Google Annual I/O conference 2025 and updates you can't miss
Google released a lot of updates at its annual I/O conference.
One of them, which has been a success, is 3D video conferencing (it reminds me a bit of the era when 3D movies were a big boom in 2009). So I assume that we may soon see 4D and 5D experiences. 😅
In any case, I found the real-time video call interpretation/translation feature much more useful.
Other things that Google improved:
🛍️ Shopping & E-commerce
AI mode for shopping: Visual, personalised product browsing with smart filtering.
Agentic checkout: Auto-purchase when the price drops to your preferred level.
Virtual try-on: AI overlays clothes on user photos for realistic previews.
🧑💻 Avatars & Devices
AI avatars: Digital presenters for shopping or streaming.
AR glasses: Developed with Gentle Monster and Warby Parker.
🧠 AI Tools & Creation
File-based generation: Create reports/infographics from Drive/Gmail files.
Imagen 4 & Veo 3: Enhanced image and video generation tools.
Flow: Tool for creating AI-generated films using Google's media tools.
🔍 Search
AI mode in search: Handles complex, multi-step queries.
Deep search: Generates expert-level, fully-cited reports using hundreds of queries.
Multimodal search: Interactive search using your camera and voice in real-time.
🗣️ Communication & Video
Real-time speech translation in Google Meet: Translates and mimics tone/voice.
Google Beam: 3D video chat using AI and multiple cameras for immersive calls.
Which of these features will you definitely give a try?
My attention was grabbed predominantly by Flow (for AI videos), tho not available in my country; Virtual Try-on; File-Based Generation and Real-Time Speech Translation in Google Meet.
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Some of them will be here soon? https://killedbygoogle.com/
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@malithmcrdev That's cruel :D
Google is trying to embed AI into the fabric of everyday tools rather than launching completely separate AI products. Some of these features like file-based generation and real-time speech translation feel genuinely useful, especially for remote work and global teams.
BUTT I’m cautiously optimistic. Google has a track record of showing off impressive tech that never really makes it past the demo phase (remember Duplex?). I hope this time they focus on stability and real-world adoption, not just innovation for headlines.
um, anyone here has actually tried any of these already? How’s the performance?
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@hamza_afzal_butt Some of those above-mentioned are not available in my country yet. To be honest, they can have a hard time in the battle between Google vs. OpenAI because their Ad revenues could decrease because of the search ads. We prompt.
I'm a bit skeptical on the convenience of using Google Beam, but the real-time speech translation sounds exciting! Although it is still probably worse than just speaking the same language, we are one step closer to removing Gloria's famous phrase from our lifes! "Do you even know how smart I am in Spanish?"
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@david_camacho_cateura1 Yeah, to know another foreign language while having live chat will not be a flex anymore :D (but I want to learn anyway) :)