My Thoughts on Google I/O 2025
The overall message from Google’s I/O keynote (available to watch here) was that the world is adopting AI, and Gemini is Google’s primary AI vessel. Similar to last year, the company included a gag slide at the end of its nearly two-hour presentation that pointed out the number of times certain words were mentioned on stage. Gemini (95) beat AI (92). At last year’s I/O keynote, AI was said 121 times.
In pushing the “AI research is turning into reality” theme, Google gave quick updates regarding three Google DeepMind examples:
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Project Starline. Rebranded as Google Beam, a “AI-first video communication platform” that turns 2D video into a 3D video stream. Google will partner with HW on the required HW for what looks to be enterprise solutions.
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Project Astra. All about building a universal AI assistant that understands the world around us thanks to mobile (and eventually wearable) cameras.
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Project Mariner. A web-browsing AI agent that acts on users’ behalf. Available to Google AI Ultra subscribers ($250/month).
In terms of broader product-focused sections or themes to the keynote, there were three (Google held a separate event for Android a few days earlier):
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