Google said on March 17, 2026 that Personal Intelligence is expanding in the U.S. across AI Mode in Search, the Gemini app, and Gemini in Chrome. The feature connects services like Gmail and Google Photos so Google can answer with more user-specific shopping, travel, and troubleshooting help, and Google says it is available to free-tier users.
Google on Mar 17, 2026 introduced new Gemini API features for agentic workflows, including combined built-in and custom tools, context circulation across tool calls, and Maps grounding for Gemini 3. The update is designed to reduce orchestration work for complex multi-step applications.
Google DeepMind said on X that Gemini Embedding 2 is now in preview through the Gemini API and Vertex AI. The model is positioned as the first fully multimodal embedding model built on the Gemini architecture, aiming to unify retrieval across text, images, video, audio, and documents.
Google introduced Project Spend Caps, revamped Usage Tiers, and new billing dashboards for Gemini API developers in AI Studio. The update is aimed at making cost control and scaling behavior more predictable for teams moving into paid usage.
Google said on March 12, 2026 that Ask Maps is starting to roll out in the U.S. and India on Android and iOS, with desktop coming soon. The same update also launches Immersive Navigation, adding 3D route context, alternate-route tradeoff guidance, and richer arrival assistance.
Google is rolling out new Gemini beta features for Docs, Sheets, Slides, and Drive to Google AI Ultra and Pro subscribers. The update lets Gemini create and edit work using files, emails, and the web, while Drive adds AI Overviews and a new Ask Gemini flow.
Google AI posted on March 13, 2026 that Gemini is now powering richer question answering and route planning inside Google Maps. Google’s accompanying product post introduces Ask Maps for conversational place discovery and Immersive Navigation for more visual, context-aware driving guidance.
Google introduced the Developer Knowledge API and an open-source MCP Server on February 4, 2026. The tools are meant to connect internal documentation, public URLs, and other team knowledge sources to Gemini Code Assist and AI-agent workflows with less custom plumbing.
Google has put Gemini Embedding 2 into public preview through the Gemini API and Vertex AI. The model is Google’s first natively multimodal embedding system, combining text, image, video, audio, and document inputs in one embedding space.
Google Research says its March 12, 2026 rollout adds urban flash flood forecasts to Flood Hub with up to 24 hours of advance notice. The system is trained in part on Groundsource, a dataset built by using Gemini to extract structured flood events from public news reports.
Google says Gemini in Google Sheets reached 70.48% on the full SpreadsheetBench benchmark, approaching human expert ability. The company attributes the result to product-specific tuning plus stronger verbalization and coding behavior inside Sheets.
Google DeepMind said Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite is rolling out in preview through the Gemini API and Google AI Studio. The company positioned it as the most cost-efficient Gemini 3 model, with lower price, faster performance, and tunable thinking levels.