New ways to create and get things done in Google Workspace

Google expands Gmail’s AI Inbox with conversational voice search, letting users ask Gemini to find buried email details.

Google has big promises for its AI-powered future - and a lot of it depends on your trust. At I/O 2026, Google described a bunch of new tools that it claims will make your life easier. Gemini Spark, Google's always-on AI agent, can help organize an upcoming event, while Daily Brief can offer a rundown of what to expect during your day. Google is even expanding access to Gmail's AI inbox, which can generate custom to-do lists and draft personalized replies based on your emails. Many of these features seem genuinely useful, but at the heart of each of them is an AI engine that runs on a trove of personal information. While other AI companies, … Read the full story at The Verge.

Google CEO Sundar Pichai on stage at I/O 2026. | Screenshot: YouTube Google's I/O 2026 keynote today was once again full of AI-related announcements including a new family of Gemini 3.5 AI models, new features for Search and Gmail, and updates about its Project Aura smart glasses. If you weren't able to tune into the event's livestream today or follow along with our live blog, you can catch up on everything you missed in our roundup below. Gemini 3.5 Google launched updated AI models at I/O, starting with Gemini 3.5 Flash, with Gemini 3.5 Pro following next month. Starting today, Gemini 3.5 Flash will be the default model for the Gemini app and AI Mode in Search. Google says the new model is significantly … Read the full story at The Verge.

Google expands Gmail’s AI Inbox with conversational voice search, letting users ask Gemini to find buried email details.

At the I/O developer conference, Google announced a new agentic personal assistant called Gemini Spark, built from Gemini's base models and an agentic harness from Google Antigravity.

Google is letting users create drafts, take notes, and search for email with voice with the new Workspace update

Google is going all in on AI-driven shopping even as some competitors back off. At Google I/O, the company unveiled the latest iteration of its AI commerce tools: a "Universal Cart" that works across different retailers and Google products like Gemini - and eventually YouTube and Gmail, too. Users can add products to Google's universal cart as they browse Search and chat with Gemini and then check out through Google. The cart will also track prices, provide in-stock notifications, suggest potential discounts, and alert shoppers to potential issues with their selections. Despite the transformative changes AI has brought to the workplace, … Read the full story at The Verge.

Google is launching a big new feature for Gmail called Gmail Live, a new AI-powered voice mode that's basically the Gemini Live experience but built specifically for your inbox. To use Gmail Live, tap an icon that will appear in your search bar and just start talking. In a press briefing, a Google employee showed a live demo of the feature where she asked questions about things like events at her kid's school and an upcoming trip to Detroit. Gmail pulled up relevant details in the Gmail Live interface, like the date and location of a show-and-tell event at the school, all sourced from the employee's inbox. It was an intriguing demo, and yo … Read the full story at The Verge.