At its annual Google I/O 2026 developer conference, Google made one thing very clear — the company wants AI to become the centre of almost everything people use online. From Search and YouTube to Gmail, Docs and even smart glasses, Google spent most of its keynote showing how artificial intelligence is slowly turning into a personal assistant that can search, create, plan, edit and even complete tasks on behalf of users.
The company opened the event by highlighting the growing popularity of its AI products. Google says more than 900 million people now use its Gemini assistant, while users have generated over 50 billion images using Gemini tools. AI Overviews in Search now reportedly has more than 2.5 billion monthly active users.
With AI usage growing rapidly, Google says its goal for 2026 is to place AI agents at the forefront of all its biggest services, including Search, Gmail, YouTube, Docs and the Chrome browser.
