Google updates its Gemini app to take on ChatGPT and Claude at IO 2026

Google unveiled a redesigned Gemini app at I/O 2026 with a new visual style and a personalized Daily Brief.

The app is also gaining access to Gemini Omni for video generation and multimodal creation.

Google is testing Gemini Spark, a cloud-based personal AI agent aimed at handling more proactive, agentic tasks.

The updates push Gemini beyond chat into a broader AI workspace and intensify competition with ChatGPT and Claude.