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In the ramp up to I/O 2026, Google has been working on adding a more advanced agent capability to the Gemini app. It now looks like it will be branded as “Gemini Spark.”
Expand Expanding CloseGoogle’s expansion of AI Mode continues today with an integration into the Search bar on Android devices.
Expand Expanding CloseGoogle’s goal with Gemini is to build a personal, proactive, and powerful assistant. The final tentpole is the underlying model, while Personal Intelligence became free earlier this year. The Gemini app is now readying “Proactive Assistance.”
Expand Expanding CloseAfter testing got underway in September, the “Google app for desktop” is now launching for “Windows users globally in English.”
Expand Expanding CloseThe dream of Google Now and Assistant Snapshot (pictured above) might be returning as Google works on Gemini “Your Day.”
Expand Expanding CloseGoogle is rolling out a significant redesign and modernization of voice search on Android.
Expand Expanding CloseThe year in Google updates is well underway today with beta version 17.0 of the Google app on Android increasing the size of the app icon.
Expand Expanding CloseIn the past few days, tapping the Pixel Launcher search bar opens a different screen powered by the Google app. This is not a bug and an intentional change.
Expand Expanding CloseGoogle is testing a new “Tailor your feed” Labs experiment that lets you tell Discover exactly “what you want to see.”
Expand Expanding CloseAfter testing in recent months, Google is going ahead with a dedicated “Images” tab in the Search app on Android and iOS.
Expand Expanding CloseThe Google app’s legacy voice search experience is finally being modernized with a redesign inspired by Search Live.
Expand Expanding CloseThe fullscreen Google Account switcher started rolling out earlier this year, and the menu redesign is now coming to the remaining first-party apps.
Expand Expanding CloseFive months after launching on phones, Google AI Mode is now appearing on Android tablets.
Expand Expanding CloseAs AI Mode comes to more users around the world, Google is testing more prominent ways to surface the capability (and Live) on mobile.
Expand Expanding CloseFollowing the Pixel Launcher shortcut, you can now add AI Mode to the Google Search homescreen widget on any Android device.
Expand Expanding CloseAfter AI Mode and gaming updates, Google is now adding Song Search history to Circle to Search on Android.
Expand Expanding CloseWhen sharing a URL from the Google app on Android, Search and Discover automatically applies a link shortener. Google now offers a setting to turn this off.
Expand Expanding CloseThe design of the Google app has gotten nicer as of late thanks to AI Mode, and another modernization sees the Discover feed go edge-to-edge.
Expand Expanding CloseAfter beta testing earlier this month, the Google app on Android is rolling out a redesign of the Search bar homescreen widget to all users.
Expand Expanding CloseAfter testing in recent months, the Google Search app on Android has now widely rolled out an “Activity” tab in the bottom bar.
Expand Expanding CloseGoogle’s new ‘G’ logo appeared on stage during the I/O 2025 keynote, and is now live in more apps and the web.
Expand Expanding CloseWith all users stateside able to test, the shortcut for launching AI Mode is now in the Google app’s Search bar on Android and iOS.
Expand Expanding CloseAfter introducing on iOS earlier this week, the Google app for Android is now widely getting the new ‘G’ icon with an update today.
Expand Expanding CloseGoogle is rolling out a redesign of the Search bar homescreen widget on Android that better emphasizes the optional shortcut.
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