The 5 Google I/O Announcements That Actually Matter
AI was front and center in nearly every announcement at Google I/O, but some features are more useful than others.
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Google’s annual I/O developer conference, which kicked off on Tuesday in Mountain View, California, was full of announcements of new AI features, hardware and tools. Our reporters were on the ground covering every update on CNET’s live blog.
Here's a recap of some of the highlights.
Gemini Spark task automation
AI was front and center at Google I/O this year, and the headline announcement was Google’s new “personal AI agent," called Gemini Spark. Similar to Anthropic’s Claude Cowork or Microsoft 365 Copilot, Gemini Spark will run 24/7 in the background to offload tasks.
It can comb through your various Google software accounts like Gmail, Docs and chats to perform tasks like compiling info from your documents into weekly emails to your team or sending out...
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