Google AI Recap: Gemini Robotics 2, New Flash Models, and Music Generation
GoogleAI · x · 2026-08-01
Google AI summarized a busy couple of weeks with major updates across its model matrix and product ecosystem:
- Robotics & Multimodal: DeepMind introduced Gemini Robotics 2 for whole-body robot intelligence. Google Earth integrated Nano Banana 2 for generating custom 3D imagery, and the new Lyria 3.5 music model was launched.
- Gemini Models: Released Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite for high-speed agentic workflows, Gemini 3.6 Flash for faster and more token-efficient performance, and Flash Cyber exclusively for governments to find software vulnerabilities.
- Products: NotebookLM rebranded to Gemini Notebook, launching Collections to help organize notebooks.
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