At Made on YouTube 2026 today, YouTube announced a slew of new features. We’ve highlighted the capabilities that will impact the viewer experience over the coming months.

As part of Made on YouTube 2026, a handful of updates to YouTube Music that are coming later this year were previewed.

Following last week’s Feature Drop, Pixel VIPs 2.0 is beginning to roll out, and it brings more changes than just the widget redesign.

After rolling out Live search and chat earlier this month, Gmail now has a useful “Copy code” button for 2FA on Android and iOS.

Google’s latest update to the Gemini app for macOS readies local iMessage integration. This follows the app coming to Windows last week.

The next wave of Pixel app updates is starting with Google rolling out the latest version of Now Playing with interface tweaks.

Google Keep for Android has rolled out a small tweak to the “Note collection” widget that shows a feed on your homescreen.

Besides Home MCP, Google today is also rolling out Home app (especially for the homescreen widget) and Gemini for Home voice assistant updates.

Google today announced “Home MCP” to let your personal AI agent interact with your smart home devices via the Model Context Protocol.

Following the homepage redesign and fullscreen passes revamp this year, Google Wallet is trialing a vertically stacked card list.

Following last week’s Android Drop, Google is now rolling out an app update that brings the “Remembered” tab to Find Hub.

Following the homepage revamp with search in May, Google Wallet is now rolling out a redesign of passes on Android.

Dreambeans is an experimental app from Google Labs that will “proactively dream up personalized daily stories.” After previously requiring a subscription, Dreambeans is now available for free Google Accounts in the US to test.

Following the macOS launch in April, Google is bringing the Gemini for desktop app to Windows. 

Google announced today that Android now offers a system-level way to transfer passwords and passkeys between credential managers.

Gemini in Google Workspace can now “complete complex, cross-app tasks” from whatever app you’re working in.

Following the September 2026 Android Drop announcement last week, Google Messages is widely rolling out its new Keep Notes integration.

After introducing at I/O 2026 in May, Google is making Daily Brief in the Gemini app available for free in the US.

As previewed earlier this year, Google Chrome is now operating on a two-week release cycle.

Like other Google apps, Messages for Android A/B tests many features. It can take the RCS/SMS client a rather long time to actually launch new functionality in stable. From various reports, Google announcements, and devices we’ve checked, this is the current state of Messages.

The Gemini overlay on Android now has a multitasking option that gives you a floating bubble shortcut when you Minimize.

Following the new app icon, Google Clock has rolled out a redesigned Timers tab. This follows yesterday’s update to the Now Playing app.

The latest first-party app that Gemini Spark can control is Google Photos. The personal agent can “handle complex, multi-stage workflows” with your library.