Google used its annual I/O developers conference on Tuesday to unveil a broad wave of artificial intelligence updates, including a completely new personal AI assistant "designed to proactively manage tasks and help you navigate your digital life, all under your direction."
The company's biggest reveal was Gemini Spark, a 24/7 AI agent that Google says will be able to proactively complete tasks across a user's digital life, from organizing emails to drafting documents.
"We are firmly in our agentic Gemini era," Google CEO Sundar Pichai said at the event near the company's headquarters in California. Pichai said AI agents show major potential, but added that "it's still early days" for making the technology secure and easy to use.
Gemini Spark is powered by Google's new Gemini 3.5 model and is built to work in the cloud, meaning it can continue operating even when a user locks a phone or closes a laptop. Google said the assistant will be integrated with Workspace tools such as Gmail, Docs, and Slides, and can synthesize meeting notes, emails, and chats into a polished document or draft a project email.
The company described Spark as a shift from chatbot to "active partner," while stressing that users remain in control. Google said the agent will ask permission before taking "high-stakes" actions such as sending emails or spending money. Trusted testers will get access this week, with a beta planned next week for U.S. Google AI Ultra subscribers.
Google also announced Daily Brief, a personalized morning digest that works across connected apps after users opt in. The tool can pull urgent Gmail updates, Calendar events, and follow-up items into a skimmable briefing, then suggest next steps based on user priorities. Daily Brief begins rolling out to Google AI Plus, Pro, and Ultra subscribers in the U.S.
The new products arrive as Google races to keep its AI lead against OpenAI, Microsoft, Meta, and other rivals. Pichai said Gemini now has more than 900 million monthly users, up from 400 million last year, according to Google's own announcement.
Google also introduced Gemini 3.5 Flash, which it called the first model in its next generation of Gemini systems. The company said the model is built for speed, coding and agentic tasks, and AP reported that it is becoming the default model for the Gemini app and AI Mode in Search.
Another major announcement was Gemini Omni, a multimodal model that can generate high-quality video from text, images and video prompts. Google said Omni will begin rolling out to Google AI Plus, Pro and Ultra subscribers worldwide, with SynthID watermarks and content verification tools for AI-generated videos.
Search is also getting a deeper AI overhaul. Google said AI Mode will use Gemini 3.5 Flash, while the search box will adapt to longer, more complex questions and support text, images, video, files, and Chrome tabs as inputs. The company is also launching Universal Cart, an AI-powered shopping tool that can track deals, price drops, and restocks across Google Search, Gemini, YouTube, and Gmail.
Google also teased new smart glasses with Samsung, Gentle Monster, and Warby Parker. The glasses will let users access Gemini by voice or touch for directions, messaging, translations, and other tasks, with audio versions expected later this fall.
You can watch the full keynote here:
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