Google I/O 2025 Conference: Key Announcements

Google unveiled a slew of new AI-powered technologies at its annual I/O 2025 developer conference. One of the new features is AI Mode, a new search tab powered by the Gemini AI chatbot that’s currently only available to users in the U.S. This summer, Google will begin testing deep search and charting for financial and sports queries, and in the coming months, it will add the ability to shop through AI Mode.

Google also announced Imagen 4, an improved text-to-image generator that handles text better and supports more export formats, including square and landscape options. It also introduced Veo 3, a new AI tool for creating videos with sound, and Veo 2 gained camera control and object removal features.

The new Flow app will let you create 8-second videos from text or images using technology from Veo, Imagen, and Gemini. It will also have tools for editing scenes and assembling longer videos. Google is partnering with Xreal to develop Project Aura smart glasses based on Android XR with Gemini integration, wide-angle viewing, and built-in cameras. The company is also partnering with Samsung, Gentle Monster, and Warby Parker on other smart glasses.

The Gemini AI assistant is coming to the Chrome browser: starting May 21, Google AI Pro and Ultra subscribers can use it to analyze web pages, summarize information, and navigate sites. For now, the feature works with two tabs, but support will expand later. Google Meet has added real-time speech translation (for now, only English and Spanish) for Pro and Ultra subscribers.

Google announced two AI tools for developers — Stitch and Jules. Stitch turns text descriptions or screenshots into ready-made interface code (HTML/CSS) with the ability to customize the design and export to Figma. It runs on Gemini 2.5 Pro. Jules is an AI assistant for GitHub repositories: it fixes bugs, writes tests, updates dependencies, and adds features while keeping the code private. Both tools are available through Google Labs.