Google I/O 2025: Major AI & Tech Unveils

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Today’s Insights:

• Google I/O 2025 Highlights:

  • Android 16 Desktop Mode

  • Google’s Smart Glasses

  • Google Launches Stitch

  • AI Camera to Search

  • Google Launches Flow

  • Astra Assistant

  • 3D Video Calls

  • Gemini ‘Agent Mode’

  • More…..

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GOOGLE I/O 2025

Google I/O 2025: Everything You Need to Know

1. Android 16 Gets Desktop Mode

Google and Samsung are teaming up to give Android 16 a cool new feature—desktop mode! Like Samsung’s DeX, it lets your phone act like a computer when hooked to a bigger screen. You can move and resize apps, and it’ll work on all kinds of devices like tablets, cars, and even headsets.

2. Google’s Smart Glasses

Google showed off its new smart glasses and XR headset powered by Gemini AI. The glasses can show info, take photos, and even help with stuff like picking books or spotting art styles. Cool tricks like 3D video and AI translation were teased—but since it’s still a prototype, seeing is believing.

3. Google Launches Stitch for UI Design

Google’s new AI tool, Stitch, turns rough sketches or text into real app-ready UI designs—complete with front-end code. You can tweak styles, export to Figma, or skip straight to building. It’s all powered by Gemini and aims to speed up UI work for devs and designers alike.

4. Google Adds AI Camera to Search

Google’s making it easier to search with your camera. Coming soon to Search and iOS, you can show Gemini Live what you’re looking at—like food or books—and get answers instantly. It’s also adding free screen sharing on iOS, no subscription needed. Launch starts this summer in beta.

5. 3D Video Calls Coming to Offices

Google’s turning its 3D meeting tech, Project Starline, into “Google Beam” and shipping it to offices soon. Beam makes video calls feel more real—no headsets needed—using 3D displays and AI. HP’s building the first devices, and features like live translation and screen sharing are on the way.

6. Google Unveils $250 AI Ultra Plan

Google’s new $250/month “AI Ultra” plan gives power users access to its smartest AI tools, including advanced coding help, big storage (30TB!), YouTube Premium, and task automation. It’s out now in the U.S., with upgrades also coming to the cheaper $20/month AI Pro plan.

7. Google’s Astra Assistant Can Now Act on Its Own

Google’s Project Astra, its experimental universal AI assistant, is learning to act without being asked — like reminding you to eat or correcting your homework mid-task. It can now use your phone to complete tasks (like pairing headphones) and access your calendar, email, and web data to assist you. Still in testing, Astra represents Google’s boldest vision yet for AI that’s helpful without being annoying.

8. Google’s AI Lets You Try On Clothes

Google's testing a new AI that shows how clothes look on you—just upload a full-body photo. It’s part of a smarter shopping experience with AI Mode, which helps find perfect products (like travel bags for rainy trips). Soon, Google can even buy things for you with a tap of “Buy for me.”

9. Google Launches Flow for AI Videos

Google just dropped Flow—a new tool to help you make short AI videos using text or images. You can even stitch scenes together, like a mini-movie maker. It’s powered by Google’s latest Veo 3 model, which can now create video with sound. Flow is out now for Google AI Pro and Ultra subscribers.

10. Gemini App Gets ‘Agent Mode’

Google’s Gemini app is getting “Agent Mode,” which lets AI handle tasks for you—like finding apartments. It teams up with Project Mariner, now smarter and able to juggle 10 tasks at once. Plus, a new “Teach and Repeat” trick means it can learn tasks just by watching you do them once.

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Everything else you need to know today

• Shopify Adds AI Store Builder

  Shopify now lets you build an online store with just one sentence. Their new AI tools create banners, designs, and even write code for you—no tech skills needed! You can also chat with their AI helper, Sidekick, using your voice or screen share for support.

• Uber Freight’s AI Boosts Shipping Smarts

  Uber Freight uses AI to help big companies like Colgate-Palmolive manage their shipping data better. Their AI tools, including Insights AI, speed up finding problems and saving money by spotting cheaper or faster shipping routes—all without waiting weeks for reports.

• Operant AI launches Woodpecker

  Operant AI launched Woodpecker, a free open-source tool that helps companies test their cloud and AI systems for security holes. It acts like ethical hackers to find weak spots in apps, APIs, Kubernetes, and AI models—making tough security checks easier for everyone.

• Robot Nurse Tackles Nursing Shortage

  Taiwan’s Nurabot, made by Foxconn and Kawasaki, helps nurses by doing hard tasks like delivering medicine and guiding visitors. Using AI tech from NVIDIA, it reduces nurse workload by 30%, easing burnout and letting nurses care better for patients.

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