This year has been a big year for Google AI. Features like Circle to Search and Audio Overview in NotebookLM may seem like they’ve been around for as long as anyone can remember, but they were only released in 2024. These features have been joined by a number of other product releases and updates to make your daily life easier. – Make your daily life a little easier. So, as we say goodbye to 2024 (and prepare for the exciting AI news that’s sure to come in 2025), let’s take a look at some of the top articles about Google AI that resonated with our readers this year.
January
2024 has begun, fittingly, with new updates across a slew of products and tools, including Gemini, Chrome, Pixel, Search, and more. The announcement of the Circle to Search feature was a particular hit with our readers. Here are this month’s top Google AI news.
The Power of Google AI Comes to the New Samsung Galaxy S24 Series New Ways to Search in 2024 Add Circles (or Highlights or Doodles) to Search Chrome Adds 3 New Generative AI Features for a Fresh Start to the Year New Pixel features
February
February brought a new chapter in the Gemini era, including the debut of Gemini 1.5. News that Bard has become a Gemini. Launch of Gemini Advanced. And so on. We also announced new generative AI tools in Labs and Tech to help developers and researchers build AI responsibly. Here are this month’s top Google AI news.
Our next generation model: Gemini 1.5Bard becomes Gemini: Try Ultra 1.0 and our new mobile app now The next chapter in the Gemini era Gemma: Introducing a new cutting-edge open model Latest generative AI tools in the lab Try ImageFX and MusicFX
march
Health took center stage in March with the annual Google Health Check Up event. We showed you how AI is helping connect people to health information and important insights. Articles about how AI is being put to good use also made headlines, along with coverage of AI-based travel tools that readers were looking at heading into the summer. Here are this month’s top Google AI news.
Advances in generative AI in health How to use AI to connect people with health information 6 ways to travel smarter this summer with Google tools How to use AI for reliable flood predictions globally 21 nonprofits join our first generative AI accelerator
April
Will Spring Showers Bring…Generative AI? Many of April’s top stories focused on how generative AI can help different groups of people, including developers, business owners, advertisers, and Google Photos users. I did. It was also a big month for building AI skills, thanks to the AI Opportunity Fund and AI Essentials courses. Here are this month’s top Google AI news.
AI editing tools now available to all Google Photos users Cloud Next 2024: More momentum with Generative AIG Grow with Google launches new AI Essentials course to help everyone learn how to use Generative AI Power visual storytelling in demand generation with the latest investments in infrastructure and AI skills
May
May is synonymous with Google I/O around these parts, so it’s no wonder that many of the month’s top stories came from the annual developer conference. At this year’s event, we shared how we are using AI to build more useful products and features. But amidst all the chatter about I/O, Googlers were working on launching other products, including the AlphaFold 3 model, which holds great promise for science and medicine. Here are this month’s top Google AI news.
Google I/O 2024: A new generation of I/O Generative AI in search: Let Google do your search 100 things we announced at I/O 2024 Ask a photo: A new way to search for photos with Gemini AlphaFold 3 is built Predict the interactions of all molecules of life with
June
Much of June’s AI news highlighted how this technology can help people in big and small ways. The story spans land (how Google Translate helps people connect around the world, even if they don’t speak the same language) and sea (how the first-of-its-kind global map of marine infrastructure was created). We have covered both. (You can deepen your understanding of biodiversity, etc.) Here are this month’s top Google AI news.
Google Translate adds 110 new languages Gemma 2 is now available to researchers and developers NotebookLM reaches the world with Slides support and improved ways to fact-check Google Workspace for Education New AI tool uses AI to map human activities at sea
July
July reveals Googlers working on many things at once, including major Gemini announcements, Google AI capabilities on Samsung devices, focus on secure AI, and Olympic partnerships with Team USA and NBCUniversal It was one of those months when it became. Here are this month’s top Google AI news.
4 Google updates coming to Samsung devices Gemini’s big upgrade: 1.5 Flash for faster response, expanded access and more 4 ways Google is featured in NBC Universal’s Olympic Paris 2024 coverage With the Coalition for Safe AI (CoSAI) Meet our founding member organizations 3 things parents and students told us about how generative AI can support learning
August
August was a big time for Google hardware, thanks to the Made by Google event as well as the release of the Nest Learning Thermostat and Google TV Streamer. But software was also part of it. We’re looking at Chrome, Android, and Gemini. Here are this month’s top Google AI news.
The new Pixel 9 smartphone offers the best of Google AI Gemini turns your mobile device into a powerful AI assistant Your smart home gets even smarter with the help of Gemini Three new Chrome AI features Android reimagines smartphones with Gemini, making browsing even more convenient
september
And so the month continued, highlighting our mission to make AI work for everyone. Highlights include starting audio overview in NotebookLM. News of a new satellite constellation designed to detect wildfires faster. Tips for using Gemini features in Gmail. But that wasn’t all. Here are this month’s top Google AI news.
You can now listen to conversations about sources in NotebookLMA breakthrough in wildfire detection: New satellite constellation now helps detect small wildfires fasterCustomers power Gemini How to manage your inbox like a pro with Gemini in Gmail 5 new Android features that will help you explore, search for music, and more
October
October brought additional AI updates across products including Pixel, NotebookLM, Search, Shopping, and more. Additionally, we announced updates to the search ads experience at Google Marketing Live. This allows advertisers to use AI to reach customers. Here are this month’s top Google AI news.
October Pixel Drop: Enhancements to your device What’s new in NotebookLM: Customize audio summaries and NotebookLM A new way to ask questions with AI in Business Search Google Shopping is about to change Empower your marketers with AI summaries and lenses A new way for customers to reach their customers
november
This month was a time of both work and play, with news on how developers are using the Gemini API, how chess enthusiasts are using AI to reimagine their sets, and more. Additionally, new updates to Google Lens and Shopping were gearing up for the holiday season. Here are this month’s top Google AI news.
5 ways to explore chess during the 2024 World Chess Championship The Gemini app is now available on iPhone New ways to shop for your holidays with Google Lens, Maps, and more How developers are using the Gemini API Are you using or learning more about generative AI in our Machine Learning Crash Course?
december
We celebrated the first anniversary of the Gemini era by introducing the next agent era in AI, enabled by our newest and most capable model, Gemini 2.0. We also shared groundbreaking quantum chip news and a host of new generative AI products on Android, Pixel, Gemini, and developer platforms AI Studio and Vertex AI. It was certainly a memorable December. Here are this month’s top Google AI news.
Introducing Gemini 2.0: A new AI model for the agent era Introducing Willow, the cutting-edge quantum chip Android Try the model December Pixel Drop: What’s new on Pixel phones, tablets, and more
Look, there it is! A roundup of the top Google AI news from 12 months. And most importantly, our teams are working hard to maintain this momentum in 2025.
