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EVERYTHING GOOGLE ANNOUNCED AT I/O 2026: GEMINI, SEARCH, ANDROID XR, & MORE

Google announced tons of new Gemini-powered features across its biggest products and services at I/O 2026. This page compiles all of the consumer-facing and most notable developer announcements. Gemini 3.5 Flash, which surpasses 3.1 Pro in coding, agent, and multimodal benchmarks, is rolling out today in the Gemini app, Search, Antigravity 2.0, and Gemini API. Gemini 3.5 Pro, which is currently in testing, will be available next month.

APPLE UNVEILS 30+ APPLE DESIGN AWARD APP FINALISTS

Apple has revealed the 2026 Apple Design Awards finalists ahead of WWDC 2026, with 30+ apps and games competing across six categories: Delight and Fun, Inclusivity, Innovation, Interaction, Social Impact, and Visuals and Graphics. Notable finalists include apps like Structured, NBA: Live Games & Scores, and (Not Boring) Camera, alongside games such as Civilization VII, Cyberpunk 2077 Ultimate Edition, and Grand Mountain Adventure 2.

TESLA'S NEWEST ELECTRIC VEHICLE COULD JOLT THE TRUCKING INDUSTRY

Early reviews of the Tesla Semi suggest it could be a much-needed hit for the company. It is much less expensive than competing heavy-duty electric trucks and can travel farther. Cost and range are two of the main reasons that many logistics and delivery firms have been reluctant to buy electric trucks. Trucking firms in California have asked the state government for subsidies to help them buy more than 1,200 Tesla trucks, more applications than for all other electric trucks since the state's incentive program began in 2019.

TWO AI-BASED SCIENCE ASSISTANTS SUCCEED WITH DRUG-RETARGETING TASKS

Nature recently released two papers that describe AI systems intended to help scientists develop and test hypotheses. Google's Co-Scientist is designed to keep scientists in the loop, so researchers have to regularly apply their judgment to direct the system. FutureHouse's system can evaluate biological data from specific classes of experiments. Both models are designed to process massive amounts of information to create largely straightforward hypotheses, like whether a drug will work for a specific condition.

GEMINI 3.5 FLASH: MORE EXPENSIVE, BUT GOOGLE PLANS TO USE IT FOR EVERYTHING

Google released Gemini 3.5 Flash at Google I/O, skipping the preview and going straight to general availability. It mostly has the same set of platform features as the previous Gemini 3.x series, but without computer use. The model's knowledge cut-off is January 2025, and it supports 1,048,576 input tokens and 65,536 maximum output tokens. Gemini 3.5 Flash is accompanied by a notable price bump.

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