Google I/O 2026 Keynote live blog

I/O 2026 kicks off today as Google’s biggest event of the year to showcase what’s new for users and developers. Gemini and AI will undoubtedly be the big focus. Join us as we live blog the two-hour keynote live from Mountain View.

Everything Google announced at I/O 2026: Gemini, Search, Android XR, & more

How to watch Google I/O 2026

I/O 2026 at the Shoreline Amphitheater in Mountain View, California starts with a two-hour keynote led by Alphabet and Google CEO Sundar Pichai at 10 a.m. PT / 1 p.m. ET / 5 p.m. GMT. There’s a live audience for this two-day conference, and you can stream the event live on YouTube.

Live Blog (Updates in reverse chronological order…)

• Gemini app rolling out ‘Neural Expressive’ redesign, 3.5 Flash, 24/7 Spark agent, & Daily Brief
• Gemini app now has compute-based usage limits as AI Ultra now starts at $100

• Gemini-powered Universal Cart helps you shop the web with deal tracking, proactive help
• Google gets ‘intelligent’ Search box redesign, information agents, mini apps, & more

• Google flips Antigravity into an agentic dev suite, AI Studio app lands on Android

• Gemini Omni, the ‘create anything’ model, starts today with lifelike video

• Docs Live and voice AI in Google Keep let you talk to create, ‘Google Pics’ announced 
• ‘Gmail Live’ is a new way to search emails as AI Inbox comes to AI Plus, AI Pro

• “Google Search is AI Search”
• “Android Halo” is a dedicated space for agents for phones, coming this summer

• Gemini Spark will soon operate in Chrome
• $100 Google AI Ultra coming. The top-tier Ultra plan is now $200 (from $250)
• Gemini Spark is coming first to Google AI Ultra subscribers next week in beta
• Available on Android, iOS, and the web
• We’re now getting a Gemini Spark demo: Writing emails and planning a party
• It runs 24/7 in dedicated virtual machines. It’s powered by Gemini 3.5 Flash and Google Antigravity. Integrates with Google Workspace apps, as third-party tools and MCP
• Gemini Spark is your “personal AI agent that helps navigate your digital life”
• Google now wants to bring agents to consumers
• Gemini 3.5 Pro is coming in June
• 3.5 Flash is available today in the Gemini app, Search, Antigravity, and more
• Google Antigravity 2.0 is agent-first and globally available today.
• 3.5 Flash is 4x faster than other frontier models
• Gemini 3.5 Flash combines frontier intelligence with action
• Google is focusing on improving Gemini on Agentic Coding, Long-Horizton Tasks, and Real-World Workflows
• SynthID verification coming to Search (Circle to Search) and Chrome (right-click on images)
• Omni Flash can be used for video editing
• Gemini Omni can create anything from any input. This Omni model takes advantage of Gemini’s world knowledge and reasoning

• “Artificial General Intelligence is just a few years away”
• Google DeepMind’s Demis Hassabis takes the stage
• Models, Coding, and Agents are the areas being discussed today
• Docs Live lets you “verbally brain dump whatever is on your mind”

• Ask YouTube is a new conversational search experience

• Gemini app now has over 900 million monthly active users for 2x growth.
• Search brings gen AI to more “people than any other product in the world”
• 13 products with over 1 billion users. 5 products have 3+ billion users.
• “It’s been 10 years since we pivoted the company to be AI first” — Pichai
• Alphabet and Google CEO Sundar Pichai is now on stage.
• The pre-show is now live.
• How are you liking the Gemini app redesign?

• The livestream is now live.