PaliGemma 2 mix, an upgraded vision-language model, is now available, offering capabilities like image captioning, OCR, and object detection in various sizes.

Imagen 3 – now available in Google AI Studio and the Gemini API – offers developers state-of-the-art image generation with brighter, better-composed images in diverse styles, and simplified image generation through text prompts.

Vertex AI RAG Engine, a managed orchestration service, streamlines the process of retrieving and feeding relevant information to Large Language Models. This enables developers to build robust, grounded generative AI apps that ensure responses are factually grounded.

Langbase empowers developers to build and deploy powerful, scalable AI agents by leveraging the Google Gemini API, particularly Gemini 1.5 Flash, unlocking a new era of intelligent applications and streamlined workflows.

The Gemini 2.0 model family is seeing significant updates, including the release of Gemini 2.0 Flash, which is now production-ready and boasts higher rate limits, enhanced performance, and simplified pricing. Developers can also start testing an updated experimental version of Gemini 2.0 Pro today. Additionally, a new variant called Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite, specifically designed for large-scale workloads, will be made available next week.

The Google AI Developers Community Spotlight Contest is seeking innovative, diverse projects using Google's AI tools like Gemini and Gemma to create code repositories, videos, documentation, and more.

The Google Home APIs are now in public developer beta for Android, allowing developers to build innovative smart home experiences for over 600M devices using Google's hubs, Matter infrastructure, and automation engine.

The public beta launch of Home APIs for Android allows developers to create better smart home experiences. This launch emphasizes investments in Matter to improve device connectivity and interoperability, and increase smart home accessibility.

Learn how to build a visual search tool using Google's Multimodal Embeddings API and explore how to apply this technology for searching images, slides, and more.

The Multimodal Live API for Gemini 2.0 enables real-time multimodal interactions between humans and computers, and can be used to build real-time virtual assistants and adaptive educational tools.

AI Singapore and INSAIT teams have leveraged Gemma, a family of open-source language models, to create LLMs tailored to the unique needs of their communities, in a show of innovation and inclusivity in AI.

Explore innovative projects from the Gemini API Competition, like Omni, EcoTrack, ITMZ, Jana AI, Eagle AI, and AlphaFit, demonstrating the potential of the Gemini API to enhance productivity, promote sustainability, and improve well-being.

Explore three Gemini starter apps that provide developers with production ready tools to build AI-powered projects with open source functionalities like spatial analysis, and video interactions.

Learn how to build Go applications using Project IDX, an AI-assisted workspace for full-stack app development.

Flutter is transitioning into its “production era,” marked by widespread developer adoption and success stories, including deeper iOS fidelity, seamless platform integration, and enhanced developer tools, making it a top choice for building apps at scale.

Apigee API hub is a centralized repository for your entire API ecosystem, providing a single source of truth.

The Android XR SDK, a new platform for building extended reality (XR) experiences on Android, is now available for devs to try, and to give feedback.

Google Cloud Next 2025, happening April 9-11 in Las Vegas, will feature expanded developer content, interactive experiences, and opportunities to connect with peers and Google experts.

Google I/O returns May 20-21. Watch the livestreams for updates on Android, AI, web, and cloud. Registration is open on the Google I/O website.

A practical guide to constructing a Gemma 2-based Agentic AI system – a type of AI that can make its own decisions and use external tools to achieve goals – that can generate dynamic content for a fictional game world.