Google announced that its Project Astra, which it unveiled last year, will have additional features and will drive new experiences in Gemini

Next is Project Mariner, which develops agentic capabilities in Gemini. It was launched in December 2024, and Google has been exploring various research prototypes of human-agent systems. The company also previewed a browser-focused AI agent that can make reservations at a restaurant and book appointments.

In its demo, Google showed Project Astra doing all sorts of useful stuff. If you forget where you left your keys, Astra will remember; if you want to crunch a piece of code you’re looking at, just ask; you want to give your dog a nickname, you’re covered.

In a new demo, Google showed how an updated version of Project Astra in the Gemini app could help a user fix their mountain bike. Gemini was able to parse through a user manual, search the web, and call a bike shop all at the same time through low latency voice interactions.

Google is laying out its vision for Project Astra to one day power a version of Gemini that can act as a "universal AI assistant."

Google announced on Tuesday during Google I/O 2025 that Project Astra — the company's low latency, multimodal AI experience — will power an array of new experiences in Search, the Gemini AI ...

I wouldn’t be shocked if the first set of Android XR smart glasses end up costing $500 at the very least. Just a quick search on some of the best smart glasses reveals how the most premium models fetch for around $500 — so it’s only logical to pay more for glasses powered by a robust platform with Gemini at the driver’s seat.

Yes, Google spent pretty much the entire keynote speaking about Gemini AI and a host of new AI features it’s bringing to its various platforms and tools. What’s good is a lot of the new announcements are rolling out today,