Google I/O 2026 Unveils Gemini 3.5 Flash, Omni Model, and Antigravity Platform
At Google I/O 2026, the company announced over 100 products and updates, led by the launch of Gemini 3.5 Flash, a new model combining frontier intelligence with speed, available today via Google Antigravity, the Gemini API, AI Studio, and Android Studio. It outperforms Gemini 3.1 Pro on benchmarks like Terminal-Bench 2.1 (76.2%) and MCP Atlas (83.6%). Also unveiled was Gemini Omni, a multimodal model starting with video output, capable of generating any output from any input; Omni Flash is rolling out to Google AI Plus, Pro, and Ultra subscribers globally via the Gemini app, Google Flow, and YouTube Shorts Remix. Google Antigravity 2.0, a standalone desktop app for orchestrating multiple agents, was announced alongside Antigravity CLI and SDK. Other highlights include AI Mode surpassing 1 billion monthly users, a redesigned Search box with AI, Universal Cart for shopping, Gemini Spark personal agent, Daily Brief, Neural Expressive design language, Google Pics image tool, Docs Live, Google Flow Agent, Gemini for Science tools (Hypothesis Generation, Computational Discovery, Literature Insights), Ask YouTube, and intelligent eyewear partnerships with Gentle Monster, Warby Parker, and Samsung. SynthID verification expands to Search and Chrome. The Build with Gemini XPRIZE Hackathon offers a $2 million prize pool. A new $100 AI Ultra plan targets developers. Google AI Pro subscribers now get YouTube Premium Lite included.
Key facts
- Gemini 3.5 Flash launched as first in new model series, generally available today.
- Gemini Omni generates any output from any input, starting with video.
- Google Antigravity 2.0 is a new standalone desktop app for multi-agent orchestration.
- AI Mode in Search surpassed 1 billion monthly users.
- Search box redesigned with AI, supporting text, images, files, videos, and Chrome tabs.
- Universal Cart intelligently finds deals, tracks price history, and alerts on restocks.
- Gemini Spark is a 24/7 personal AI agent rolling out to trusted testers, then Ultra subscribers.
- Daily Brief agent organizes day with personalized digest, rolling out to Google AI subscribers in US.
- Neural Expressive design language introduces fluid animations and haptic feedback.
- Google Pics image editing tool launches to testers, then Pro/Ultra subscribers.
- Docs Live allows voice creation and editing of documents.
- Google Flow Agent handles multi-step creative tasks.
- Gemini for Science includes three experimental tools: Hypothesis Generation, Computational Discovery, Literature Insights.
- Ask YouTube conversational search rolls out on desktop as experiment in US.
- Intelligent eyewear partnerships with Gentle Monster, Warby Parker, Samsung for audio glasses this fall.
- SynthID verification expands to Search and Chrome.
- Build with Gemini XPRIZE Hackathon has $2 million prize pool.
- $100 AI Ultra plan includes 5x usage limits and 20TB cloud storage.
- Google AI Pro subscribers get YouTube Premium Lite included.
Entities
Artists
- Sundar Pichai
- Kent Walker
Institutions
- Google AI
- Google Antigravity
- Gemini API
- Google AI Studio
- Android Studio
- Google Flow
- YouTube
- YouTube Shorts Remix
- YouTube Create
- Google Workspace
- Gmail
- Google Photos
- Google Calendar
- Google Wallet
- Google Pay
- Google Play
- Google Cloud
- Google Labs
- Google Pics
- Docs Live
- Keep
- Gemini for Science
- Co-Scientist
- AlphaEvolve
- Empirical Research Assistance (ERA)
- NotebookLM
- UniProt
- AlphaFold Database
- AlphaGenome API
- InterPro
- Github
- ICML
- STOC
- NeurIPS
- Paper Assistant Tool (PAT)
- ScholarPeer
- Android XR
- Gentle Monster
- Warby Parker
- Samsung
- SynthID
- C2PA
- OpenAI
- Kakao
- ElevenLabs
- XPRIZE
- Eleven Labs
- Nvidia
- Google.org
- Johnson & Johnson Foundation
- Kaggle
- Fitbit
- Google Translate
- Gemini
- Colab
- Wiz
- Google DeepMind
- Team USA
- U.S. Ski & Snowboard
- Munich Security Conference
- Kellogg School
Locations
- United States
- New Delhi
- India