Last year, I thought Google was building better AI tools. After watching the event from Google I/O 2024 to 2026, I don’t think that anymore. I think Google is slowly redefining what an “app” even is.
And the shift is much bigger than Gemini.
For years, software followed a predictable structure.
You open an app, navigate interfaces, click buttons, fill forms, search menus, and manually orchestrate workflows yourself. AI usually sat on top of that experience as an enhancement layer. A chatbot in the corner. An autocomplete feature. A smarter search bar.
But across the last three Google I/Os, something quietly changed.
