Google I/O unveiled groundbreaking advancements across its AI ecosystem, with Gemini leading the charge in transforming how we interact with technology,

Google announced a slew of updates to the Gemini app, including a rollout of its Gemini Live video and screen sharing features.

Follow live updates from the Google I/O 2025. Get the latest developer news from the annual conference as Google is expected to reveal more on its AI tool Gemini.

During its Google I/O 2025 keynote on Tuesday, Google tossed around the Gemini name nonstop, to no one's surprise. It also spent some time talking about something called Project Astra, a key part of its visual AI technology.

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Gemini Live Camera and screen sharing was demoed at Google I/O 2025, where it was announced that the service would be rolling out to iPhone users starting the day of the keynote. The feature has been available on Android since April 2025.

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Google says the release version of 2.5 Flash is better at reasoning, coding, and multimodality, but it uses 20–30 percent fewer tokens than the preview version. This edition is now live in Vertex AI, AI Studio, and the Gemini app. It will be made the default model in early June.

Many of the new state-of-the-art tools are bundled into the AI Ultra plan (or the AI Pro plan, which is $20 a month). But for the more casual AI user, Google also has some cool new features you can try right now. Here's a roundup of all the free AI features from Google I/O.

The main update for 2.5 Pro from Google came early. Announced in the first week of May, this update improved Gemini 2.5 Pro’s ability to build interactive web apps. This was a major improvement on the technology, and saw a big push for vibe coding (the ability to code through AI prompts).