Google Updates Search and Gemini Features at I/O 2026

Google presented updates to its search bar and Gemini artificial intelligence tools during its I/O 2026 keynote on Tuesday. The search bar will expand dynamically as users type longer queries. It will also offer AI-powered suggestions that go beyond standard autocomplete.

Search results will include AI Overviews that let users continue asking questions in AI Mode. Google will generate custom pages with AI summaries instead of traditional link lists. Results will become more personalized through custom user interfaces, including interactive visuals and graphs generated within the search page.

Users will be able to ask Google to create information agents that track topics such as sneaker releases or apartment listings.

Gemini will send users a Daily Brief based on data from Gmail and Google Calendar. A new feature called Gemini Spark will let users build custom agents. Google is expanding Personal Intelligence, which incorporates context from other Google apps into Gemini responses.

In Workspace apps, users will be able to speak commands to Gmail, Docs, and Keep for tasks such as inbox parsing and document drafting.

A new Universal Cart will track items across Search, Gemini, Gmail, and YouTube and allow checkout through Google payments. YouTube is testing an AI Mode experience that assembles search result pages instead of simple video lists. New Gemini Omni models will let users create videos from existing videos, images, and audio. The models are designed to generate additional media types in the future.