Google is reportedly planning to unveil a Pinterest-like visual search feature at next week's I/O 2025 conference to defend its lucrative commercial search ads against ChatGPT. The company is also expected to showcase a software development AI agent alongside voice-driven Gemini integrations for Android XR and desktop Chrome.
Google just launched a dedicated iPad app for its Gemini AI assistant on the App Store. The tablet version supports iPadOS Split View, letting users keep Gemini open side-by-side with other apps. It is Google's latest push to capture Apple users ahead of I/O 2025.
Apple is actively looking to integrate AI search engines like OpenAI and Perplexity into Safari, according to court testimony from services chief Eddy Cue. Cue revealed Safari search queries dipped last month due to AI, putting the browser's massive $20 billion default search deal with Google under fresh pressure.
Google just launched Simplify in its iOS app, powered by Gemini models designed for minimally-lossy text simplification. Unlike basic summarization that cuts content, the system preserves nuance and original details while making dense language readable. In trials, it improved reading comprehension accuracy on complex medical texts by 15%.
Google is rolling out Gemini to kids under 13 with managed Family Link accounts, pitching it as a helper for homework and bedtime stories. The company promises children's data won't train AI models and gives parents controls to turn access off, while warning them to remind kids that chatbots aren't real people.
Google just added native image editing right inside the Gemini app. You can now tweak AI-generated visuals or upload your own photos to swap backgrounds, replace objects, or try new hair colors through simple multi-step prompts. All edited outputs include invisible SynthID watermarks, with a gradual global rollout underway.
Google just expanded NotebookLM's viral Audio Overviews to more than 50 languages, powered by Gemini's native audio capabilities. A new Output Language setting lets you feed it research across Portuguese, Spanish, or English, and have two AI hosts break it all down in your native tongue.
Google just showed off its Android XR smartglasses in a live public demo at TED. Powered by Gemini, the hardware sports an in-lens color display and can recall where you left a hotel keycard, translate conversations on the fly, and overlay walking directions. Why it matters: It proves multimodal AI is moving to useful everyday eyewear, though consumers likely have to wait until 2026 to buy a pair.
Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis just revealed that Google plans to merge its Gemini foundation models with its Veo video generator to give AI a better grasp of the physical world. Hassabis noted that Veo learned real-world physics by watching heaps of YouTube videos. Combining the two moves Google closer to a true universal digital assistant that actually understands reality.
Google DeepMind just announced it will support the MCP protocol across its Gemini models and SDK. CEO Demis Hassabis called MCP an emerging open standard for the AI agent era, noting Google looks forward to developing it further with the MCP team and the broader industry.
Samsung just announced that its yellow rolling robot, Ballie, will finally launch in the US this summer. First shown off in 2020, the dual-wheeled bot now packs Google's Gemini multimodal AI alongside a built-in projector, letting it critique your outfit or project movies on your wall. Why it matters: Unlike Amazon's ill-fated Astro, Ballie brings real conversational AI and practical projection into your living room, though Samsung has yet to reveal the price tag.
Google just revealed how it used AI to upscale the 86-year-old film The Wizard of Oz for the Las Vegas Sphere's massive 16,000x16,000 screen. Using fine-tuned Gemini models, Veo 2, and Imagen 3 alongside studio archives, the team expanded backgrounds and digitally placed off-camera characters into widescreen scenes. With over 90% of the film touched by AI, it debuts on August 28th, 2025.
Reddit just rolled out Reddit Answers, an AI search tool powered by Google's Gemini models on Vertex AI. Instead of digging through endless comment threads, users can ask questions directly and get synthesized summaries with sourced posts, relevant subreddits, and follow-up chat support.
Google just introduced Workspace Flows, an agentic AI system that lets users automate multi-step business workflows across apps using natural language and custom Gems. Google is also bringing NotebookLM-style audio overviews and writing coaches to Docs, automated analysis to Sheets, and Veo 2 video generation to Vids. Most new tools are currently rolling out to alpha testers.
Google just unveiled new remote sensing foundation models alongside Geospatial Reasoning, a research framework that uses Gemini to orchestrate complex spatial analysis. By pairing multi-modal models with satellite imagery and public datasets, agents can map disaster damage and urban infrastructure through natural language queries. Airbus and Planet Labs are among the first testers.
Google just brought multimodal image search to AI Mode, letting users snap or upload photos to get detailed answers backed by web links. The update pairs a custom Gemini model with Google Lens and a fan-out query technique to dissect complex scenes. It is currently rolling out to millions of US Labs users on Android and iOS.
Google just introduced Discover Sources in NotebookLM, ending the need to manually upload documents for every project. Simply describe a topic, and the Gemini-powered tool analyzes hundreds of web pages to recommend up to 10 relevant sources with annotated summaries, importable with one click. It is rolling out to all users this week.
Google DeepMind just published a comprehensive technical paper detailing how it plans to keep future AGI systems aligned and secure. The framework focuses heavily on deliberate misuse and deceptive misalignment, proposing techniques like amplified oversight and AI-assisted monitors to catch models attempting harmful shortcuts. Why it matters: as AI systems gain agentic autonomy, mapping out concrete technical safeguards before human-level cognition arrives has become urgent.
Krea just integrated Google Gemini into Krea Chat, adding conversational text-to-image and natural-language image editing. Users can now refine visuals simply by chatting—like asking to "dye the sky purple" or add objects across multiple turns. Why it matters: It turns basic chat into a practical editing workflow without specialized software.
Google just added an AI-powered Maps feature that uses Gemini to recognize locations in your in-app screenshots and save them into a shareable list. The update also introduces global hotel price drop alerts and lets travelers generate custom itineraries directly through Search's AI Overviews.
