Makes Gemini, NotebookLM and the AI inside Gmail, Docs and the rest of Workspace.
- Type
- AI lab
- Last shipped
- Oct 22, 2026
Everything Google shipped
October 2026
- New featureGemini in Google Workspace
Google Meet live translation: Meet now translates speech live in 63 languages and works out which one each person speaks.
- New featureGemini
Gemini day plans: with your OK, Gemini now uses your Google Maps searches, saved places and calendar to plan your day.
- AvailabilityGemini in Google Workspace
Google brought video tile pairing to Google Meet on mobile, improving accessibility for users and language interpreters after its earlier web launch.
- New featureGemini in Google Workspace
Google is rolling out Docs Live to eligible Workspace users, letting them create structured documents by voice in the Google Docs mobile app.
- AvailabilityGemini
Google brought conversational Gemini navigation to Google Maps on Apple CarPlay.
- Launch
Google launched AI Edge Foresight, an on-device macOS meeting companion that enhances shorthand notes and searches local files offline using EmbeddingGemma 2.
- AvailabilityGemini
Google is rolling out Gemini Personal Intelligence on Android Auto, drawing on Gmail, Calendar, Maps and YouTube, with cars that have Google built-in to follow.
- New featureGemini
Google announced new Gemini tools for small business owners, including a dedicated business landing page.
- AvailabilityGemini
Google made Gemini in Google Sheets available on iOS, following its earlier launch on Android.
- New featureGemini
Google added a way to analyze BigQuery data in Google Sheets by asking Gemini questions in plain language.
- New featureGemini
Google lets users export interactive apps built in the Gemini app to Google Sites with one click.
- New featureNotebookLM
Google added insight summaries for teachers and updated sharing settings for admins, including trusted domains, to Gemini Notebook in Google Classroom.
- AvailabilityGemini in Google Workspace
Google made Gemini in Google Sheets available on iOS devices, following its earlier Android launch.
- New featureGemini in Google Workspace
Google lets users analyze BigQuery data in Google Sheets using plain-language questions through Gemini.
- New featureGemini in Google Workspace
Google introduced meeting recaps in Google Chat so teams can follow through on tasks from their meetings.
- New featureGemini in Google Workspace
Google lets Workspace users publish interactive apps built in the Gemini app to Google Sites with one click.
- Availability
Google made Gemini 4 Argon available to Google AI Pro subscribers in AI Studio Build and Playground.
- New featureNotebookLM
Google's Gemini Notebook added 60-second video overviews and interactive quiz formats, and more control over slide decks and video overviews.
- Launch
Google launched new Gemma documentation for developers, with a model selector for code snippets, Markdown export for agents and in-browser on-device demos.
- New featureGemini
Google added Gemini-powered scam-text detection to Android Messages as part of Enhanced Protection.
- AvailabilityGemini in Google Workspace
Google is rolling out Gmail Live and AI Inbox in Gmail to paid Google Workspace users, helping them catch up on email threads.
- New featureGemini in Google Workspace
Gemini in Google Chat can now build a multi-slide Google Slides deck from your chat threads, emails and Drive files.
- New featureGemini in Google Workspace
Google Chat now integrates Atlassian Confluence, showing rich link previews and real-time alerts for Workspace users.
- New modelGemini
Google announced Gemini 4 Argon, a new model built for its users' hardest problems.
- New featureGemini
Gemini can now connect to more than 40 apps, including Instacart, OpenTable, Adobe and Shopify, to handle tasks like ordering groceries and booking tables.
- New featureGemini
Google added a Customize option to the Gemini app's left menu for tailoring how Gemini responds, plus more connected apps.
- New featureGemini in Google Workspace
Google Meet on Android now lets people switch from watching a live stream to joining with audio and video.
- New featureGemini
Google began rolling out skills in the Gemini app and Workspace, with the rollout expected to complete over the coming days.
- AvailabilityGemini
Google made Gemini 4 Argon globally available to developers and enterprises, aimed at coding, enterprise workflows and cyber defense.
- New featureGemini in Google Workspace
Google Sheets now lets you ask Gemini to turn raw ideas into a collaborative workshop board with categorized cards and upvotes.
- New featureGemini in Google Workspace
Google Meet now protects calls with post-quantum cryptography, starting with laptop web clients and meetings.
- New featureGemini in Google Workspace
Google added next steps to the Google Meet post-meeting screen, using Gemini and Workspace Studio to suggest routine follow-up actions for Workspace users.
- Pricing
Google AI Pro plans now include premium Colab benefits with A100 GPUs at 80GB VRAM, and Ultra subscribers can also use H100s.
- New model
Google released EmbeddingGemma 2, a 740M-parameter open model that maps text, code, images, video and audio into one vector space for on-device use.
- New model
Google released Nano Banana 2.1, an image model with better visual design, mask-based editing, subject consistency and more natural-looking images.
- New featureGemini
Google added Guided Vision to Gemini Live, giving spoken camera-reframing cues and audio descriptions, on Android 9 and above where Gemini Live is supported.
- New modelGemini
Google released Nano Banana 2.1, an upgraded image generation and editing model rolling out in the Gemini app, AI Mode in Search, AI Studio and other Google products.
- New featureGemini in Google Workspace
Google added conversational voice features to Google Keep that use Gemini to turn voice notes into organized action items, for Google AI Ultra and Pro subscribers.
September 2026
- New modelGemini
Google introduced Gemini 4 Argon, a model for software engineering, knowledge work and cyber defense with a 1M token output limit, first available to cyber defenders.
- New featureGemini
Google launched skills in the Gemini app globally, saved instructions for repeated tasks that will replace Gems starting in November for personal accounts.
- New featureGemini in Google Workspace
Google Meet added Quick notes, which sends a one-page summary of action items and outcomes to your notes Doc and email inbox.
- New featureGemini
Google expanded Gemini in Chrome so it can pull key takeaways and answer questions about almost any audio or video file after you play it.
- New feature
Google's Antigravity SDK now runs agents locally with Gemma 4 and LiteRT, and supports OpenAI-compatible endpoints such as Ollama, llama.cpp and vLLM.
- New model
Google launched Gemini 3.8 Flash TTS and Gemini 3.8 Flash-Lite TTS, more expressive audio generation models, in the Gemini API and AI Studio.
- New modelGemini
Google released Gemini 3.8 Flash TTS and Flash-Lite TTS text-to-speech models to developers through the Gemini API, with custom voice design.
- New featureGemini
Google let Gemini connect with 13 new apps, including Adobe, Squarespace and Peloton, so users can do tasks without switching tabs.
- New modelGemini in Google Workspace
Google Vids added new creative controls powered by Gemini's Omni 1.1 model, and anyone with a Google Account can test it free on desktop.
- New modelGemini
Google introduced Gemini 3.8 Flash TTS and Gemini 3.8 Flash-Lite TTS, audio generation models for voice design, now rolling out in AI Studio and the Gemini API.
- LaunchGemini in Google Workspace
Google made Ask Gemini available in Google Chat to help users set priorities and prepare for meetings.
- New featureGemini in Google Workspace
Google lets Gemini in Sheets build or edit fully formatted spreadsheets with native formulas and charts from a prompt, using Workspace Intelligence.
- New featureGemini
Google updated Gemini managed agents with a new Antigravity-based harness in AI Studio and the Interactions API, running on Gemini 3.8 Flash for developers.
- New feature
Google added full Gemma 4 12B support, with vision and audio inputs, to its AI Edge Gallery app on Mac, running on 16GB machines.
- New featureGemini in Google Workspace
Google now lets Gemini draft contextual emails straight from a Google Doc, using the document and connected sources.
- New featureGemini in Google Workspace
Google Forms' "Help me create" now generates quizzes with correct answers from a description or from Docs, Slides and PDFs in Drive.
- New model
Google launched Gemini 3.8 Live and Gemini 3.8 Live Extended Thinking, two live dialogue models for developers in AI Studio and the Gemini API.
- New modelGemini
Google launched Gemini 3.8 Live and Gemini 3.8 Live Extended Thinking, voice models now rolling out in Search Live, Gemini Live, the Gemini API and Workspace.
- New featureNotebookLM
Google is rolling out Gemini Notebook updates for students, including real-time chat in nearly 100 languages, mobile lecture recording, interactive study guides and 60-second video overviews.
- New featureGemini
Google added Deep Research to Gemini Live, so users can ask by voice for a report that runs in the background and sends a notification.
- New feature
Google released a first preview of the Gemini API docs built directly into AI Studio, so developers can read docs where they build.
- LaunchGemini in Google Workspace
Google introduced Sheets canvas, which turns spreadsheet data into interactive mini-apps inside Google Sheets with no coding.
- AvailabilityGemini
Google released the Gemini app for Windows 10 and 11 worldwide, opened on the desktop with Alt + Space.
- New featureGemini in Google Workspace
Google added five agentic capabilities to Workspace, letting Gemini carry out cross-app tasks across Docs, Sheets, Slides, Gmail, Drive and Chat.
- New featureGemini in Google Workspace
Google Meet's "Take notes for me" now adds screenshots of presented slides and visuals directly into the meeting notes.
- New modelGemini
Google brought its Gemini 3.5 Transcribe speech-to-text model to the Gemini app for macOS for voice and screen-context tasks.
- New model
Google released Lyria 3.5, a music generation model with more expressive vocals and richer arrangements, in AI Studio, the Gemini API and the Gemini app.
- New modelGemini
Google made Lyria 3.5, its newest music generation model, available in the Gemini app, the Gemini API, Google AI Studio, Flow and Google Vids.
- AvailabilityGemini
Google made Daily Brief in the Gemini app available to more users for free in the U.S.
- New featureGemini
Google added its Lyria 3.5 music model to the Gemini app, with templates, short or longer tracks, and vocal or instrumental styles.
- New featureGemini in Google Workspace
Google is rolling out new Gemini voice capabilities that let users search Gmail, organize notes and brainstorm by voice across Gmail, Docs and Keep.
- New featureGemini
Google is rolling out Gmail Live, Docs Live and Keep Live voice features to Google AI Plus, Pro and Ultra subscribers, with Docs limited to Pro and Ultra.
- New feature
Google made Gemma 4 the recommended local model provider in Android Studio, letting developers use agent mode offline with no token quotas.
- New model
Google released Gemini 3.8 Flash, improving on 3.7 Flash in coding and reasoning, at $0.75 per million input and $3.75 per million output tokens.
- New modelGemini
Google introduced Gemini 3.8 Flash, a model with stronger reasoning for complex agentic and multi-step tasks, with effort controls that scale thinking to the task.
- New modelGemini
Google released Gemini 3.8 Flash to Pro and Ultra users, aimed at more reliable answers and tasks like text analysis and coding.
- New modelGemini in Google Workspace
Google upgraded Sheets canvas to Gemini 3.8 Flash, making custom mini-apps built in Google Sheets faster and smarter.
- New modelGemini
Google released Gemini 3.8 Flash for coding and reasoning, and Gemini 3.8 Flash Cyber, a security model for defenders available by application.
- New feature
Google added agentic video understanding to Gemini, letting the model choose what to watch, which cuts costs up to 66% and token use up to 88%.
- New featureGemini in Google Workspace
Google Meet now saves meeting notes, transcripts and recordings in a "Google Meet" folder in the host's My Drive, with shortcuts for attendees.
- New featureGemini
Google added agentic video understanding to its latest Gemini models, letting developers process long videos with up to 88% fewer tokens through the Gemini API.
- New featureGemini
Google's Android update lets Gemini track items in Find Hub and adds Guided vision in Gemini Live for blind and low-vision users.
August 2026
- AvailabilityGemini
Google added Gemini as a hands-free voice assistant inside Waymo vehicles for cabin control and questions about surroundings.
- New model
Google released Gemini Omni 1.1 Flash, a video model with scene extension, first and last frame control, 360p drafts and 4K upscaling, for developers.
- New featureGemini
Google made scene extension in Gemini available globally to Google AI Plus, Pro and Ultra subscribers, letting them extend a video by describing what happens next.
- New featureGemini
Google lets users extend videos created or uploaded in Gemini from where they left off using Gemini Omni 1.1 Flash.
- New featureNotebookLM
Google lets users add eligible Google Play ebooks to Gemini Notebook to ask questions grounded in the book text and generate overviews, quizzes or infographics.
- New modelGemini
Google released Gemini Omni 1.1 Flash, a video generation and editing model for developers that adds scene extension, start and end frame control, video references and 4K upscaling.
- New model
Google launched Gemini 3.5 Transcribe, a speech-to-text model that removes filler words, handles noisy audio and supports 85+ languages, in the Gemini API and AI Studio.
- New featureGemini
Google added Daily Brief, Gemini Spark, Personal Intelligence and Gmail inbox management to Gemini Live, so users can delegate tasks by voice.
- PricingGemini
Google is offering eligible U.S. college students one year of Google AI Pro at no cost through December 31, 2026.
- New modelGemini
Google introduced Gemini 3.5 Transcribe, a speech-to-text model covering 85+ languages that removes filler words and handles self-corrections.
- New featureGemini
Google added voice dictation, file summaries and copy rewriting into any window to the Gemini app for macOS.
