Google I/O 2026: Android 17, Antigravity 2.0, and New AI Search Experience Unveiled
Google announced Android 17 with Gemini Intelligence to enable AI agents on phones, launched Antigravity 2.0 globally with 12x speed improvements, and rolled out a unified AI Search experience that blends traditional results with AI-generated answers across all devices.
Android 17 & On-Device AI
Google unveiled brand new AI features for Android 17, including Gemini Intelligence which lets AI agents take control of your Android device and perform tasks autonomously, plus more robust voice-to-text recognition, autofill smarts, and enhanced digital well-being settings.
Antigravity 2.0 Developer Tools
Google is launching Antigravity 2.0, an agent-first app for the desktop that uses Gemini 3.5 Flash, with Gemini 3.5 Flash being 12x faster in Antigravity, and Antigravity 2.0 is available globally for everyone.
Unified AI Search
Google is combining AI Overviews and AI Mode into a unified experience where users can move seamlessly between traditional search results, AI-generated answers and follow-up conversations without losing context, with the deeper users go into conversations, the more relevant links and sources become, and the updated AI search experience is rolling out globally today across desktop and mobile. Google Search will now run on Gemini 3.5, and Search will help you formulate your question and field follow-up queries in a dedicated, chatbot-style box underneath your initial results.
Googlebook Platform
The company announced its new Googlebook platform for AI-first laptops made in partnership with companies like Acer, HP, Lenovo, and Dell.