Google has invested in machine learning and AI research, tools, and infrastructure for more than 20 years to build products that make everyday life better for more people.
In July 2026, Google released three new Gemini models: Gemini 3.6 Flash, 3.5 Flash-Lite, and 3.5 Flash Cyber, designed for higher token efficiency, lower latency, and more reliable performance to enable scaling agentic workflows.
Google launched Gemini Robotics ER 2, its most capable 'embodied reasoning' model yet, built for developers crafting genuinely helpful machines that can chat naturally with people, make sense of their surroundings, and work through complex, multi-step tasks.
With the launch of the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold8 Ultra, Fold8, and Flip8 at Galaxy Unpacked 2026, Google introduced a new native migration experience built directly into Android 17 that lets users transfer more data types from an iPhone wirelessly without downloading a separate app.
Gemini Notebook, formerly known as NotebookLM, is now integrated across the Google ecosystem including inside the Gemini app and Google Search, and updated with a secure cloud computer.
Google introduced the AI & Economy ATLAS, an ongoing, large-scale, de-identified study designed to offer an early view of how AI’s capabilities are advancing, its use is evolving, and how its impact on the economy is being observed.
Google joined forces with BlackRock, Carhartt, and Ford to launch the Alliance for America’s Skilled Trades to build a stronger pipeline for skilled trades workers, scale evidence-based training approaches, and expand opportunities nationwide through cross-industry partnerships.
AlphaEvolve, Google’s Gemini-powered AI code-optimization agent, became generally available to all Google Cloud customers on the Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform to automatically search for better algorithms and return human-readable, optimized code.
Users can now securely link and interact with go-to apps like YouTube Music directly in AI Mode via the Gemini app.
Gemini Spark was expanded to more users worldwide and added a new feature allowing it, with user permission, to use logged-in accounts and saved passwords to handle tedious web errands such as scheduling apartment viewings or researching and starting flight bookings.
Google celebrated 25 years of visual search innovation by announcing a new browseable home for Google Images and image generation through AI Overviews in Search, while also looking back at major launches that transformed image-based searching.
The US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is modernizing its operational supercomputing system by using Google Cloud’s high-performance H4D virtual machines to run its atmospheric models, becoming one of the first organizations to bring numerical weather prediction directly to the public cloud.
Google shared how its teams support crisis resilience efforts with advanced AI-based breakthroughs, detection, and forecasting in alignment with the UN report 'Leveraging AI to enhance multi-hazard early warning systems,' aiming to make timely information available to billions of people.
Three new FireSat satellites successfully launched from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, expanding a global initiative led by the Earth Fire Alliance (EFA) with Google Research to help detect wildfires before they spread.
Google DeepMind and Isomorphic Labs shared a joint approach to bioresilience with a twofold goal: to prevent threat actors from misusing their models, and to ensure governments, scientists, biosecurity experts, and their teams can harness these technologies to build a more resilient world.
Demis Hassabis, founder of Google DeepMind, shared his vision for this critical moment in history.
The AI updates from July 2026 showed how AI can be more practical, creative, and helpful than ever before.
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