Google I/O 2025: Key Announcements from the Developer Conference

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Google I/O 2025, the major developer conference of the year, is happening at the Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View. Here’s a rundown of the latest updates from the event.

Gemini Ultra

Gemini Ultra offers top-tier access to Google’s AI-powered apps and services in the U.S. It includes innovative features like the Veo 3 video generator, the Flow video editing app, and the powerful AI capability of Gemini 2.5 Pro Deep Think mode.

Deep Think in Gemini 2.5 Pro

Enhancing the reasoning mode of the Gemini 2.5 Pro model, Deep Think allows for better performance on various benchmarks by considering multiple answers to questions.

Veo 3 Video-Generating AI Model

Veo 3 enhances video generation by adding sound effects, background noises, and dialogues. It can now be accessed through the Gemini chatbot app for subscribers to the AI Ultra plan.

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Imagen 4 AI Image Generator

Imagen 4 is a fast image generator capable of rendering fine details and will soon release a variant that is 10 times faster than its predecessor. It can handle various styles and resolutions, powering the company’s AI-powered video tool, Flow.

Gemini App Updates

Gemini apps have over 400 million active users, with Gemini Live’s camera and screen-sharing capabilities rolling out this week. Updates will integrate Gemini Live with other Google apps for enhanced functionality.

Stitch

Stitch is an AI tool for designing web and mobile app front ends quickly and efficiently. It provides HTML and CSS markup for designs generated with just a few words or an image.

Project Mariner

Google’s experimental AI agent, Project Mariner, has been updated to handle multiple tasks simultaneously, enabling users to interact with websites seamlessly without visiting them directly.

Project Astra

Project Astra, Google’s low latency, multimodal AI experience, will power new experiences in Search, the Gemini AI app, and products from third-party developers.

AI Mode

Google is rolling out AI Mode, a feature that allows users to ask complex, multi-part questions via an AI interface. AI Mode will support various queries and offer real-time options for apparel selections.

Beam 3D Teleconferencing

Beam offers immersive teleconferencing experiences with AI-powered real-time speech translation. Google Meet will also feature real-time speech translation capabilities.

More AI Updates

Google is introducing new AI Workspace features in Gmail, Google Docs, and Google Vids. Video Overviews in NotebookLM and SynthID Detector are among the new tools available.

Wear OS 6

Wear OS 6 introduces a unified font for cleaner app looks and dynamic theming for Pixel Watches. Developers can create customized apps with seamless transitions using the new design reference platform.

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Google Play

Google Play is adding tools for Android developers to enhance subscription management, topic pages, audio samples, and checkout experiences for smoother app selling.

Android Studio

Android Studio is integrating new AI features like “Journeys” and “Agent Mode” to streamline development processes and improve app quality insights with Gemini’s assistance.

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