Google Play is getting TikTok-style app previews and AI-powered search

Google has announced its integrating Google Play with the Gemini app, enabling app and conten discovery. The company has also revealed Play Shorts, a short-form video feed for browsing apps, and Ask Play, a conversational AI search tool that can help u…

Google gives Gemini a morning routine, a new look, and an AI agent that never sleeps
Google gives Gemini a morning routine, a new look, and an AI agent that never sleeps

Google used the opening keynote of I/O 2026 to unveil a wave of updates to its Gemini app, headlined by a feature called Daily Brief, a personalised morning digest that pulls from a user’s inbox, calendar, and task list to deliver a prioritised overvie…

The future of Google is a search box that does everything
The future of Google is a search box that does everything

Last year, after watching Google’s I/O keynote, I wrote that it felt like Google’s future was Google googling. After watching this year’s I/O keynote on Tuesday, I don’t think Google just wants to google for you – I think it wants to do everything for you, all from a search box. Take the trusty Google […]

Google launches Android CLI 1.0 so AI coding agents can tap into Android Studio’s full power
Google launches Android CLI 1.0 so AI coding agents can tap into Android Studio’s full power

Google has released Android CLI at a stable version 1.0, giving AI coding agents a direct line into Android Studio’s capabilities without ever opening the IDE. The announcement, made at Google I/O 2026 on 19 May, is a frank acknowledgement that many de…

Google wants to own your entire shopping journey with Universal Cart and agent-led payments
Google wants to own your entire shopping journey with Universal Cart and agent-led payments

Google has unveiled Universal Cart, an AI-powered shopping hub announced at I/O 2026 that lets users add products from across its ecosystem, Search, Gemini, YouTube, and Gmail, into a single persistent cart. The feature, rolling out in the US today, re…

Google launches Gemini Spark, a 24/7 agentic assistant you can email like a colleague
Google launches Gemini Spark, a 24/7 agentic assistant you can email like a colleague

Google announced Gemini Spark at I/O 2026, an always-on agentic AI assistant built on Gemini 3.5 and the Antigravity harness. It runs on dedicated cloud VMs, integrates natively with Gmail and Workspace, and will be available to AI Ultra subscribers ne…

Google’s AI future demands trust — and your personal data
Google’s AI future demands trust — and your personal data

Google has big promises for its AI-powered future – and a lot of it depends on your trust. At I/O 2026, Google described a bunch of new tools that it claims will make your life easier. Gemini Spark, Google’s always-on AI agent, can help organize an upcoming event, while Daily Brief can offer a rundown […]

Google just gave Workspace a 24/7 AI agent that sends emails and books meetings while you sleep

Gmail Live answers inbox questions by voice, Docs Live turns rambling speech into structured documents, and Google Pics lets you edit one element of an image without touching the rest.

Google wants you to talk to Docs, Keep, and Gmail instead of typing
Google wants you to talk to Docs, Keep, and Gmail instead of typing

  Google is betting that the future of productivity software starts with your voice, not your keyboard. At its I/O 2026 developer conference on Monday, the company unveiled voice-based prompting features for Docs, Keep, and Gmail, all powered by its Ge…

Google turns Antigravity into a full agentic development platform with desktop app, CLI, and SDK
Google turns Antigravity into a full agentic development platform with desktop app, CLI, and SDK

Google just made its most aggressive move yet in the rapidly evolving agentic coding market. At I/O 2026 on Monday, the company unveiled Antigravity 2.0, transforming what started as a Cursor competitor into a sprawling developer platform complete with…