Google launches Gemini 3.5 Flash, broader agentic app updates and new AI glasses

A few days ago, Google held Google I/O 2026, where it announced a broad set of AI updates across Search, Gemini, YouTube, Gmail, Docs, AI Studio, Android XR, Google Flow, and developer tools, with a clear focus on agentic features, multimodal generation, and deeper AI integration across its products. One of the main announcements was Gemini 3.5 Flash, a new model now available to developers through Antigravity, AI Studio, and Android Studio. Google says the model improves reasoning, speed, coding, and automation performance, with benchmark results that surpass Gemini 3.1 Pro in several agentic and development tests.

Google also introduced Gemini Omni, a multimodal AI model focused first on video generation and editing. The model supports richer video creation, improved physics understanding, better character and voice consistency, and editing based on text, image, video, or audio references. Videos generated with Omni will include SynthID watermarking, with verification available through the Gemini, Chrome, and Search. Gemini Omni Flash is rolling out globally to Gemini and Google Flow subscribers, while YouTube Shorts Remix and YouTube Create will offer access at no cost for adult users.

Search is also being updated with Gemini 3.5 Flash in AI Mode, a redesigned multimodal Search box, information agents, and generative UI features for search results. The broader rollout extends across Gmail, Docs, Keep, Google Flow, AI Studio, and Antigravity, with Gmail adding personalized draft replies and Gmail Live, Docs Live supporting voice based document creation, Keep turning spoken thoughts into organized notes, Flow gaining new agentic creative tools, and Antigravity expanding with a desktop app, Antigravity CLI, an SDK, Managed Agents in the Gemini API, and multi agent orchestration.

The company also used I/O to preview new Android XR smart glasses, positioning them as AI powered eyewear similar in concept to products like Ray Ban Meta. The first models will focus on audio assistance, giving users spoken help through the glasses, while future display glasses will also show contextual information directly in the user’s field of view. Google says its first audio glasses are being developed with Gentle Monster, Warby Parker, and Samsung, are expected this fall, and will work with both Android and iOS devices.