Catch up on major Google AI moments this year across Gemini, Search, Pixel and more.

General summary

Google had a busy 2025 with many AI product and feature announcements. Gemini updates, AI Mode in Search and new hardware were just a few of the highlights. Look forward to more AI advancements from Google in 2026.

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As 2025 comes to a close, it’s only natural to look back on our biggest AI moments of the year. And what a year it’s been — we shared hundreds of AI announcements about products and features meant to make people’s lives easier in ways big and small. Take a look back at some of our biggest AI news this year (and check out our favorite AI tips we shared this year, too.)

January

New year, new AI. We kicked off 2025 with a bunch of updates to Gemini, Android, Google TV, educational tools like NotebookLM and more — all to bring the benefits of AI right into your hands. Here were some of the top Google AI news stories of the month:

1. A more powerful Android assistant with Gemini
2. All the Android updates coming to the Samsung Galaxy S25 series and more
3. New Google education tools for 2025
4. Here’s what’s new with Google TV at CES
5. Try Gemini 2.0 Flash in the Gemini app

February

In February, our CEO Sundar Pichai shared that he believes AI is the most profound shift in our lifetimes. To that end, the month’s news showed how AI is making a real difference, from helping people find new jobs to helping scientists create novel hypotheses and research plans. Here were some of the top Google AI news stories of the month:

1. Gemini 2.0 is now available to everyone
2. Get coding help from Gemini Code Assist — now for free
3. A new experiment to help people explore more career possibilities
4. We’re launching a new AI system for scientists
5. Use Lens to search your screen while you browse on iOS

March

AI Mode in Search debuted in March, and it’s been evolving ever since to help you find answers to your toughest questions. Other heavy AI hitters this month included the introduction of Gemini 2.5 and Gemma 3, along with a slew of Gemini updates for creativity and collaboration. Here were some of the top Google AI news stories of the month:

1. Gemini 2.5: Our most intelligent AI model
2. Introducing Gemma 3: The most capable model you can run on a single GPU or TPU
3. Expanding AI Overviews and introducing AI Mode
4. New Gemini app features, available to try at no cost
5. New ways to collaborate and get creative with Gemini

April

Our April AI announcements ran the gamut: On the infrastructure side, we unveiled Ironwood, our latest TPU. And to foster creativity, we brought our video generation model Veo 2 to new products. Some language-related news — about both humans and dolphins! — put an extra spring in our April AI step. Here were some of the top Google AI news stories of the month:

1. Generate videos in Gemini and Whisk with Veo 2
2. Little Language Lessons uses generative AI to make practicing languages more personal
3. DolphinGemma: How Google AI is helping decode dolphin communication
4. Ironwood: The first Google TPU for the age of inference
5. 6 highlights from Google Cloud Next 25

May

The return of Google I/O meant that many of the month’s biggest announcements stemmed from our annual developer conference. We explained how we’re making AI more helpful with Gemini, welcomed our AI filmmaking tool, Flow, to the stage and shared plenty more exciting updates across a ton of products. Here were some of the top Google AI news stories of the month (and as a bonus, here are 100 things we announced at I/O 2025).

1. Google I/O 2025: From research to reality
2. Meet Flow: AI-powered filmmaking with Veo 3
3. Introducing Google AI Ultra: The best of Google AI in one subscription
4. Shop with AI Mode, use AI to buy and try clothes on yourself virtually
5. AI in Search: Going beyond information to intelligence

June

In June, we dove into updates to help people more easily build and create with Gemini, find information with Search Live and use technology more naturally day-to-day with Android. Here were some of the top Google AI news stories of the month:

1. Gemini CLI: your open-source AI agent
2. Android 16 is here
3. Search Live: Talk, listen and explore in real time with AI Mode
4. We’re expanding our Gemini 2.5 family of models
5. Advanced audio dialog and generation with Gemini 2.5

July

July hinted at the many different ways Googlers are bringing AI to products and tools meant to make people’s lives easier and more productive. Animating images with a new photo-to-video capability in Gemini? Sure! Unsubscribing from emails with Gmail's new "Manage subscriptions" feature? Yes, please. Here were some of the top Google AI news stories of the month:

1. Turn your photos into videos in Gemini
2. More advanced AI capabilities are coming to Search
3. New ways to learn and explore with AI Mode in Search
4. Declutter your inbox with Gmail’s newest feature
5. We've got a surprise Pixel Drop for you

August

August tends to be a big month for hardware at Google, and this year was no exception thanks to our latest Pixel lineup. We also officially unveiled Nano Banana, our viral image editing model from Google DeepMind. Here were some of the top Google AI news stories of the month:

1. Powerful and proactive: Pixel 10 phones are here
2. Image editing in Gemini just got a major upgrade
3. Bringing the best of AI to college students for free
4. Try Deep Think in the Gemini app
5. Flight Deals is our new, AI-powered flight search tool

September

Chrome took center stage in September as we made many new updates to help you get things done faster, easier and more safely than ever with new AI features. We also shared Pixel and Android drops, plus the official launch of Search Live. Here were some of the top Google AI news stories of the month:

1. Go behind the browser with Chrome’s new AI features
2. Chrome: The browser you love, reimagined with AI
3. 5 ways to get real-time help by going Live with Search
4. New on Android: Write smarter, share quicker and remix emoji
5. Material 3 Expressive updates and more in the latest Pixel Drop

October

In October, we announced a specialized model built on Gemini 2.5 Pro’s capabilities to power agents that can interact with user interfaces. We also shared updates to generative AI tools, Google Home and Nano Banana. Here were some of the top Google AI news stories of the month:

1. Introducing the Gemini 2.5 Computer Use model
2. Introducing Veo 3.1 and advanced capabilities in Flow
3. Our newest Google Home devices are built for Gemini
4. How a Gemma model helped discover a new potential cancer therapy pathway
5. Nano Banana is coming to Google Search, NotebookLM and Photos

November

With the announcement of Gemini 3, November marked one of our biggest news moments of the year. Although many of the month’s top announcements were Gemini 3-related, we were hard at work elsewhere, too — like Google Maps. Here were some of the top Google AI news stories of the month:

1. A new era of intelligence with Gemini 3
2. Introducing Nano Banana Pro
3. Start building with Gemini 3
4. Gemini 3 brings upgraded smarts and new capabilities to the Gemini app
5. Google Maps navigation gets a powerful boost with Gemini

December

We didn’t let up as we rounded the bend of 2025. Instead, we squeezed even more AI news into an already jam-packed year with the introduction of Gemini 3 Flash, our annual Year in Search release and still more announcements to round us out. Here were some of the top Google AI news stories of the month:

1. Gemini 3 Flash: frontier intelligence built for speed
2. Gemini 3 Flash is rolling out globally in Google Search
3. Year in Search 2025: What and how we searched this year
4. Stay organized and express yourself with Android 16’s new updates
5. Bringing state-of-the-art Gemini translation capabilities to Google Translate

2025 was a banner year for AI at Google, with launches and updates spanning a ton of products. Even though the topics ran the gamut, our theme remained making AI helpful for everyone — and there’s even more to come in 2026.

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