Google rounds up its big May 2026 AI updates
Google shared a recap of its May 2026 AI announcements. The main news is Gemini 3.5, Gemini Omni, and AI tools that can handle more tasks in the background. For solo makers, this matters because coding, search, and video creation may become faster inside Google tools.
Key points
- Gemini 3.5 is built to handle multi-step work and coding tasks better.
- Gemini Omni can take text, images, audio, and video, then create new video from them.
- Google Search is getting coding features and custom visual tools for some questions.
- The Gemini app is moving toward helping with inboxes, schedules, and daily tasks in the background.
Quick term guide
- Go
- A programming language often used to build fast server tools.
- share
- A server folder made available to apps or other devices.
- Gemini 3.5
- Google's new AI model announced in this update.
- Gemini Omni
- Google's AI model that can use different input types to create video.
- AI tools
- Software that can help create text, code, images, or other work.
- IDE
- A software tool that combines a code editor, a way to run code, and error checking all in one app.
- ping
- The time (in milliseconds) it takes for a signal to travel from your device to another and back — lower means faster response.