After years of research, Project Suncatcher is scheduled to embark on its first test in orbit, launching a prototype satellite to evaluate how Google Tensor Processing Units (TPUs) perform in space. Learn more about the science behind this moonshot. ⬇️

We’re sending TPUs to space (yes, really). After years of research, we’re launching a satellite to evaluate if and how Google Tensor Processing Units (TPUs) hold up in orbit. The test mission, as part of our latest moonshot — Project Suncatcher — is designed to gather data exploring how we can one day host machine learning infrastructure in space.

Can our TPUs survive and operate in space? Well, we're going to find out. Project Suncatcher is hitching a ride aboard @SpaceX's Transporter-18 mission, testing a prototype satellite built in partnership with @planet One small step for TPUs....

Today, we’re committing to helping 25,000 veterans and military family members build rewarding careers by partnering with @hiringourheroes, @studentvets, and @hbibuildcareers. This commitment will make it easier for veterans and military families to access opportunities to high-growth careers that offer long-term financial stability and use skills they know best, like problem-solving under pressure and teamwork.

We integrated Gemini Omni 1.1 Flash and a new suite of creative controls into so anyone with a Google account can now create in Google Vids for free. Here's how you can use it to create videos — without needing professional editing skills.🧵↓

Some highlights from #MadeOnYouTube#, where we announced 30+ new features and products for @YouTubeCreators, artists and viewers 🧵👇: Our next wave of innovation for the @YouTube Era puts more control in your hands, starting with the keys to your homepage: 🔑 With custom feeds, you’ll soon be able to design dedicated feeds for any mood or routine using simple conversational prompts.

Google DeepMind's Gemini 3.8 Flash TTS and Gemini 3.8 Flash-Lite TTS take #1# on all seven Voice Arena TTS language boards. @voicearena_ai evaluated both models ahead of today's launch, and the results were phenomenal. Every ranking on Voice Arena comes from blind, head-to-head votes by vetted native speakers, scored with Bradley-Terry Elo. On US English, Flash-Lite takes #1# of 20 at 1087 Elo, 19 points above Cartesia's Sonic-3.6 and inside the statistical band at the top, with Gemini 3.8 Flash at #3# on 1061. Outside US English the two models finish #1# and #2# on five of the six remaining boards, with Gemini 3.1 Flash TTS behind them in third, so Google DeepMind holds the entire top three in Japanese, Arabic, Mexican Spanish, Vietnamese and Brazilian Portuguese. Results backed by thousands of blind, head-to-head listener votes from native speakers across seven languages. Congratulations to @GoogleDeepMind on the release! See below for the exact audio raters judged, what they said, and every leaderboard 🧵

Getting access to quality healthcare often depends on where you live and whether a specialist is available nearby. In busy city hospitals and remote village clinics around the world, healthcare workers face challenges in treating a high volume of patients with limited specialized help. To help address these challenges, we developed MedGemma, a collection of open-weight AI models designed to understand medical text and images. Built on our Gemma models, MedGemma provides developers, researchers, and public health organizations with an adaptable foundation to build specialized tools to support triage, diagnostic screenings, and more. Since its release, MedGemma has been downloaded more than 10 million times worldwide.

Now Gemini can connect with 13 new apps like @adobe, @squarespace, @onepeloton, and more. Instead of switching between tabs, you can now grow your business, design assets, and plan your workouts all in Gemini. 🧵

We sat down with @GoogleResearch scientist, Deborah Cohen, to learn about the Google Flood Forecasting Initiative and how our AI models work to help forecast floods and keep communities safe.

Introducing Googlebook, a new category of laptop, available for preorder today. 💪 Crafted with 2.8K OLED touchscreen displays, 14 hour battery life and all the performance needed to power your ideas 📳 Engineered to sync effortlessly with your @Android phone, so you can jump between your phone and laptop without skipping a beat ✨ Designed for Gemini Intelligence, with personalized, proactive help when and where you need it

Grow with Google is celebrating 1.5 million Google Career Certificate graduates worldwide. 🎓 These graduates have used the skills from their certificates to successfully reenter the workforce, pivot careers, and transition to new roles, with 70% of certificate graduates reporting a positive career outcome — like a promotion or raise — within six months of completion.

We’re expanding our AI & Economy Research Program with world-class economists, researchers, and academic partners to further help organizations, workers, scientists, and policymakers navigate this complex technological shift and understand AI’s impact on the economy globally. Nobel Laureate Philippe Aghion, Professor Ajay Agrawal, and other leading researchers will help steer our internal research efforts, expand our scientific capacity, and more. Together, they will work to unlock multidisciplinary insights to maximize AI’s economic opportunity and mitigate disruption. Learn more ↓

CC the entire fam 🤝! Today, we’re announcing the new CC – an AI agent built for families to spend less time on logistics and more time together. You can now: 👤 Add up to 5 members to your CC agent ☀️ Start mornings aligned with a shared "Your Day Ahead" brief email 🗓️ Autosync schedules & to-dos with a shared Google Calendar and Tasks 💬 Coordinate in Google Chat with CC to offload relevant tasks (ie., crafting weekly meal plans, school supply shopping lists, etc) 📝 Delegate paperwork (ie., permission slips, forms, and more) for CC to complete under your direction 📌 Keep tabs on the details – CC remembers what applies to everyone (ie., family grocery lists, favorite restaurants) versus what applies to one person (ie., dietary restrictions, local timezones) Ready to keep everybody on the same page? Join the waitlist or upgrade your existing CC (US only, 18+):

Google has released Gemini 3.8 Live, its new Speech to Speech model, with the Extended Thinking (High) variant debuting at #1# on the Artificial Analysis Speech to Speech Index at 82.6, and #1# on our Tau Voice benchmark implementation at 68.6% Gemini 3.8 Live is @GoogleDeepMind's successor to Gemini 3.1 Flash Live, a Speech to Speech model that executes tools and API calls in the background while continuing the conversation. It comes in two variants: the standard Gemini 3.8 Live and Gemini 3.8 Live Extended Thinking, which supports configurable reasoning effort. We evaluated the standard model and the Extended Thinking variant at High reasoning effort through the Gemini Live API. Key takeaways: ➤ Speech to Speech Index: Gemini 3.8 Live Extended Thinking (High) debuts at #1# at 82.6, ahead of GPT-Live-1 (Astra, medium) at 81.5, Grok Voice Think Fast 2.0 High at 81.3 and GPT-Live-1 (Sol, low) at 80.1. The standard Gemini 3.8 Live debuts at #5# at 76.0, with both variants up on Gemini 3.1 Flash Live High at 71.5 (+11.1 and +4.5 points). The Index averages Speech Reasoning (Big Bench Audio), Agentic Performance (Tau Voice), Arena Preference and Arena Task Success Rate ➤ Speech Agent Arena: Gemini 3.8 Live ranks #2# in preference at Elo 1083, behind Gemini 3.1 Flash Live (1096) and ahead of GPT-Live-1 (Sol, low) at 1053, and #2# on Task Success Rate at 93.2%, behind Grok Voice Think Fast 2.0 High at 94.6%. Gemini 3.8 Live Extended Thinking (High) trails at Elo 990 with 89.1% task success ➤ Tau Voice: Gemini 3.8 Live Extended Thinking (High) takes the top spot on our Tau Voice benchmark implementation at 68.6%, ahead of GPT-Live-1 (Astra, medium) at 67.9%, GPT-Live-1 (Sol, low) at 59.3% and Grok Voice Think Fast 2.0 High at 56.5% - up from 37.7% for Gemini 3.1 Flash Live High. The standard Gemini 3.8 Live scores 30.1% ➤ Big Bench Audio: Gemini 3.8 Live Extended Thinking (High) scores 97.7% on audio reasoning, ahead of Grok Voice Think Fast 2.0 High at 97.2% and behind Qwen Audio 3.0 Realtime Plus at 99.2%. The standard Gemini 3.8 Live scores 91.7% ➤ Speed: Average Time to First Audio on Big Bench Audio is 1.18 seconds for Gemini 3.8 Live and 1.35 seconds for Extended Thinking (High), both well ahead of Gemini 3.1 Flash Live High (2.99s) and in line with GPT-Live-1 (Sol, low) at 1.24s and GPT-Live-1 (Astra, medium) at 1.34s, though behind Grok Voice Think Fast 2.0 High at 0.70s ➤ Cost: Gemini 3.8 Live costs $0.84 per hour of input audio, the cheapest model in the Index and roughly half the $1.75 of Gemini 3.1 Flash Live High. Extended Thinking (High) costs $3.50 per hour - cheaper than GPT-Live-1 (Sol, low) at $4.47, Grok Voice Think Fast 2.0 High at $4.80 and GPT-Live-1 (Astra, medium) at $5.83, and ~3.1x cheaper than GPT-Realtime-2.1 High at $10.75 See below for more detail ⬇️

Introducing Gemini 3.8 Live and Gemini 3.8 Live Extended Thinking. Voice agents with reasoning capabilities that make conversing with AI feel more intuitive and intelligent. The model can take turns seamlessly, think through complexity, and feel more natural to talk to.

We’re using advances in AI to accelerate scientific progress in ways that directly improve people’s lives across health, natural disaster and weather resilience, and economic opportunity. Read today’s update ⬇️