Google Declares 'The Agentic Gemini Era'—Search, Gmail, and YouTube Converge Into One AI Layer

At Google I/O 2026, CEO Sundar Pichai unveiled a fundamental restructuring of Google's product stack around agentic AI. Gemini 3.5 Flash launched to general availability, while new products like Gemini Spark, Universal Cart, and AI Search blur the line between traditional search and autonomous agents.