What launched at Google I/O 2026 (30-minute day 1 recap)

Today is day one of Google I/O 2026, and I walk through every major announcement live—from the new Gemini 3.5 model family to Anti-Gravity 2.0, Google AI Studio, Gemini’s consumer redesign, the Omni video model, Flow, Stitch, and Pomelli. I test them in real time and tell you exactly which ones delivered. What you’ll learn: - How Gemini 3.5 Flash benchmarks against Claude and GPT models on speed and agentic coding tasks - How Anti-Gravity 2.0’s new features (projects, scheduled tasks, subagents, slash commands) compare to Codex and Claude Code - Why the /grill-me slash command could be a more aggressive alternative to Claude Code’s clarification flow—and how to use it - How Google AI Studio’s new Workspace integration is designed to own the internal productivity app use case - How Google’s new creative tools work in practice: Omni (video generation), Flow (cinematic video editing and character consistency), Stitch (streaming UI design with inline edits), and Pomelli (brand identity and asset generation) - Why Google’s launch-to-availability gap is still a problem—and what to do when a featured product doesn’t actually work yet — Brought to you by: Magic Patterns—Prototypes that look like your product Thoughtspot—Build AI-powered analytics into your product — In this episode, we cover: (00:00) Google I/O 2026 day 1 overview (01:47) Gemini 3.5 flash (04:19) Antigravity updates (06:32) CLI test and agent features (07:59) Core agent features released today—May 19th, 2026 (09:43) New slash commands (11:20) Antigravity test results and takeaways (12:25) AI Studio updates (13:52) Access issues (15:20) Gemini redesign (17:24) Gemini image gen test (19:16) Omni (video generation) (22:56) Flow (cinematic editing) (24:31) Avatar creation test (26:45) Pomelli and Stitch (31:13) Recap and final thoughts — Tools referenced: • Gemini 3.5 Flash:https://deepmind.google/technologies/gemini/ • Antigravity: https://antigravity.google/ • Google AI Studio: https://aistudio.google.com/ • Google Gemini: https://gemini.google.com/ • Omni (video generation):https://deepmind.google/technologies/veo/[https://gemini.google/overview/video-generation/](https://gemini.google/overview/video-generation/) • Google Flow: https://flow.google/ • Stitch: https://stitch.withgoogle.com/ • Pomelli (Google brand tool): https://labs.google.com/pomelli/about/ — Other references: • Google I/O 2026 announcements: https://blog.google/innovation-and-ai/sundar-pichai-io-2026/ — Where to find Claire Vo: ChatPRD: https://www.chatprd.ai/ Website: https://clairevo.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/clairevo/ X: https://x.com/clairevo — Production and marketing by https://penname.co/. For inquiries about sponsoring the podcast, email [redacted email].