The 2026 I/O announcements show Google treating agents as an interface spanning search, work, devices, and developer tooling.
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The 2026 I/O announcements show Google treating agents as an interface spanning search, work, devices, and developer tooling.
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- Google I/O 2026: All our announcements ↗blog.google · accessed 2026-07-13
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