Google Unveils Gemini 3.5 and Redesigned Search With AI Agents

Google unveiled a comprehensive suite of new artificial intelligence products and a major redesign of its core Search engine during its annual developer conference, signaling a deep integration of generative AI across its consumer and developer platforms. The announcements included new AI models, hardware partnerships, and updates to Android and wearable software.

The centerpiece is a fully reimagined Google Search interface, which the company described as its most significant redesign in over 25 years. The new search box, powered by the Gemini 3.5 Flash AI model, will dynamically expand to accept text, images, files, videos, and browser tabs as inputs. A key new feature is "information agents"—persistent AI assistants that monitor the web around the clock based on user-defined topics, such as tracking product collaborations or scanning apartment listings, and deliver alerts via push notification. These agents will roll out this summer initially to premium subscribers in the United States. The company also demonstrated agentic coding within Search, allowing it to generate custom mini-apps and dashboards on the fly. Google stated that its AI Mode in Search has surpassed 1...