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Demis Hassabis said this might be the ‘foothills of the singularity.’ What?

Welcome to a “profound moment for humanity,” according to Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis, who closed out Google I/O’s keynote presentation on Tuesday, saying: Google’s cutting-edge research and products will help unlock AGI’s incredible potential for the benefit of the entire world. When we look back at this time, I think we will realize that […]

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We react to Google I/O 2026

What better way to unwind from a two-hour-long keynote presentation than to pour over the weirdest and wildest details, from a Gmail bot you can converse with to DeepMind’s leader saying the singularity is near. The Vergecast went live right after the show, with Senior AI Reporter Hayden Field joining me to discuss the highlights. […]

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Google gives Gemini a morning routine, a new look, and an AI agent that never sleeps

Google used the opening keynote of I/O 2026 to unveil a wave of updates to its Gemini app, headlined by a feature called Daily Brief, a personalised morning digest that pulls from a user’s inbox, calendar, and task list to deliver a prioritised overview of the day ahead. The feature does not merely summarise, it also suggests […]

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The future of Google is a search box that does everything

Last year, after watching Google’s I/O keynote, I wrote that it felt like Google’s future was Google googling. After watching this year’s I/O keynote on Tuesday, I don’t think Google just wants to google for you – I think it wants to do everything for you, all from a search box. Take the trusty Google […]

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Google launches Android CLI 1.0 so AI coding agents can tap into Android Studio’s full power

Google has released Android CLI at a stable version 1.0, giving AI coding agents a direct line into Android Studio’s capabilities without ever opening the IDE. The announcement, made at Google I/O 2026 on 19 May, is a frank acknowledgement that many developers now build for Android using third-party AI agents rather than Google’s own tools. The […]

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Google wants to own your entire shopping journey with Universal Cart and agent-led payments

Google has unveiled Universal Cart, an AI-powered shopping hub announced at I/O 2026 that lets users add products from across its ecosystem, Search, Gemini, YouTube, and Gmail, into a single persistent cart. The feature, rolling out in the US today, represents the company’s most ambitious bid yet to become the default middleman in online commerce. Universal Cart […]

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Google launches Gemini Spark, a 24/7 agentic assistant you can email like a colleague

Google announced Gemini Spark at I/O 2026, an always-on agentic AI assistant built on Gemini 3.5 and the Antigravity harness. It runs on dedicated cloud VMs, integrates natively with Gmail and Workspace, and will be available to AI Ultra subscribers next week.[/tldr] Google has unveiled Gemini Spark, an always-on personal AI agent that can receive […]

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