Top AI Announcements from Google I/O 2025
The past two Google I/O conferences have been primarily AI events, and the 2025 edition was no different. Google unveiled numerous AI features across its popular products, promising to revolutionize how we shop, video call, manage our inbox, search the web, create images, edit videos, code, and more. After sifting through the announcements, I’ve identified the top 8 AI features that are either immediately useful or indicate significant changes on the horizon.
1. Inbox Cleanup
The new Inbox Cleanup feature allows users to ask Gemini to clean their inbox using conversational prompts. For example, you can say, ‘Delete all my unread emails from The Groomed Paw from last year,’ and Gemini will take care of it in seconds.
2. Agentic Shopping
Google introduced an ‘agentic checkout’ feature in AI Mode that tracks product prices and automatically places orders when the price drops to a user-specified amount. This feature is particularly useful during sales events like Black Friday.
3. Free Gemini Live Multimodal Access
Gemini Live, with its camera and screen sharing capabilities, is now free for everyone on both Android and iOS. This feature enhances the voice assistant’s ability to understand and respond to user queries based on their surroundings.
4. AI Mode for All
Google is making AI Mode, its search experiment combining traditional search with chatbot conversational nature, available to all users. This move indicates a significant shift in how Google Search will function in the future.
5. Veo 3
Veo 3, Google’s video generator, can now add audio to videos, including background noises and dialogue. This feature brings video content creation to the next level and competes with OpenAI’s Sora AI video generator.
6. Jules Asynchronous Coding Agent
Jules, Google’s coding agent, is now available to all users without a waitlist. It can debug code, build new features, write tests, and more, all while ensuring user code privacy.
7. Android XR
Android XR represents a glimpse into the future of AI integration in the physical world. When paired with Gemini, these glasses provide enhanced assistance by understanding the user’s environment through microphones, cameras, and speakers.
8. Google Beam
Google Beam is a revolutionary 3D video platform that creates natural and intuitive virtual conversations. It combines AI video models with light field display technology, promising to transform workplace communications.
These announcements showcase Google’s commitment to integrating AI into various aspects of user experience, from productivity and shopping to content creation and virtual communication.
