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Google is upgrading its most capable Gemini AI models. On Tuesday at Google I/O 2025, the company announced Deep Think, the “enhanced” reasoning mode for its flagship Gemini 2.5 Pro model. Deep Think allows models to consider multiple answers to questions before responding, and improve performance with specific benchmarks. “[Deep Think] Demis Hassabis, head of Google Deepmind, said during the press conference. Google has been ambiguous about the inner workings of Deep Think, but this technology may resemble Openai's O1-Pro and upcoming O3-Pro models. This could potentially use the engine to search and synthesize the best solution for a particular…
Google announced on Tuesday that it will begin Gemini integration with Chrome at Google I/O 2025. Tech Giant is a new integration that allows users to access the new AI browsing assistant, helping them to quickly understand the context of their pages and perform tasks. Chrome's Gemini can be accessed by typing and talking with Gemini Live. You can start a chat with your AI assistant by clicking the Gemini icon in the top right corner of the Chrome window. At launch, the integration allows users to ask Gemini to clarify complex information about the pages they are visiting. You…
Google's AI mode is an experimental Google search feature that allows users to ask complex, multipart questions via an AI interface, and will be rolled out to everyone in the US starting this week, the company announced on Tuesday at its annual developer conference, Google I/O 2025. This feature is based on Google's existing AI-powered search experience, AI Overviews. This displays an AI-generated summary at the top of the search results page. The AI overview, launched last year, saw the results of Google's AI mixed up, including suggestions such as using glue on pizza. Image credit: Google However, Google claims…
At the Google I/O 2025 developer meeting on Tuesday, Google announced Flow. Flow has unveiled a new AI-powered video tool for film production. The company said it is using a new tool with a trio of AI models (VEO for video generation, images for image generation, Gemini for text and prompts). By allowing users to import texts and scenes or create artifacts within the tool, flows are following in the footsteps of other tools. For example, Google itself launched a video generation tool called VideoFX under Google Labs last year. However, flows may reach a wider user base. The new…
Google's Gemini AI app currently has over 400 million active users per month, CEO Sundar Pichai said in a press conference ahead of Google I/O 2025. Google's AI Chatbot app is approaching a similar scale to Openai's ChatGPT app. According to a recent court filing, Google estimated in March that ChatGpt had around 600 million Mauss, while Gemini only had 350 million Mauss. The rise of ChatGpt poses a major threat to Google's search business, providing users with a new, more interactive way to access information on the web. The Gemini app is Google's most direct challenge to compete with…
At Google I/O 2025, the company announced new AI workspace features to be released in Gmail, Google Docs and Google Vids. Most notably, Gmail has got personalized smart replies and new inbox cleaning features. VIDS is getting a new way to create and edit content. Gmail's personalized smart replies help you draft emails that fit your context and tone. This feature displays past emails and Google Drive details, and provides a response suggestion with relevant information. Google says this feature removes the need to dig into your own inbox and files. Personalized smart replies can be adapted to tone, whether…
Google has launched a new subscription plan called Google AI Ultra, providing more AI products under one roof. The new plan, announced at Google I/O 2025 on Tuesday, will provide “highest level of access” to Google's AI-powered apps and services, Tech Giant says. AI Ultra comes with a price of $249.99 per month, and includes Google's VEO 3 video generator, the company's new flow video editing app, and a powerful AI feature called Gemini 2.5 Pro Deep Think Mode (not yet launched). “[Ultra is] “For those who want to be at the absolute cutting edge of Google's AI,” said Josh…
At Google I/O 2025, Tech Giant has announced a new feature that will be coming to NoteBookLM, an AI-based note-taking and research assistant. Most notably, the company has released a video overview. According to Google, users will soon be able to turn dense multimedia like Raw Notes, PDFs, and images into digestible visual presentations. Notebooklm has been around since its launch to help users understand and interact with complex documents. With this new feature, NoteBookLM takes a more visual approach to help users understand a variety of topics and ideas. NoteBookLM already has an audio approach to help users understand…
Google today announced new features for Wear OS 6 at Google I/O 2025, offering the operating system a design makeover using Material 3 Expressive, a design language announced by the company earlier this month. Google released a developer preview for Wear OS 6 based on Android 16 for testing on Tuesday. With Wear OS 6, app tiles adopt the default system font, as Google is trying to make your apps look more cohesive. Additionally, the Dynamic Themes Library adjusts the color of your app or tile to match the color scheme of your pixel clock face. The core promise of…
Android Studio, an integrated development environment (IDE) for Android app developers, has obtained an AI upgrade. Google announced it at Google I/O 2025, a developer meeting on Tuesday. In addition to deploying the latest Gemini 2.5 Pro models, Android Studio acquires a new “agent AI” feature called Journeys, and quickly introduces “agent mode” for more complex development tasks. With Gemini, Journeys allows developers to test their apps by explaining actions and assertions in natural language for the user's journey across the app. Gemini then runs the test. Image credit: Google This feature, Google said, makes it easier for developers to…