Google has unveiled a sweeping range of new AI-powered tools, products and infrastructure upgrades during its Google I/O 2026 developer conference in Mountain View, California.
According to reports, the company is now shifting its focus towards bringing autonomous AI agents directly to everyday consumers after years of building the technology for developers and enterprises.
According to Google, the transformation builds on its long-term strategy of becoming an AI-first company, a journey it says began over a decade ago.
The tech giant noted that its approach combines custom-built hardware, research models, cloud infrastructure and consumer products into a single ecosystem designed to accelerate innovation at scale.
Google to launch Gemini 3.5 AI model
Reports indicate that usage of Google AI systems has exploded over the past two years.
Google has revealed that the number of transactions processed by its AI models every month has surged from 9.7 trillion two years ago to more than 3.2 quadrillion today, reflecting growing adoption across products and developer platforms.
Among the newly announced features is Ask YouTube, an AI-powered video discovery tool designed to help users navigate lengthy videos by surfacing the most relevant sections based on nuanced questions.
Other features include Docs Live, a voice-powered feature that allows users to verbally generate and edit documents without typing.
Google also unveiled Gemini 3.5 Flash, a new AI model which combines frontier-level intelligence with significantly faster execution speeds.
According to Google, the model outperforms Gemini 3.1 Pro across several benchmarks while operating four times faster than competing frontier models.
