TL;DRGoogle unveiled major Gemini app updates at I/O 2026, including a personalised Daily Brief digest, a Neural Expressive redesign, and a cloud-based AI agent called Spark. The app now has 900 million monthly users, and the new features position Gemini as a proactive assistant rather than a reactive chatbot.
Google used the opening keynote of I/O 2026 to unveil a wave of updates to its Gemini app, headlined by a feature called Daily Brief, a personalised morning digest that pulls from a user’s inbox, calendar, and task list to deliver a prioritised overview of the day ahead. The feature does not merely summarise, it also suggests next steps, surfacing the most pressing items first. Daily Brief is rolling out today to Google AI Plus, Pro, and Ultra subscribers in the United States.
The update arrives as Gemini’s user base has grown sharply. Google said the app now serves more than 900 million monthly active users across more than 230 countries and 70 languages, up from roughly 400 million at last year’s I/O. That figure makes it, by Google’s own accounting, the most widely available generative AI tool in the world.
A visual overhaul Google calls ‘Neural Expressive’
Alongside Daily Brief, Google introduced a new design language for the Gemini app. Dubbed Neural Expressive, the refresh brings fluid animations, vibrant colour palettes, new typography, and haptic feedback. Responses are no longer presented as walls of text. Instead, key information is bolded at the top, with the option to scroll for deeper detail. When relevant, inline images, narrated videos, timelines, and interactive visualisations appear in place of prose.
