens based on a prompt in a natural way, which was the main focus during the presentation anyway. All you have to do is say something in natural language and Gemini will execute it.
Google Search
Google Search is getting better because, as we wrote earlier in this article, you can have apps made by Gemini. The idea is that Gemini also knows preferences, for example, so that you can ask if he wants to plan a family weekend and the preferences of different people within the family can immediately be taken into account. Maybe your child likes chess a lot: then he is more likely to come up with skating activities when planning a family weekend. If your daughter is a vegetarian, this will be taken into account and restaurants will be recommended. In line with this, there is Gemini Spark, which gives you a kind of source of information or buddy at your disposal in Gmail and Docs, for example, to talk to and ask questions. It’s also in Gmail, so you can search through your email more easily. Google is also introducing an AI Ultra plan that starts at $100, with the most expensive one that was $250 per month going up to $200 per month. And we’ll just add it: YouTube now has Ask YouTube: typical for people who often watch tutorials on how to do something before they do it themselves. For example, you ask something about how to seal your bathroom, but with sealant that is not too expensive and it must also dry quickly, then you get both videos to explain it and text for more context.
Gemini audio glasses
Google gave a small sneak peek of smart glasses with a screen in the glass, but in the fall it will first take a cautious step into the world of smart glasses, namely with a variant that resembles the Ray-Ban with Meta. Glasses with Gemini as a smart assistant on board and with a camera, so you can ask questions about what you see. Google is mainly a supplier of the Android platform Android XR and works with Samsung, but also brands such as Gentle Monster and Warby Parker to make the glasses. Not much is known yet, only that more will be announced in the coming months. The glasses can help with navigation, capture photos and videos and translate speech and text, among other things. Android Halo is also new, but Google was a bit vague about that: it shows you what your AI agents are doing, right on your phone. You don’t have to do anything with it, but at least you have an idea of what’s happening without having to worry about it too much.