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What launched at Google I/O 2026 (30-minute day 1 recap)

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What launched at Google I/O 2026 (30-minute day 1 recap)

How I AI

18 HOURS AGO
How I AI

How I AI

18 HOURS AGO
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Today is day one of Google I/O 2026, and I walk through every major announcement live—from the new Gemini 3.5 model family to Anti-Gravity 2.0, Google AI Studio, Gemini’s consumer redesign, the Omni video model, Flow, Stitch, and Pomelli. I test them in re...

Highlights

This episode provides a live, hands-on review of the major announcements from Google I/O 2026 Day 1. The host tests new models and tools in real-time, offering a practical perspective on their performance and utility beyond the official presentations.
00:04
Gemini 3.5 and creative tools launched
01:52
Gemini 3.5 Flash rivals top coding models but is four times faster
04:19
Anti-Gravity 2.0 feels like catch-up to Codex and Claude Code
06:32
Convert blog generator UI into API for AI agents
07:59
Anti-Gravity 2.0 introduces subagents, hooks, projects, and slash commands.
09:43
Anti-Gravity 2.0 introduces new slash commands.
11:23
Anti-Gravity 2.0 quickly creates a programmatic API endpoint.
12:26
Google AI Studio now integrates with Google Workspace
13:52
Feature unavailable despite being a paying customer.
15:20
Google's branding is a mess.
17:24
The face result was poor.
19:18
Omni generates longer, consistent, photorealistic videos.
22:56
Cinematic video editing with Omni integration.
24:31
Google announces products that don't work on launch day
26:45
Google focuses on design systems for AI via design.md.
31:17
Video tools and Flash model speed are most exciting.

Chapters

Google I/O 2026 day 1 overview
00:00
Gemini 3.5 flash
01:47
Antigravity updates
04:19
CLI test and agent features
06:32
Core agent features released today—May 19th, 2026
07:59
New slash commands
09:43
Antigravity test results and takeaways
11:20
AI Studio updates
12:25
Access issues
13:52
Gemini redesign
15:20
Gemini image gen test
17:24
Omni (video generation)
19:16
Flow (cinematic editing)
22:56
Avatar creation test
24:31
Pomelli and Stitch
26:45
Recap and final thoughts
31:13

Transcript

Claire Vo: Welcome back to How I AI. I'm Claire Vo, product leader and AI obsessive, here on a mission to help you build better with these new tools. Today was the first day of Google I/O, Google's flagship event, where they launched. So many products, so ...