These Are a Few of My Favorite Things From Google I/O 2026

Google I/O 2026 showcased new Gemini-powered AI features across Docs, Search, YouTube, Flow, and smart glasses.

Docs Live will transcribe voice notes and help organize them, while Search is getting richer multimodal natural-language queries.

Ask YouTube can jump users to exact video moments, and Flow plus Flow Music gained new AI capabilities.

Google also expanded SynthID support in Chrome and linked some features to Google AI Pro and AI Ultra tiers.