Google’s journey through the landscape of artificial intelligence has been nothing short of remarkable.
From its early days as a search engine to becoming a leader in AI technology, Google has continuously pushed the boundaries of innovation.
This article takes you through a detailed timeline, month by month, year by year, showcasing the pivotal AI products and services that have shaped Google’s impact in the tech world.
Last Updated: Nov 20, 2025
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| Nov 20, 2025 | Google just launched Nano Banana Pro (also known as Gemini 3 Pro Image). You can now try it out at Google AI Studio and the Gemini App. |
| Nov 18, 2025 | Google announced Antigravity, an agentic development platform, evolving the IDE into the agent-first era. Download Now |
| Nov 18, 2025 | Gemini 3 Pro is available now in Google AI Studio and the Gemini API. View API Pricing |
| Nov 06, 2025 | Now, Gemini’s Deep Research can pull in info from Gmail, Google Drive, and Chat when you connect your Google Workspace account to give you more context-aware reports. |
| Nov 06, 2025 | Opal is now available in more than 160 countries. Try it Now |
| Nov 06, 2025 | Google launching the File Search Tool, a fully managed RAG system built directly into the Gemini API that abstracts away the retrieval pipeline so you can focus on building. |
| Oct 28, 2025 | Google released Pomelli, an experimental AI marketing tool designed to help you easily generate scalable, on-brand content to connect with your audience faster. Try It Out |
| Oct 16, 2025 | Google just dropped Veo 3.1 and a big Flow update. The best part is adding rich, native audio to key features like image-guided video and scene extension. It’s all about control now. View API Pricing |
| Sep 25, 2025 | Google released updated versions of Gemini 2.5 Flash and 2.5 Flash-Lite, available on Google AI Studio and Vertex AI, aimed at continuing to deliver better quality while also improving the efficiency. |
| Sep 25, 2025 | Google AI Plus expands to 40 more countries. |
| Sep 25, 2025 | Google Search Live lets users talk with Search and share camera views for AI-powered answers, context, and links in real time. |
| Sep 22, 2025 | Google introduced Gemini for Google TV, so you can talk more naturally to the big screen to find the perfect movie, brainstorm a family trip or get help with studying. |
| Sep 18, 2025 | Personalized Gemini “Gems” can now be shared with teammates, friends, or the public using Drive-style permissions (view, use, edit). |
| Sep 09, 2025 | Gemini Canvas: You can now visually edit any part of your web app just by clicking an element and describing the change. No code necessary—just click, describe, and see your updates instantly in preview mode. |
| Aug 14, 2025 | Gemini is more personal now by learning from your past chats (on by default) and launched Temporary Chats that auto‑delete after 72 hours. |
| Aug 05, 2025 | Google DeepMind announced Genie 3, a huge step forward for world models that can generate interactive environments from a text prompt. Read More |
| July 25, 2025 | Google just launched Opal, a new experimental tool from Google Labs that lets you build and share powerful AI mini-apps using natural language and visual editing. Try it Out |
| July 23, 2025 | Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite is now stable and generally available. Read More |
| July 14, 2025 | Google’s first Gemini Embedding text model (gemini-embedding-001) is now generally available to developers in the Gemini API and Vertex AI. See the price |
| June 06, 2025 | The Gemini app just rolled out a new feature called “scheduled actions” that lets you automate tasks and get personalized updates. It’s like having your own proactive assistant! Read More |
| June 05, 2025 | Google’s most intelligent model is getting an update. It’s even better at coding, reasoning, and creative writing. |
| May 31, 2025 | Ability to share your camera & screen in Gemini Live is now available to all Gemini users on Android & iOS. |
| May 27, 2025 | Gemini 2.5 Flash Preview now supports native audio output via the Live API for seamless, natural spoken interactions and greater voice control. |
| May 27, 2025 | AI Overviews are now available in more than 200 countries and territories and in more than 40 languages, with support added for Arabic, Chinese, Malay, Urdu and more. |
| May 20, 2025 | So much cool stuff from Google I/O! Here’s a quick look at some of the highlights: 🎬 Flow: Next-gen AI filmmaking, combining Veo, Imagen, & Gemini for creators. 🎥 Veo 3: Generate cinematic videos with soundtracks, talking characters, and sound effects. 🎨 Imagen 4: Create richer images with incredible detail and typography. 🧠 AI Mode: Get personalized suggestions based on your search history and connected Google apps. 🤔 Deep Think: Enhanced reasoning for Gemini 2.5 Pro. 📱 Gemma 3n preview: Powerful, mobile-first AI. ✨ Stitch: Generate amazing designs & UIs, fast! 🤖 Gemini Code Assist: AI coding assistance for any language. |
| May 19, 2025 | Gemini 2.5 Pro, Google’s most capable AI model, is now available in Preview in Firebase Studio. |
| May 14, 2025 | DeepMind announced AlphaEvolve: A Gemini-powered coding agent for designing advanced algorithms. Learn More |
| May 14, 2025 | Gemini Advanced now connects with Github, making it a more powerful coding assistant. Learn More. |
| May 06, 2025 | New Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview (I/O edition) is live! Better coding perf, reduced function calling errors. Video to code, easier features, faster apps. Learn More. |
| May 02, 2025 | AI Mode is now available to all Labs users in the U.S. Learn More. |
| May 01, 2025 | You can now upload and edit your images directly in the Gemini app. Try It Now. |
| Apr 29, 2025 | Audio Overviews in NotebookLM are now multilingual and available in more than 50 languages. Try it Now! |
| Apr 18, 2025 | Gemini 2.5 Flash is now in AI Studio, Vetex AI, and the Gemini app. Try On Gemini App. |
| Apr 16, 2025 | Google added Starter Apps in Google AI Studio. Get inspiration and start building with native code editing in Google AI Studio using fully functional samples of model capabilities you can edit, share and integrate into your apps. Try it Now! |
| Apr 15, 2025 | Google Veo-2 is now available in Gemini Advanced. |
| Apr 11, 2025 | Google Veo-2 is now free on AI Studio! Try it Now! |
| Apr 10, 2025 | Google Workspace adds new AI tools to Docs, Sheets, Chat and more. Learn More |
| Apr 10, 2025 | Google announced Gemini 2.5 Flash, Gemini’s low latency and most cost efficient thinking model. With 2.5 Flash, you can control how much the model reasons, and balance performance with your budget. |
| Apr 09, 2025 | Google has launched new Agent2Agent(A2A) : An open protocol to enable AI agents from different vendors and frameworks to securely communicate, collaborate, and coordinate actions across enterprise platforms. Source |
| Apr 09, 2025 | Gemini Advanced subscribers can now perform Deep Research with Google’s most intelligent 2.5 Pro (experimental) model. |
| Mar 25, 2025 | Google’s releasing an experimental version of Gemini 2.5 Pro. 2.5 Pro shows strong reasoning and improved code capabilities, with state-of-the-art performance across a range of benchmarks. Source |
| Mar 19, 2025 | Gemini released Canvas, a new interactive space for refining your documents and code and Audio Overview, which transform your files into engaging podcast-style discussions. |
| Mar 14, 2025 | Gemini’s Deep Search & Gems are now free for everyone. Source |
| Feb 06, 2025 | Google Launches Enhanced Gemini 2.0 AI Models with New Features. Source |
| Dec 19 | Google Just Announced “Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking Mode”, an experimental model that’s trained to generate the “thinking process” the model goes through as part of its response. . Source |
| Dec 13 | Google Agentspace: Bringing AI agents and AI-powered search to enterprises. Source |
| Dec 11 | Gemini Flash 2.0 is now in Google AI Studio and the Gemini API. Flash 2.0 is twice as fast as 1.5 Pro while achieving stronger performance, includes new multimodal outputs, and comes with native tool use. Source |
| Dec 07 | Gemini-exp-1206 is now in Google AI Studio and the Gemini API. |
| Dec 04 | Google Cloud announced new video and image generation models (Veo and Imagen 3) on Vertex AI. Source |
| Dec 04 | DeepMind released Genie 2: A large-scale foundation world model. Source |
| Nov 20 | Google rolls out “memory” feature for Gemini Advanced subscribers. Source |
| Nov 17 | Google just launched its latest Gemini model, Gemini-Exp-1114. You can try it now here. |
| Nov 16, 2024 | Google Workspace launched the ability to create unique inline images and full bleed cover images using Gemini in Docs. Source |
| Nov 14, 2024 | Google released Gemini Live, a dedicated Gemini app on iPhones Source |
| Nov 12, 2024 | Gemini Advanced subscribers can now upload files when creating a Gem, equipping the Gem to provide more tailored and contextually relevant responses. Source |
| Oct 31, 2024 | Google has updated their 1.5 Pro model in Gemini Advanced with data quality and various performance improvements. Source |
| Oct 09, 2024 | Imagen 3: Google’s highest quality text-to-image model yet. Simply describe what you imagine, and watch as your ideas transform into visuals, bursting with vivid details and realism, in seconds. Source |
| Oct 04, 2024 | Gemini 1.5 Flash-8B is now production ready. Source |
| Sep 30, 2024 | Google has launched two new Gemini AI models: Gemini-1.5-Pro-002 and Gemini-1.5-Flash-002. Source |
| Sep 27, 2024 | NotebookLM adds audio and YouTube support, plus easier sharing of Audio Overviews. Source |
| Sep 25, 2024 | Google Cloud rolls out new Gemini models, AI agents, customer engagement suite. Source |
| Sep 19, 2024 | YouTube launches AI for short videos, dedicated place to promote small creators. Source |
| Sep 13, 2024 | Google is starting to roll out Gemini Live in English to more people using the Android app, free of charge. Source |
| Sep 12, 2024 | Google announced DataGemma: Using real-world data to address AI hallucinations. Source |
| Sep 12, 2024 | NotebookLM now lets you listen to a conversation about your sources. Source |
| Sep 06, 2024 | Starting today, you can search for photos, videos and information in your Google Photos gallery in a more intuitive and conversational way. Source |
| Sep 04, 2024 | Introducing Gemini Live, a new way to have natural, free flowing conversations with Gemini on your phone. Source |
| Sep 03, 2024 | Google introduced new AI products and features for students, educators, parents and guardians. Source |
| Aug 29, 2024 | New in Gemini: Custom Gems and improved image generation with Imagen 3. Source |
| Aug 28, 2024 | Google AI is rolling out three experimental models: A new smaller variant, Gemini 1.5 Flash-8B A stronger Gemini 1.5 Pro model (better on coding & complex prompts) A significantly improved Gemini 1.5 Flash model |
| Aug 27, 2024 | Google Meet’s newest AI-powered feature, “take notes for me,” has started rolling out today to Google Workspace customers with the Gemini Enterprise, Gemini Education Premium, or AI Meetings & Messaging add-ons. Source |
| Aug 26, 2024 | On Android, Gemini’s overlay offers convenient assistance when and where you need it. Source |
| Aug 26, 2024 | Document Upload and Data Analysis now available for Gemini for Google Workspace add-on subscribers. Source |
| Aug 17, 2024 | Google quietly opens Imagen 3 access to all U.S. users. Source |
| Aug 15, 2024 | Google unveils new Gemini-based AI voice assistant on Android. Source |
| Aug 1st, 2024 | Chrome is getting three new AI features to enhance your browsing experience. Source |
| Jul 31, 2024 | Google announced three new additions to the Gemma 2 family: Gemma 2 2B, ShieldGemma, and Gemma Scope. Source |
| Jul 25, 2024 | Gemini app now gets faster responses with 1.5 Flash, expanded access, and more. Source |
| Jun 20, 2024 | The Gemini mobile app launching in more countries. Source |
| Jun 13, 2024 | The Gemini mobile app is available in Europe. Source |
| Jun 03, 2024 | Enterprise-grade data protections for Workspace for Education customers is now available in Gemini. Source |
| May 23, 2024 | You can now upload your spreadsheets for faster data processing & exploration, presentation-ready charts, and deeper insights in Gemini. Upload Google Sheets, CSVs, and Excel files directly from Google Drive or your device. Source |
| May 14, 2024 | Google introduced VideoFX, plus new features for ImageFX and MusicFX. Source |
| May 14, 2024 | Gemini 1.5 Pro improvements and a new 1.5 Flash model. Source |
| May 04, 2024 | You can now access real-time info from Google apps and services like YouTube, Maps, Flights, and Hotels in over 40 new languages. Source |
| May 04, 2024 | The Gemini app is available in languages like Japanese, Korean, Spanish, Portuguese, and more. Source |
| Apr, 2024 | Google brings AI-powered editing tools, like Magic Editor, to all Google Photos users for free. Source |
| Apr, 2024 | Google & Huggingface released CodeGemma – an official Google release for code LLMs. Source |
| Apr, 2024 | Google’s Gemini 1.5 Pro can now hear. Source |
| Apr, 2024 | Google releases Imagen 2, a video clip generator. Source |
| Mar, 2024 | Google Deep Mind released TacticAI: an AI assistant for football tactics. Source |
| Mar, 2024 | Google Deep Mind present new research on a Scalable Instructable Multiworld Agent (SIMA) that can follow natural-language instructions to carry out tasks in a variety of video game settings. Source |
| Feb, 2024 | Google Deep Mind introduced Genie: a foundation world model trained from Internet videos that can generate an endless variety of playable (action-controllable) worlds from synthetic images, photographs, and even sketches. Source |
| Feb, 2024 | Google has released Gemma 2B and 7B, a pair of open-source AI models built for responsible AI development from the same research and technology used to create Gemini models. Source |
| Feb, 2024 | Google has updated Gemini Advanced, you can now edit and run Python code snippets directly in Gemini’s user interface. Source |
| Feb, 2024 | Google launches AI Cyber Defense Initiative to improve security infrastructure. Source |
| Feb, 2024 | Google introduced Gemini 1.5, the next-generation model that delivers dramatically enhanced performance, with a breakthrough in long-context understanding across modalities. Source |
| Feb, 2024 | Bard will now simply be called Gemini. It’s available in 40 languages on the web, and is coming to a new Gemini app on Android and on the Google app on iOS. Source |
| Feb, 2024 | A new way to discover places with generative AI in Maps. Source |
| Feb, 2024 | Bard with Gemini Pro is coming to more languages; You can create captivating images for work, play, and anything in between with Bard. Source |
| Jan, 2024 | Google released MobileDiffusion: Rapid text-to-image generation on-device. Source |
| Dec, 2023 | Google introduced Gemini, their largest and most capable AI model. Source |
| Sep, 2023 | YouTube added new AI tools for creators and artists. Source |
| Aug, 2023 | Google launched Duet AI for Google Workspace and expanded Duet AI in Google Cloud. Source |
| Jun, 2023 | Google expanded the AI-powered Smart Compose feature to Google Chat, helping you quickly craft a response in Chat, offering contextually aware suggestions that help reduce spelling and grammar errors. Source |
| Jun, 2023 | Google introduced a new AI-powered tool that lets you virtually try on clothing using a diverse set of 80 real models in a range of sizes — from XXS to 4XL — as well as with different skin tones, body shapes, ethnicities and hair types. Source |
| May, 2023 | Magic Editor in Google Photos: New AI editing features for reimagining your photos. Source |
| May, 2023 | Google launched Labs, a home for Google’s experimental AI tools and technologies. |
| May, 2023 | Supercharging Search with generative AI. Source |
| May, 2023 | PaLM 2 advances the future of AI. |
| 2023 | Bard helps you collaborate with generative AI. |
| 2020 | AlphaFold solves the protein-folding problem. |
| 2019 | BERT helps Search better understand queries. |
| 2017 | Google Research introduces the Transformer. |
| 2016 | TPUs enable faster, more efficient AI deployment. |
| 2016 | AlphaGo defeats world champion Go player. |
| 2015 | TensorFlow democratizes AI. |
| 2006 | Google Translate launches |
| 2001 | Machine learning helps Google Search users correct their spelling |
One of the earliest applications of AI at Google involved using machine learning to suggest better spellings for search queries back in 2001. This simple feature helped Google deliver more relevant results even when users didn’t enter perfect search terms. Five years later, the launch of Google Translate used neural machine translation to enable real-time translation between languages, making information more accessible globally.
The introduction of TensorFlow in 2015 was another milestone, providing an open-source AI framework that made the technology more accessible to a wider developer community. This helped accelerate AI innovation across organizations. In 2016, AlphaGo made history as the first AI system to defeat a world champion in the complex game of Go, demonstrating how AI could master tasks believed to be off limits.
Transformers and BERT also drove progress in natural language understanding. Other breakthroughs like AlphaFold solved long-standing scientific challenges around protein folding, while systems like LaMDA and PaLM showcase the rapid advances in conversational and generative AI. As Google marks its 25th year, it continues to shape the responsible development of AI that can help people in their everyday lives.
Google’s journey in AI underscores its relentless pursuit of innovation aimed at solving real-world problems and enhancing user experience. These milestones reflect not just technological advancements but also Google’s vision of harnessing AI’s potential responsibly and ethically. The continued evolution in AI technologies is pivotal for addressing contemporary challenges and unlocking new frontiers in science and technology.
