Google Announces New AI Products And Features, Headlined By Gemini 2.0

The first model in the Gemini 2.0 family, “Flash,” is now available as an experimental version for developers. It builds upon the success of its predecessor, Gemini 1.5 Flash, offering improved performance and faster response times, the company said.
Notably, Gemini 2.0 Flash outperforms even the more advanced Gemini 1.5 Pro on key benchmarks while operating at twice the speed, as per the company.

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“In addition to supporting multimodal inputs like images, video and audio, 2.0 Flash now supports multimodal output like natively generated images mixed with text and steerable text-to-speech (TTS) multilingual audio. It can also natively call tools like Google Search, code execution as well as third-party user-defined functions,” said Demis Hassabis, CEO of Google DeepMind.

Google has listed new capabilities that are coming with Gemini 2.0 Flash AI model, including:

Developers can access Gemini 2.0 Flash through the Gemini API in Google AI Studio and Vertex AI. A new Multimodal Live API is also being released to enable the creation of dynamic and interactive applications with real-time audio and video streaming capabilities.

Beyond developer tools, Gemini 2.0 Flash is being integrated into the Gemini app, Google’s AI assistant. Users can experience a chat-optimised version of the model, with plans to expand its availability to other Google products, such as Pixel smartphones, in the near future.
Google DeepMind is also exploring the frontiers of “agentic AI” with research prototypes like Project Astra, Project Mariner, and Jules, showcasing how Gemini 2.0 can enable AI agents to perform tasks, interact with users, and assist with complex activities like coding.