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Last month, we published our latest research on Co-Scientist, our collaborative AI system designed to help researchers and scientists develop complex hypotheses. We’ve been testing the system with teams globally, and here are just a few ways it’s already having an impact ⬇️ goo.gle/4ezP5tu

4 ways researchers are collaborating with Co-Scientist to solve big problems

Learn how researchers are collaborating with Google's Co-Scientist to tackle complex scientific problems.

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Gemini can help small business owners juggle the many hats required to grow their businesses. 👇 Here’s how one owner, Hrag Kalebjian of Henry’s House of Coffee in San Francisco, used Gemini to save time on graphic design, email marketing and sales forecasting. goo.gle/4aFRDE3

3 ways this coffee shop is growing with Gemini

Small businesses like coffee shops can use Gemini to save time on graphic design, email marketing and sales forecasting.

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AlphaEvolve is now Generally Available (GA) via Google Cloud. Built in partnership with Google DeepMind, this Gemini-powered agent brings autonomous algorithm optimization to your hardest engineering and research problems.

Image reads "AlphaEvolve on Google Cloud" with the Google Cloud logo at the top and the subtext "Define | Measure | Optimize | Apply" below the main title. The white text sits against a black background, with a vibrant, wavy, 3D abstract shape in purple and yellow along the bottom.

20 years ago, Google Translate started as a small experiment to help people learn, speak and connect more deeply than ever before. Today we're taking a big step forward with Gemini 3.5 Live Translate — our latest audio model for live, speech-to-speech translation across 70+ languages. 🗣️

Project Genie is a Google Labs experiment that lets you simulate dynamic worlds you can navigate in real time. At #GoogleIO, we announced that we're connecting Project Genie to nearly 20 years of Street View data from Maps — so you can now build interactive spaces based on real-world locations.

More than 4 billion users rely on Google Workspace apps like Gmail, Docs, and Drive to create, collaborate, and get things done. Here are new ways that AI can help you do even more, announced last week at Google I/O 🧵⬇️

Google, Apple and GSMA have led a cross-industry effort to make the RCS messaging standard more secure and private with end-to-end encryption. #E2EE for RCS messaging begins rolling out to Android and iPhone users today. This capability will gradually roll out over the coming months.

AlphaEvolve, our Gemini-powered coding agent, is helping find better, faster ways to solve the world's most complex challenges. Today, it's being used across fields from enabling complex molecular simulations to better predicting the risk of natural disasters. Learn more → goo.gle/4u3pUEW

The countdown to #GoogleIO is on, and we want you to build it 🛠️✨ Create a concept in Canvas or Google AI Studio by May 6th with a large central number between 1 and 10. The 10 best concepts will be stitched together to form a countdown that runs entirely in code!

Google Arts & Culture is collaborating with @royalsociety.org and NotebookLM to launch a Featured Notebook called “The Science of Benjamin Franklin”. Now you can use NotebookLM to dig into The Royal Society’s historical archives to uncover Benjamin Franklin’s discoveries and legacy. 🧵⬇️

Coachella weekend two is almost here. 🌵Here’s what’s new this weekend: 👥Join ‘Watch With’ streams with creators like Valkyrae (watching KATSEYE), Terry and Kaniyia (watching KAROL G), and Daniel Wall (watching Fujii Kaze) 🔊Livestream the Yuma Stage non-stop.

We’re rolling out an upgrade designed to help robots reason about the physical world. 🤖 Gemini Robotics-ER 1.6 has significantly better visual and spatial understanding in order to plan and complete more useful tasks. Here’s why this is important 🧵

Google is partnering with the Brazilian government to track deforestation and protect the future of our forests. A new high-resolution satellite imagery map of Brazil’s landscape is now 6x more precise, giving authorities a baseline to monitor land use and accelerate conservation efforts.

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Today, we’re rolling out two new productivity features in Chrome. With vertical tabs, you’ll now have the option to move your tabs to the side of your browser window by selecting “Show Tabs Vertically.” We’re also introducing immersive reading mode, a new full-page interface for deep focus.

Starting Friday, April 10, YouTube is back at Coachella. Here’s what's new this year: 📺Stream 7 stages simultaneously 🎥Experience the Coachella Stage, Outdoor Theatre and Sahara livestreams in 4K 📻Explore the Coachella TV station featuring iconic archival performances and 2026 festival highlights

PSA: If you’re in the U.S., you can now change your Google username. That way, you no longer have to login with an account you made in high school or keep making new accounts when you want a change. And no, you won’t lose access to your old username, either. Here’s how ⬇️

We’re partnering with some of the world's most exciting national teams ahead of soccer’s biggest global showdown this summer, including new partnerships with the Argentina and France national teams, and more to come. Learn more → goo.gle/47tjeH3

We’re partnering with multiple national teams ahead of soccer’s biggest global showdown.

The countdown to a summer of unforgettable soccer is officially on! This year, we're helping fans explore the tournament, find inspiration and get closer to the action b…

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Every great build needs a human architect. 🏗️✨ LL COOL J sat down with Google’s James Manyika to discuss the intersection of qubits and culture, and how artists use tech—from analog drum machines to AI —to amplify the "divine spark" of creativity.

Waze is bringing the Star Trek: Starfleet Academy experience to your drives: 🗣️Get voice navigation from The Doctor, voiced by Robert Picardo. 🖖 Greet other drivers on the road with the legendary Vulcan salute Mood. 🛸 Swap your car icon for the brand-new U.S.S. Athena starship on your map.

Promotional graphic for Star Trek: Starfleet Academy on Waze. It features the Doctor and a shuttlecraft flying over a nebula. Text says, "Let us begin. And let’s try not to scrape the paint."