From Aluminium OS to Gemini Omni: The biggest AI upgrades expected at Google I/O 2026

Key points

• Google I/O is all set to kick off tomorrow, where the company will showcase some of its biggest AI upgrades of the year.
• Just like last year, Google held the Android Show separately, where it showcased the latest features coming to Android 17 including Gemini Intelligence, Google Chrome's AI integration, the Rambler AI tool inside Gboard, and Googlebooks.
• While Google has continued to stay mum on the new AI features it could introduce at I/O 2026, various leaks have given us a good idea of what to expect from one of the tech giant's biggest events of the year.
• Top upgrades expected from I/O 2026: 1) Gemini 4.0: Google last launched its Gemini 3.1 Pro model back in February 2026 and it's about time for the company to get back into the AI chatbot race, which has seen various new entrants ranging from GPT-5.5 to Claude Opus 4.7 and Anthropic's...