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

Google launched Gemini 3.5 Flash, Anti-Gravity 2.0, and a suite of new creative tools including Omni, Flow, Stitch, and Pomelli during day one of Google I/O 2026. The company also unveiled a consumer redesign for Gemini and new Google AI Studio Workspace integrations, though some featured products were not yet available at launch.

read2 min publishedMay 20, 2026

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 real time and tell you exactly which ones delivered.

Listen or watch on YouTube, Spotify, or Apple Podcasts

What you’ll learn:

How Gemini 3.5 Flash benchmarks against Claude and GPT models on speed and agentic coding tasks

How Anti-Gravity 2.0’s new features (projects, scheduled tasks, subagents, slash commands) compare to Codex and Claude Code

Why the /grill-me slash command could be a more aggressive alternative to Claude Code’s clarification flow—and how to use it

How Google AI Studio’s new Workspace integration is designed to own the internal productivity app use case

How Google’s new creative tools work in practice: Omni (video generation), Flow (cinematic video editing and character consistency), Stitch (streaming UI design with inline edits), and Pomelli (brand identity and asset generation)

Why Google’s launch-to-availability gap is still a problem—and what to do when a featured product doesn’t actually work yet

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In this episode, we cover:

([00:00](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-T12Z-8Tbo)) Google I/O 2026 day 1 overview

([01:47](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-T12Z-8Tbo&t=107s)) Gemini 3.5 flash

([04:19](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-T12Z-8Tbo&t=259s)) Antigravity updates

([06:32](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-T12Z-8Tbo&t=392s)) CLI test and agent features

([07:59](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-T12Z-8Tbo&t=479s)) Core agent features released today—May 19th, 2026

([09:43](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-T12Z-8Tbo&t=583s)) New slash commands

([11:20](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-T12Z-8Tbo&t=680s)) Antigravity test results and takeaways

([12:25](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-T12Z-8Tbo&t=745s)) AI Studio updates

([13:52](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-T12Z-8Tbo&t=832s)) Access issues

([15:20](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-T12Z-8Tbo&t=920s)) Gemini redesign

([17:24](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-T12Z-8Tbo&t=1044s)) Gemini image gen test

([19:16](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-T12Z-8Tbo&t=1156s)) Omni (video generation)

([22:56](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-T12Z-8Tbo&t=1376s)) Flow (cinematic editing)

([24:31](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-T12Z-8Tbo&t=1471s)) Avatar creation test

([26:45](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-T12Z-8Tbo&t=1605s)) Pomelli and Stitch

([31:13](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-T12Z-8Tbo&t=1873s)) Recap and final thoughts

Tools referenced:

• Gemini 3.5 Flash: [https://deepmind.google/technologies/gemini/](https://deepmind.google/technologies/gemini/)

• Antigravity: [https://antigravity.google/](https://antigravity.google/)

• Google AI Studio: [https://aistudio.google.com/](https://aistudio.google.com/)

• Google Gemini: [https://gemini.google.com/](https://gemini.google.com/)

• Omni (video generation): [https://gemini.google/overview/video-generation/](https://gemini.google/overview/video-generation/)

• Google Flow: [https://flow.google/](https://flow.google/)

• Stitch: [https://stitch.withgoogle.com/](https://stitch.withgoogle.com/)

• Pomelli (Google brand tool): [https://labs.google.com/pomelli/about/](https://labs.google.com/pomelli/about/)

Other references:

• Google I/O 2026 announcements: https://blog.google/innovation-and-ai/sundar-pichai-io-2026/

Where to find Claire Vo:

ChatPRD: [https://www.chatprd.ai/](https://www.chatprd.ai/)

Website: [https://clairevo.com/](https://clairevo.com/)

LinkedIn: [https://www.linkedin.com/in/clairevo/](https://www.linkedin.com/in/clairevo/)

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