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Episode Description
Today is day one of Google I/O 2026, and I walk through every major announcement live—from the new Gemini 3.5 model family to Anti-Gravity 2.0, Google AI Studio, Gemini’s consumer redesign, the Omni video model, Flow, Stitch, and Pomelli. I test them in real time and tell you exactly which ones delivered.
What you’ll learn:
- How Gemini 3.5 Flash benchmarks against Claude and GPT models on speed and agentic coding tasks
- How Anti-Gravity 2.0’s new features (projects, scheduled tasks, subagents, slash commands) compare to Codex and Claude Code
- Why the /grill-me slash command could be a more aggressive alternative to Claude Code’s clarification flow—and how to use it
- How Google AI Studio’s new Workspace integration is designed to own the internal productivity app use case
- How Google’s new creative tools work in practice: Omni (video generation), Flow (cinematic video editing and character consistency), Stitch (streaming UI design with inline edits), and Pomelli (brand identity and asset generation)
- Why Google’s launch-to-availability gap is still a problem—and what to do when a featured product doesn’t actually work yet
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In this episode, we cover:
(00:00) Google I/O 2026 day 1 overview
(01:47) Gemini 3.5 flash
(04:19) Antigravity updates
(06:32) CLI test and agent features
(07:59) Core agent features released today—May 19th, 2026
(09:43) New slash commands
(11:20) Antigravity test results and takeaways
(12:25) AI Studio updates
(13:52) Access issues
(15:20) Gemini redesign
(17:24) Gemini image gen test
(19:16) Omni (video generation)
(22:56) Flow (cinematic editing)
(24:31) Avatar creation test
(26:45) Pomelli and Stitch
(31:13) Recap and final thoughts
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Tools referenced:
• Gemini 3.5 Flash: https://deepmind.google/technologies/gemini/
• Antigravity: https://antigravity.google/
• Google AI Studio: https://aistudio.google.com/
• Google Gemini: https://gemini.google.com/
• Omni (video generation): https://gemini.google/overview/video-generation/
• Google Flow: https://flow.google/
• Stitch: https://stitch.withgoogle.com/
• Pomelli (Google brand tool): https://labs.google.com/pomelli/about/
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Other references:
• Google I/O 2026 announcements: https://blog.google/innovation-and-ai/sundar-pichai-io-2026/
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Where to find Claire Vo:
ChatPRD: https://www.chatprd.ai/
Website: https://clairevo.com/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/clairevo/
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