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Google I/O 2025: Everything announced at this yearโs developer conference
We've got plenty of news relating to Android, Chrome, Google Search, YouTube, and โ of course โ Google's AI-powered chatbot, Gemini.
Published on: May 20, 2025 | Source:
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Googleโs new filmmaking tool Flow adds editing tools and some consistency to AI-generated video
At I/O today, Google pitched creators on a new app for "AI filmmaking": Flow. Combining all of Googleโs recent announcements and developments across AI-powered services, including Veo (video), Imagen (images) and Gemini, the company bills Flow as a storytelling aid "built with creatives.โ If it sounds familiar, this is the advanced version of VideoFX, previously a Google Labs experiment. The company says Flow is aimed...
Published on: May 20, 2025 | Source:Google Chrome previews feature to instantly change compromised passwords
Google Chrome has announced a feature for its built-in password manager that it claims will let users instantly change passwords compromised in data breaches. Google Password Manager already alerts you when your credentials have appeared in a data breach, and partially automates the process of changing your password, but โ until now โ you still had to go through the steps manually for each of your online accounts. The...
Published on: May 20, 2025 | Source:Google Play adds topic pages, audio previews, and new subscription tools for developers
Google is rolling out a series of upgrades to its Play Store to help Android app developers better market their software and services to consumers. Among the highlights are new tools for managing subscription apps, topic pages that let users explore a specific subject on the Play Store, a new feature that allows people to [โฆ]
Published on: May 20, 2025 | Source:Google rolls out Project Mariner, its web-browsing AI agent
Google announced during Google I/O 2025 that itโs rolling out Project Mariner, the companyโs experimental AI agent that browses and uses websites, to more users and developers. Google also says itโs significantly updated how Project Mariner works, allowing the agent to take on nearly a dozen tasks at a time. U.S. subscribers to Googleโs new [โฆ]
Published on: May 20, 2025 | Source:Google is bringing Gemini to Chrome so it can answer questions about your open tabs
Google's Chrome browser is the latest major product from the company to get its own built-in Gemini features. Today at Google I/O, the company detailed its plans to bring its AI assistant to Chrome. While Gemini can already distill information from websites, having the assistant baked into Chrome allows it to provide insights and answer questions about your open tabs without ever having to move to a different window or...
Published on: May 20, 2025 | Source:Google updates the Gemini app with real-time AI video, Deep Research, and more
Google announced several updates to the Gemini AI chatbot app during Google I/O 2025, including more broadly available multimodal AI features, updated AI models, and deeper integrations with Googleโs suite of products. Starting Tuesday, Google is rolling out Gemini Liveโs camera and screen-sharing capabilities to all users on iOS and Android. The feature, powered by [โฆ]
Published on: May 20, 2025 | Source:You can get free AI skills training from Microsoft for a few more days, and I recommend you do
Microsoft's AI Skills Fest offers free AI training for beginners and pros, plus prizes and discounts. You can register now for free access through May 28th.
Published on: May 20, 2025 | Source:FTC v. Meta: The antitrust battle over WhatsApp and Instagram
The long-awaited antitrust trial between Meta and the Federal Trade Commission kicked off on April 14th. Over about two months, DC District Court Chief Judge James Boasberg is hearing arguments about whether then-Facebook illegally monopolized the market for โpersonal social networking servicesโ through its acquisitions of Instagram and WhatsApp. The FTC first brought the case [โฆ]
Published on: May 20, 2025 | Source:Darren Aronofsky turns to AI to reimagine the future of film
Director Darren Aronofsky partners with Google DeepMind to explore AIโs role in future filmmaking through experimental short films.
Published on: May 20, 2025 | Source:Google's AI Mode lets you virtually try clothes on by uploading a single photo
As part of its announcements for I/O 2025 today, Google shared details on some new features that would make shopping in AI Mode more novel. It's describing the three new tools as being part of its new shopping experience in AI Mode, and they cover the discovery, trying on and checkout parts of the process. These will be available "in the coming months" for online shoppers in the US. The first update is when you're...
Published on: May 20, 2025 | Source:With AI Mode, Google Search Is About to Get Even Chattier
Googleโs new chatbot-style AI Mode search experience, previously an experiment, is launching for US users. Publishers and marketers will have to adjust their search strategies once again.
Published on: May 20, 2025 | Source:Veo 3 and Imagen 4, and a new tool for filmmaking called Flow
Article URL: https://blog.google/technology/ai/generative-media-models-io-2025/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44044043 Points: 397 # Comments: 242
Published on: May 20, 2025 | Source:Want to be the next Spielberg? Googleโs AI-powered Flow could bring your movie ideas to life
Googleโs AI-powered Flow could be a mini revolution for cinema.
Published on: May 20, 2025 | Source:Google's Veo 3 marks the end of AI video's 'silent era'
Google Gemini Veo 3 fixes AI video's biggest problem and might spark an AI animation revolution.
Published on: May 20, 2025 | Source:Gemini Live is now free for everyone on Android and iOS, and you can finally share your screen and camera on iPhone - here's how to try it
Gemini Live is now free on iOS and Android, and you can share your screen and camera with AI to get things done.
Published on: May 20, 2025 | Source:Google's Veo 3 AI model can generate videos with sound
As part of this year's announcements at its I/O developer conference, Google has revealed its latest media generation models. Most notable, perhaps, is the Veo 3, which is the first iteration of the model that can generate videos with sounds. It can, for instance, create a video of birds with an audio of their singing, or a city street with the sounds of traffic in the background. Google says Veo 3 also excels in...
Published on: May 20, 2025 | Source:Google finally gave us a closer look at Android XR โ here are 4 new things we've learned
We now know what Android XR is capable of, from the AI features that'll power it to the hardware that'll offer it.
Published on: May 20, 2025 | Source:Google Search Live will let you ask questions about what your camera sees
One of the new AI features that Google has announced for Search at I/O 2025 will let you discuss what it's seeing through your camera in real time. Google says more than 1.5 billion people use visual search on Google Lens, and it's now taking the next step in multimodality by bringing Project Astra's live capabilities into Search. With the new feature called Search Live, you can have a back-and-forth conversation with...
Published on: May 20, 2025 | Source:Google introduces the Deep Think reasoning model for Gemini 2.5 Pro and a better 2.5 Flash
Google has started testing a reasoning model called Deep Think for Gemini 2.5 Pro, the company has revealed at its I/O developer conference. According to DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis, Gemini's Deep Think uses "the latest cutting-edge research" that gives the model the capability to consider multiple hypotheses before responding to queries. Google says it got an "impressive score" when evaluated using questions from the...
Published on: May 20, 2025 | Source:Project Astra, Google's vision for a universal AI assistant, is pulling into focus
Last year at Google I/O, one of the most interesting demos was Project Astra, an early version of a multimodal AI that could recognize your surroundings in real-time and answer questions about them conversationally. While the demo offered a glimpse into Google's plans for more powerful AI assistants, the company was careful to note that what we saw was a "research preview." One year later though, Google is laying out...
Published on: May 20, 2025 | Source:Xreal is making Android XR glasses and this could be the biggest XR announcement since the Meta Quest 2 โ hereโs why
Xreal is teaming up with Google to create Android XR glasses with Project Aura, and Meta should be worried.
Published on: May 20, 2025 | Source:8 most exciting AI features and tools revealed at Google I/O 2025
New AI tricks are coming to Search, Workspace, Gemini, and more. Here's my pick of the best AI announcements at Google I/O 2025.
Published on: May 20, 2025 | Source:Google's new text-to-speech can switch languages on the fly
Google is enhancing Gemini's text-to-speech (TTS). On Tuesday at Google I/O 2025, the company previewed a new TTS feature, built on native audio output, that can "converse in more expressive ways." Googleโs Tulsee Doshi showed a quick demo of the Gemini 2.5 TTS models onstage in Mountain View. It showed an AI-powered voice that sounds more natural and less robotic, with subtler nuances. The TTS can converse in over 24...
Published on: May 20, 2025 | Source:1.5 billion people see Google's AI Overviews each month
Google just touted some big numbers regarding its AI Overviews feature during its I/O conference. On the stage, company CEO Sundar Pichai said that the service has 1.5 billion monthly users. That's around 18 percent of the total human population of planet Earth, give or take. For the remaining 82 percent of humanity, AI Overviews are those little recaps that appear at the top of Google queries. These primarily appear...
Published on: May 20, 2025 | Source:Xreal's Project Aura is the second official Android XR headset
Late last year Google announced its new extended reality ecosystem, Android XR, designed to go up against Meta Quest and Apple's Vision Pro. Along with that it introduced the first device, Samsung's Project Moohan, a virtual reality-style headset. Now as part of Google I/O, Xreal has unveiled Project Aura, the second official Android XR device. Rather than being a full headset, it's a pair of lightweight see-through...
Published on: May 20, 2025 | Source:3 ways Google's AI Mode is going to change how you shop online
AI Mode will fundamentally shake up how people search for products and shop online. Here's how.
Published on: May 20, 2025 | Source:Google Beam could change your video calls forever with glasses-free 3D and near real-time translation
Google Beam will be rolling out to select businesses this year, with Google Meet getting one key feature.
Published on: May 20, 2025 | Source:Personalized AI-powered Smart Replies are coming to Gmail
Like it or not, Google's Gemini AI is worming its way into more of your Workspace apps. At I/O 2025, CEO Sundar Pichai announced that its upcoming Gmail app will have a new feature called Personalized Smart Replies. The idea is that with your permission, Gemini can examine your past emails and Google docs, then help you craft responses to personal- or business-oriented emails. In an example onstage at I/O, Pichai used...
Published on: May 20, 2025 | Source:Android Studio adds โagentic AIโ with Journeys feature, Agent Mode
Android Studio, the integrated development environment (IDE) for Android app developers, is getting an AI upgrade, Google announced at its developer conference, Google I/O 2025, on Tuesday. In addition to the rollout of the latest Gemini 2.5 Pro model, Android Studio is gaining a new โagentic AIโ capability called Journeys and will soon introduce an [โฆ]
Published on: May 20, 2025 | Source:Veo 3 can generate videos โ and soundtracks to go along with them
Googleโs latest video-generating AI model, Veo 3, can create audio to go along with the clips that it generates. On Tuesday during the Google I/O 2025 developer conference, Google unveiled Veo 3, which the company claims can generate sound effects, background noises, and even dialogue to accompany the videos it creates. Veo 3 also improves [โฆ]
Published on: May 20, 2025 | Source:Google introduces AI Ultra, a pro subscription plan with $250 a month price tag
Google AI Ultra is a new AI-centric pro subscription plan that will cost you $250 a month.
Published on: May 20, 2025 | Source:Googleโs AI Mode rolls out to US, will add support for deeper research, comparison shopping, and more
Googleโs AI Mode, the experimental Google Search feature that lets users ask complex, multi-part questions via an AI interface, will roll out to everyone in the U.S. starting this week, the company announced at its annual developer conference, Google I/O 2025, on Tuesday. The feature builds on Googleโs existing AI-powered search experience, AI Overviews, which [โฆ]
Published on: May 20, 2025 | Source:Google AI Mode is launching in the U.S., kicking off a new era of AI search
During the Google I/O 2025 keynote, the company announced it's launching the AI Mode search tool for U.S. users. It's the start of an entirely new era in search.
Published on: May 20, 2025 | Source:Introducing Flow, Googles new AI video tool and Sora competitor
At Google I/O 2025, Google unveiled a Flow, a flashy new AI video generation tool powered by the Veo 3 model.
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