In March 2025, Google rolled out several significant AI updates across its product ecosystem, showcasing the company's ongoing commitment to AI innovation. From the release of Gemini 2.5 Pro to expanded access to AI Overviews, these developments represent Google's continued efforts to make AI more accessible and useful in everyday applications.
Gemini Updates and Improvements
Google announced that its most intelligent AI model, Gemini 2.5 Pro, is now available to all Gemini users. This experimental model delivers state-of-the-art performance across a wide range of benchmarks. Before this major release, Google had already integrated the speedy Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking experimental model under the hood of the Gemini app.
The Gemini app itself received significant upgrades, including:
- New personalization features
- Canvas functionality
- Audio Overviews capabilities
- Free access to Deep Research and Gems features
With personalization in Gemini, Google aims to deliver more contextually relevant responses tailored to individual interests. The system can now use Search history (with permission) to adapt its responses, saving users time and providing more precise answers. Google plans to expand Gemini's understanding capabilities in the coming months by connecting with other Google services, including Photos and YouTube.
AI Overviews and Search Enhancements
AI Overviews, one of Google's most popular Search features, has reached a significant milestone with more than one billion users. In the United States, Google launched Gemini 2.0 for AI Overviews to tackle more complex questions, particularly in coding, advanced mathematics, and multimodal queries.
Google also introduced an experimental AI Mode in Google Search, designed to provide AI-powered responses while allowing users to ask follow-up questions and access helpful web content links.
Pixel Updates
The March Pixel Drop brought several AI enhancements to Google's smartphone lineup:
- Gemini Live received performance improvements for multilingual conversations, now supporting seamless switching between more than 45 languages
- Enhanced Scam Detection capabilities
- Improved step accuracy
- New Auto-bedtime Mode
Google Shopping AI Tools
New immersive shopping features were released to help users find ideal products. The vision match feature enables shoppers to describe clothing items they're looking for and receive AI-generated images showing what these items might look like, along with similar shoppable products.
Robotics and Developer Tools
Google released two new AI models based on Gemini 2.0 for robotics applications:
- Gemini Robotics: An advanced vision-language-action (VLA) model built on Gemini 2.0 specifically for direct robot control
- Gemini Robotics-ER: A Gemini model with enhanced spatial understanding that enables roboticists to run programs using Gemini's embodied reasoning capabilities
For developers, Google introduced Gemma 3, the latest version of its lightweight, open models designed to run efficiently on a single TPU or GPU. These models are optimized for speed and can operate directly on devices ranging from smartphones and laptops to workstations.
Environmental Initiatives
Google announced several environmentally focused AI projects:
The first FireSat satellite for early wildfire detection made contact with Earth after launching from Vandenberg Space Force Base. This satellite is part of a planned constellation of over 50 satellites that will use AI to detect and track wildfires as small as approximately 5×5 meters.
Three new initiatives to protect and restore nature using AI:
- A startup accelerator beginning in May 2025
- A $3 million Google.org contribution to support AI-enabled solutions for biodiversity and agriculture from Brazilian nonprofits
- The release of SpeciesNet, a Cloud-based, open-source AI model for identifying animal species from camera trap photos
