Google Cloud moved Nano Banana 2 and Nano Banana Pro to general availability on May 29. The production story is not just better image generation: 1K and 2K outputs are GA, 4K remains in preview, and Nano Banana 2 now has preview support for video files as prompts.
Google’s I/O 2026 AI story is about distribution as much as models. Gemini 3.5 Flash is now generally available across API, Antigravity, Android Studio, enterprise tools, Search, and the Gemini app, while Gemini Omni Flash brings video generation into the same push.
At Google I/O 2026 on May 19, Google unveiled Gemini 3.5 Flash—which outperforms Gemini 3.1 Pro across all benchmarks at 4× the speed and half the API cost—alongside Gemini Spark, a 24/7 personal AI agent that works in the background and can be reached directly via Gmail. Spark enters beta for Google AI Ultra subscribers in the US starting the week of May 26.
A practical benchmark from ModelRift tested six AI coding tools on parametric 3D Pantheon modeling, crowning Google Antigravity 2.0 as the best autonomous performer with a quality score of 4.5/5 — the only tool to include the interior coffered ceiling.
Google unveiled Gemini Spark, a 24/7 personal AI agent running on Google Cloud VMs, and announced the biggest Search overhaul in 25 years with AI agents as the new default for over 1 billion AI Mode users.
Google launched Gemini 3.5 Flash at I/O 2026 on May 19, making it generally available the same day. It outperforms Gemini 3.1 Pro on coding and agentic benchmarks while running 4x faster at 40% lower cost.
At Google I/O 2026, Google DeepMind unveiled Gemini Omni — its first model capable of generating video from any input including text, images, audio, and video. Combining Gemini's intelligence with Google's generative media systems, it is available now through the Gemini app and YouTube Shorts.
Google officially announced that Gemini CLI will stop working on June 18, 2026. Free users and Google AI Pro/Ultra subscribers must migrate to the new Antigravity CLI, built in Go with asynchronous agent workflow support.
Google has released Gemini 3.5 Flash, optimized for agentic workflows and complex tasks. It claims 4x faster output than competing frontier models at under half the cost, with top-tier scores on Terminal-Bench, MCP Atlas, and reasoning benchmarks.
Google's Antigravity 2.0 multi-agent platform orchestrated 96 AI agents to build a functional operating system from scratch in just 12 hours, for under $1,000 in token costs. The resulting OS can run Doom.
Google unveiled two types of Gemini-powered smart glasses at I/O 2026: audio glasses that deliver spoken AI assistance and display glasses that overlay information in your field of view. Launching this fall in partnership with Samsung, Gentle Monster, and Warby Parker.
Google announced the $100/month AI Ultra subscription at I/O 2026, featuring Gemini Spark—a 24/7 AI agent that navigates apps and executes tasks autonomously. The plan includes 5x higher usage limits, 20TB cloud storage, and YouTube Premium. The former top-tier plan dropped from $250 to $200.