Google Search is getting its biggest upgrade in decades — here are the 5 best new features

At Google I/O 2026, the company rolled out plenty of updates, but search got a particularly big highlight with AI integrated into pretty much every part of it.

Google’s Gemini Omni is an all-purpose content generator that wants to replace your entire studio

Gemini Omni doesn’t just create AI video, it remembers your edits, understands physics, and lets you direct the whole thing through plain conversation. Here’s what it actually does and who can use it today.

Google Search will now tell you if an image is AI-generated and talk about it in detail

Google is expanding its SynthID technology into Search, Chrome, and Android to help users identify AI-generated or AI-edited images more easily.

Gemini 3.5 Flash is Google’s new default AI model, and it’s built to act, not just answer

Google today announced Gemini 3.5 Flash, its most capable Flash-series model to date. The company says it outperforms Gemini 3.1 Pro on coding and agentic benchmarks and runs at four times the speed of comparable frontier models.

Google’s new Gemini Spark AI agent can run your errands while you run your life

Google’s Gemini Spark is a new AI agent that handles multi-step tasks in the background, works across Google’s apps, and keeps going even after you close your laptop.

Microsoft confirms new Surface laptops with Snapdragon X2 chips are coming later this year

Microsoft launched Intel Surface models today and confirmed Snapdragon X2 variants are coming later in 2026, with faster AI inferencing, better battery life, and a possible OLED display option.

Google just turned YouTube into an AI chatbot, with a new ‘Ask YouTube’ feature that finds the perfect video

You’ll soon be able to talk to YouTube using Gemini, giving you a new way to find what you’re looking for.

Microsoft’s new Surface PCs are getting smarter, pricier, and weirdly good at keeping secrets

Microsoft has just announced its latest generation of Surface series notebooks that are aimed straight at businesses. The new Surface Pro and Surface Laptop for Business models get Intel’s latest Core Ultra Series 3 processors, on-device AI support, im…

LG reveals ‘world’s first native 1,000Hz’ gaming monitor — but good luck trying to find a GPU to drive it without breaking the bank

LG’s 1,000Hz gaming monitor is designed for shooters with tech that ‘makes fast-moving objects sharper and easier to track’.