Google’s I/O announcements: new models, a cloud agent that never sleeps, and a redesigned Gemini app
Key Points
- Google introduced Gemini 3.5 Flash, a faster and more cost-effective AI model, alongside Gemini Omni, a multimodal system for video, image, and text generation.
- The company launched Gemini Spark, a personal AI agent that runs continuously in the cloud, and rolled out a major visual redesign for the Gemini app.
- For developers, Google updated its Antigravity platform to manage multiple autonomous agents, expanded AI search features, and introduced a new watermarking tool called SynthID.
At its I/O developer conference, Google unveiled several new AI products. The highlights include Gemini 3.5 Flash, a faster version of the existing Gemini model; Gemini Omni, designed to produce any output from any input and run in parallel with other models; and Gemini Spark, a personal agent that runs continuously in the cloud.
According to Google CEO Sundar Pichai, Gemini 3.5 Flash outperforms the older Gemini 3.1 Pro on nearly every benchmark. The new model is four times faster than other frontier models, according to Google. It also costs about a third to half of comparable models. Companies that shift 80% of their workloads to a mix of 3.5 Flash and Pro could save over a billion dollars annually.
Google positions Gemini Omni as Veo’s successor
Gemini Omni is Google’s new model designed for any output from any input, with video being the first to launch. Unlike Veo, which produces text-to-video content, Omni can take its own generated output and feed it back in as input, allowing iterative editing.
The first, faster variant named Omni Flash will be available on Google AI+, Pro, and Ultra subscribers in the Gemini app, Flow, and YouTube Shorts. A more powerful version is coming with an API soon.
Google says Gemini Spark keeps working even when your laptop is closed
Gemini Spark is a personal agent for end users that runs on dedicated virtual machines in Google Cloud. It stays available 24/7, works in the background even when the user’s device is off, and can perform coding tasks. Integration with Gmail, Docs, and other Workspace products is part of the launch.
Integration with third-party services like MCP connections will be added in the next few weeks, followed by Chrome integration later this year and Android support through a new UI surface called Android Halo.
Google says the Gemini app is getting its biggest visual overhaul yet
The Gemini app itself has received a major redesign. The new design language, named “Neural Expressive,” features fluid animations, new typography, and haptic feedback. Key information appears bold and at the top; scrolling reveals embedded images, timelines, or visualizations.
Users can upload their own photos and videos from their gallery, apply pre-built templates, or drop themselves into generated scenes via an AI avatar. The app now supports over 230 countries and more than 70 languages, with monthly users growing to over 900 million.
Google says Antigravity 2.0 gives developers a full agent orchestration platform
The developer platform Antigravity is getting a major update. It comes as a standalone desktop app where users can orchestrate multiple autonomous agents in parallel, with an SDK for terminal users. Google uses the same harness to build its own products.
Internal growth has been massive: in March, Google processed 500 billion tokens per day. That number now tops three trillion per day, according to CEO Sundar Pichai. Google also introduced Codemender, a tool that uses Gemini reasoning to find vulnerabilities in code and patch them automatically.
Google expands search, shopping, and watermarks
Search chief Liz Reid announced that AI Mode is switching to Gemini 3.5 Flash. The feature hit over a billion monthly users in its first year; AI Overviews sits at 2.5 billion.
In the coming months, users can build their own mini-apps within Search initially for AI Pro and Ultra subscribers in the US. Google is also expanding the Universal Commerce Protocol (UCP) to cover hotels and delivery services. Amazon, Meta, Microsoft, Salesforce, and Stripe have joined the UCP Tech Council.
On the transparency front, Google is extending SynthID to Search and Chrome. A right-click in the browser will let users check whether an image was AI-generated or edited. OpenAI, Kakao, and Levin Labs are joining the watermark standard as new partners, following NVIDIA, which signed on last year.
Google says Antigravity 2.0 gives developers a full agent orchestration platform
The developer platform Antigravity is getting a major update. It comes as a standalone desktop app where users can orchestrate multiple autonomous agents in parallel, with an SDK for terminal users.
Internal growth has been massive: in March, Google processed 500 billion tokens per day. That number now tops three trillion per day, according to CEO Sundar Pichai.
Key Takeaways
- Google introduced Gemini 3.5 Flash, a faster and more cost-effective model for AI tasks.
- Gemini Spark is a continuously running personal agent in the cloud designed to assist end users.
- The Gemini app received a significant visual overhaul with a new design language called “Neural Expressive.”
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