Google I/O 2025- Trying to figure out how many AI startups it killed 🤯🤯
Google I/O 2025 wrapped yesterday, and the wave of announcements has left us buzzing! It's clear Google is embedding its most advanced AI into nearly everything, aiming to make our digital lives and work exponentially more efficient and intuitive. Forget the buzzwords; let's dive into the game-changing features unveiled that you need to know about.
The sheer scale of AI adoption is astounding: Google revealed they are now processing a staggering 480 trillion tokens a month across their products and APIs – a 50-fold increase in just one year!
Gemini 2.5 Pro: The New #1 LLM!
Recognized as the leading large language model across all categories, it's already churning out millions of lines of code every minute on platforms like Cursor. It’s also getting an upgrade with "Deep Think" mode for enhanced reasoning, currently with trusted testers.
Google AI Pro & Ultra Plans: Unlocking Premium AI!
Pro ($19.99/month): Access advanced tools like Flow and NotebookLM.
Ultra ($249.99/month): Get VIP access to the latest features, highest rate limits, Veo 3, Deep Think mode, and the new multitasking Project Mariner (US subscribers).
Gemini 2.5 Flash: Speed and Power by Default!
This model is now the standard, offering incredibly fast performance for free. It's lightweight, highly responsive, excels in reasoning and multimodality, and can generate content 5 times faster than its predecessor, now readily available in the Gemini app, AI Studio, and Vertex AI.
Gemma 3n: A 4B model neck to neck with Claude 3.7 Sonnet?
This new open-source model is engineered to run locally on phones and laptops with as little as 2GB of RAM, processing audio, text, images, and videos without needing the cloud. Preview it now in AI Studio; it boasts an LMArena score of 1283 with its efficient 4B and 2B effective parameter architecture.
MedGemma: AI for Health Insights
Google introduced its most capable open model specifically designed for analyzing complex health-related text and images, promising advancements in medical research and understanding.
AI-First Colab: Your Agentic Coding Partner!
The Colab experience is now fully agentic, powered by Gemini 2.5 Flash, featuring effortless code transformation and a next-generation data science agent for more flexible and iterative querying
AI Mode for Search: Ask More, Get More
Now rolling out to everyone in the U.S., AI Mode in Search handles longer, more complex queries with advanced reasoning. This builds on AI Overviews, already used by 1.5 billion people monthly across over 200 countries.
Gemini in Chrome: Your Browser Gets a Brain
Starting its rollout to Gemini subscribers on desktop, a new Gemini icon in Chrome lets you summarize articles or ask questions about your current page instantly, without tab-switching. Soon, it will even help navigate tabs and automate Browse tasks.
Veo 3: Generative Video with Native Sound - This is AMAZING!!!
This state-of-the-art model now generates video complete with synchronized dialogue, sound effects, and music right out of the box. Create talking characters and cinematic styles, now available to Google AI Pro and Ultra subscribers.
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Imagen 4: Your Pocket Pro-Level Image Generator
Google's best image model yet delivers high-resolution (2K supported) images with accurate text rendering and significantly faster outputs, making professional-quality visuals more accessible.
Gemini Diffusion: Blazing-Fast Image Generation
First diffusion-based and super-fast language model.
Flow: An AI Film Studio at Your Fingertips
For filmmakers and creatives, Google is launching Flow, a new tool that integrates Veo, Imagen, and Gemini to maintain character and visual consistency across every shot. This game-changer is ready for Google AI Pro and Ultra plan subscribers.
jules.google: Your Free AI Coding Agent, Available Now!
Developers, take note: jules.google is a new, free asynchronous AI coding agent that's live and ready to assist with your coding tasks.
Canvas: Your New AI-Powered Creative Studio
Create code, quizzes, infographics, or even podcasts using simple text prompts, all powered by Gemini 2.5 Pro for faster and smarter content generation.
AI Avatars in Google Vids: Personalized Video Messages
Coming soon, you'll be able to write a script and choose a pre-designed AI avatar to deliver your message in Google Vids, perfect for onboarding, announcements, or product explainers.
Gemini Live
Available on Android and iOS, this feature allows real-time interaction with Gemini through your device's camera, integrating with apps like Maps and Calendar for contextual assistance.
Gemini App Integrations
In a few weeks, Gemini Live will connect with Google Maps, Calendar, Tasks, and Keep, allowing you to say things like, “Add this [pointing at an event flyer] to my calendar.”
Agent Mode in Gemini
Coming soon for subscribers, Agent Mode will allow Gemini to take action on complex goals like "Help me find and book an apartment," by breaking down tasks, Browse, shortlisting, and even contacting agents.
Personal Smart Replies in Gmail
Rolling out to subscribers, Gemini will soon be able to draft email replies by pulling relevant details from your other Google apps, written in your personal style.
Deep Research with Custom Uploads
Upload your PDFs, screenshots, or notes, and Gemini will combine this with public data to provide comprehensive, contextual research reports. Google Drive and Gmail integration are on the way.
Real-Time Speech Translation in Google Meet
Have natural, free-flowing conversations across languages as Google Meet now translates speech in real-time, matching your tone and vocal patterns. This is launching now for subscribers.
NotebookLM with Video Overviews
Your AI research assistant now supports video, allowing it to generate overviews and insights from video content to enhance your research projects.
Stitch: AI for App Design and UI Generation
Google unveiled Stitch, an AI tool designed to help developers and designers by generating UI elements and corresponding code for app creation.
Google’s new “try it on” feature
Google’s new tool for trying on clothes, which can put what you’re considering right onto a photo of yourself
Project Astra
Google demoed Project Astra, showcasing a future where AI can see, hear, and understand the world around you in real-time, with potential applications in AI glasses and Search.
Beam: Lifelike 3D Teleconferencing
Evolving from Project Starline, Beam uses a new video model for incredibly realistic 3D video calls, featuring millimeter-perfect head tracking at 60fps, all in real-time. Expect to see this ship later in 2025, complete with AI translation.
Android XR Glasses: Immersive Experiences Coming
A live demo of Android XR glasses hinted at Google's continued development in augmented reality, powered by AI.
SynthID Detector: Verifying AI-Generated Content
To promote responsible AI, Google is providing tools like the SynthID Detector to help identify and verify content created by AI.
Study Smarter with Interactive Quizzes
Ask Gemini to "@question_retrieval Quiz me on thermodynamics," and get interactive questions with instant feedback, followed by personalized quizzes based on your performance.
Google I/O 2025 has truly set the stage for a future where AI is not just a tool, but an intelligent collaborator woven into the fabric of our digital experiences. The pace of innovation is thrilling, and we can't wait to see how these new capabilities will empower users and developers worldwide!