Wear OS 7 promises 10% better battery life and adds Gemini Intelligence… for select 2026 models

Tiles are out. Widgets, Live Updates, standardized workouts, and a smarter media player, are in. Wear OS 7 is Google’s most coherent smartwatch update in years.

Google DeepMind plugs Street View into its world model, and you can explore simulated cities today
Google DeepMind plugs Street View into its world model, and you can explore simulated cities today

Google DeepMind has connected its Project Genie world model to 20 years of Street View imagery, allowing users to wander through AI-generated simulations of real places. The integration, announced at the Google I/O developer conference on Monday, marks…

Google’s AI subscriptions get a new $100 tier, a price cut, and new features across all plans

Google has announced an overhaul of its AI subscriptions at I/O 2026, adding a new $100/month AI Ultra tier and cutting the price of its top plan from $250 to $200. The update brings fresh models, a smarter Gmail inbox, YouTube Premium perks, and more …

Google AI Studio can now build Android apps without you writing a single line of code

Google AI Studio gets Android app building, Google Workspace integration, custom design tools, and a mobile app at I/O 2026.

You can now walk through AI versions of real places with Google’s Project Genie

Google’s experimental Project Genie is no longer building worlds from imagination alone. With Street View now in the mix, the line between real places and AI-generated realities is starting to blur in fascinating ways.

Google partners with Warby Parker and Gentle Monster for Gemini-powered smart glasses
Google partners with Warby Parker and Gentle Monster for Gemini-powered smart glasses

Google is having another go at smart glasses, and this time it is bringing fashionable friends along for the ride. At Google I/O 2026 on Tuesday, the company announced a new partnership with Warby Parker and Gentle Monster to produce AI-powered “audio …

Google shows off Android audio glasses designed by Gentle Monster and Warby Parker

Google has finally given us first look at Android XR audio glasses, powered by Gemini and coming out later this year.

Google takes a page out of Meta’s book, announces new audio-powered smart glasses

Google is calling the new devices “audio glasses,” in that users will be able to issue verbal commands to them and get things done via its ecosystem of apps and services, including Gemini.

Google wants to reinvent your TV remote with Gemini and pointers controls

Google is reshaping the future of TVs with Gemini-powered discovery and a brand-new way to navigate apps. The biggest change, however, may not be on the screen at all — but in your remote.

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.