For 25 years, the iconic frame (bar) of the search Google was a long, thin line, where users typed keywords such as «World Cup», «News», «Weather» However, in the last three years, artificial intelligence allowed users to type larger, more complex questions, such as «What are the top 24 teams in the World Cup and what are the United States' chances of qualifying?».
According to New York Times reports, on Tuesday (19/5), Google stated that turning to artificial intelligence inspired it to rearrange this iconic cSeeking line for the first time since 2001. The frame becomes bigger and more interactive so that users can ask even bigger questions and upload pictures and videos to their searches.
Introducing our brand new, intelligent Search box — totally reimagined with AI. This is the biggest upgrade to our Search box in 25 years and it’s starting to roll out today.
Designed to anticipate your intent, the new Search box helps you formula your question with AI-powered... pic.twitter. com/hgEI2BzhwV
— Google (@Google) May 19, 2026
In addition, users can submit supplementary questions through one chatbot Google's main search page. The company will offer and digital assistants known as «agents», to automate searches, so that someone looking for an apartment can be informed of new registrations without opening a real estate website.
«Gemini 3.5 Flash», the new artificial intelligence model
Search functions will be supported by a new artificial intelligence model, the Gemini 3.5 FlashGoogle pointed out that the model has improved in the creation of a software code and in the execution of autonomous tasks, works faster and is less expensive in its operation compared to similar models.
THE Sundar Pichai, Google CEO, stressed that the speed and affordable value of Gemini They made it possible to make its wide available, which will ultimately benefit Google.
«When users use our functions based on artificial intelligence in search, they use more search», said Mr Pippi in an interview today prior to Google's annual programmer conference. There, changes in search and Gemini 3.5 were the focus of a presentation of almost two hours with products of the company based on artificial intelligence, including a new video tool, a shopping cart online and a system for autonomous reading and email syntax.
Just off stage at #GoogleIO, some highlights from this morning ???;
Gemini 3.5 Flash is available today for everyone in @antigravity and across our products and APIs.
Compared to 3.1 Pro, 3.5 Flash is better across above all benchmarks with huge progress in code. It’s also... pic.twitter. com/zqTbCCZL9D
— Sundar Pichai (@sundarpichai) May 19, 2026
Google has increasingly reduced its competitors' lead, such as OpenAI, in the field of artificial intelligence and has begun to claim the lead. After OpenAI released ChatGPT in 2022, Google was concerned that newly formed artificial intelligence companies would disrupt its dominance in the search. Concerns became more intense after one of her first artificial intelligence products recommended that users use glue to make pizza.
However, last year, Google established its position as a heavyweight in the field of artificial intelligence. In addition to the Gemini models, it produced artificial intelligence chips and invested hundreds of billions of dollars in data centers for its cloud computing business. The Gemini application, which can do programming and research, now has 900 million active users, roughly the same number as ChatGPT.
More than 900 million users are coming to the Gemini app every month.
A big part of that growth is how fast we’re shipping. Here’s a look back at some of the biggest features we’ve launched this past year. ???? #GoogleIO pic.twitter. com/iLe7BorlT8
— Google Gemini (@GeminiApp) May 19, 2026
Google uses artificial intelligence to infiltrate more areas of the digital economy. Web summaries create more searches, while longer questions provide more information about users and new shopping functions facilitate customer connection with retailers.
Richard Kramer, an economic analyst for Arete Research, said changes helped Google earn more money than advertising. Last year, clicks on Google ads increased by 6%, while the company charged 7% more for each click. The company's annual profits have more than doubled since 2022, reaching 132 billion dollars.
«The open internet is in a state of extinction», said Mr Kramer, referring to the way online traffic often begins and ends with a visit to Google, instead of visiting other websites. «With artificial intelligence, Google turns everyone into raw data providers».
Google's transformation through artificial intelligence stands out particularly in search. In 2024 the company stopped answering certain questions with a list of websites and instead provided automatically created answers called «A.I. Overviews». Last year, he added a search tab called «A.I. Mode», where users can ask multiple questions on the same subject as they would with a chatbot. Google stated that these functions are combined. In the searches they provide «A.I. Overviews», users may submit supplementary questions to the operation , «A.I. Mode», something Mr. Pippi described as «disclosure».
Google also brings in search of one of the greatest innovations of artificial intelligence, software programming. When users investigate complex issues such as as astrophysics, Gemini can create interactive graphics and simulations in the background to provide a more detailed response than the previous website list. The function is based on recent Anthropic and OpenAI products, which created tools that complement automatically code and produce agents to automate tasks such as email management, research and repeated office tasks.
Google announced it introduces an alternative for agents based on Anthropic's Claude Code and OpenAI's Codex. Named «Gemini Spark», the service is integrated into Gmail, Docs and other Google products, where it can convert conference notes scattered into emails and conversations in one Single documentHe can even read and write emails.
Gemini Spark is your new 24/7 personal AI agent.
Give it a task and it works automatically in the background, even if your phone and laptop are turned off. You choose to turn it on and it’s designed to check with you before taking major actions. #GoogleIO
— Google Gemini (@GeminiApp) May 19, 2026
The company also presented a information on its artificial intelligence programming platform. Named «Antigravity 2.0», Google said it would have access to Gemini 3.5 Flash and be able to offer huge cost savings for companies that process daily huge amounts of artificial intelligence data for code drafting.
Introducing Antigravity 2.0, a new standalone desktop application that delivers fully on that original glmpse of a true agent-optimized experience.
Rebuild from the ground up with multi-agent teams, scheduled tasks, native voice and one-click integration with other Google... pic.twitter. com/Mgrpnctesf
— Google Antigravity (@antigravity) May 19, 2026
Although many artificial intelligence laboratories have promoted their models to perform more complex tasks, Google has focused on integration of Gemini deeper into its already popular servicesLike shopping and YouTube. Buyers can now create a shopping cart in search or YouTube as they browse for products, instead of going to a dealer's website to store items to buy.
Google's shopping cart based on artificial intelligence will propose discounts when products come on offer and warn users when choosing items that may be incompatible with each other, such as selecting incorrect chips when assembling a personalized computer or wrong filters when purchasing a coffee maker.
«Gemini Omni», Photo and Video Processing Tool
Google also plans to bring the Gemini in editing photos. The company created a processing tool called «Gemini Omni», το οποίο θα επιτρέπει στους χρήστες, για παράδειγμα, να αλλάξουν ένα βίντεο διακοπών στην εφαρμογή Gemini, ζητώντας από το σύστημα να αφαιρέσει κάποιον από το φόντο. Η εταιρεία δήλωσε ότι τα εργαλεία επεξεργασίας θα είναι διαθέσιμα και στην εφαρμογή φωτογραφιών της στο μέλλον.
We’re dropping Gemini Omni: our first step towards a model that can create anything from anything – starting with video.
It combines Gemini’s intelligence with our generative media systems – representing a leap forward in world understanding, multimodality, and editing ???? pic.twitter.com/GAtqzr0VIV
— Google DeepMind (@GoogleDeepMind) May 19, 2026
Το Omni λειτουργεί ως εργαλείο δημιουργίας βίντεο. Η Google δήλωσε ότι μπορεί να δημιουργήσει βίντεο 10 δευτερολέπτων με ποιότητα Χόλιγουντ, χρησιμοποιώντας εντολές όπως «βίντεο που εξηγούν ένα απόσπασμα από ένα σχολικό βιβλίο» ή «απεικόνιση ενός φανταστικού χαρακτήρα από ένα σκίτσο». Σε αντίθεση με το Sora, ένα δωρεάν εργαλείο δημιουργίας βίντεο της OpenAI που έχει καταργηθεί, το εργαλείο δημιουργίας βίντεο του Omni θα είναι προσβάσιμο μόνο σε συνδρομητές μιας από τις υπηρεσίες τεχνητής νοημοσύνης της Google, οι οποίες κυμαίνονται από 8 έως 250 δολάρια το μήνα.
Ο Koray Kavukcuoglu, διευθυντής τεχνολογίας στο Google DeepMind, το εργαστήριο τεχνητής νοημοσύνης της εταιρείας, δήλωσε ότι η ενσωμάτωση του Gemini στα προϊόντα της Google θα βοηθήσει την εταιρεία να διατηρήσει το προβάδισμα έναντι των ανταγωνιστών της, χάρη στις πληροφορίες σχετικά με τις ανάγκες των χρηστών. «Αυτή η ανατροφοδότηση, αυτό το σήμα που λαμβάνουμε, είναι η πιο σημαντική ροή πληροφοριών που διαθέτουμε», είπε.
Gemini σε γυαλιά ηλίου και μυωπίας
Η Google δήλωσε ότι θα φέρει το Gemini στα γυαλιά αυτό το φθινόπωρο σε συνεργασία με τη Samsung Electronics και τις εταιρείες γυαλιών Warby Parker και Gentle Monster. Τα γυαλιά, τα οποία θα λειτουργούν παρόμοια με τα έξυπνα γυαλιά Ray-Ban της Meta, διαθέτουν κάμερα, μικρόφωνο και ηχεία, ώστε οι χρήστες να μπορούν να ρωτούν το Gemini για το περιβάλλον τους, όπως το όνομα ενός μνημείου που κοιτάζουν. Ο David Gilboa, συνδιευθύνων σύμβουλος της Warby Parker, είπε ότι είχε φορέσει τα γυαλιά για να ζητήσει καθοδήγηση από το Gemini ενώ εγκαθιστούσε ένα νέο κάθισμα αυτοκινήτου για την 3χρονη κόρη του, και επίσης το χρησιμοποίησε όταν εκείνη ρωτούσε «Γιατί;» για κάθε είδους πράγματα. «Αυτά τα γυαλιά έχουν αποτελέσει μια τεράστια ανακάλυψη. Μπορώ πραγματικά να της δίνω ακριβείς πληροφορίες για τις ερωτήσεις της», επεσήμανε.
We’re partnering with @Samsung, @_GentleMonster_ and @WarbyParker on new intelligent eyewear.
Here’s a sneak peek at two designs from this fall’s upcoming collections.#GoogleIO pic.twitter.com/f10T1qATxJ
— Google (@Google) May 19, 2026
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