The latest AI news we announced in October 2026
Here are Google’s latest AI updates from October 2026
Google Messages, Phone by Google, and Google Contacts get new, updated icons.
Google is updating the icons for Messages, Phone, and Contacts with a sleeker, cohesive design. See the new look for your home screen.
Google Fitbit Edge: On shelves now
Shop the new Google Fitbit Edge featuring a bright, large display and physical side buttons for easy control. Upgrade your fitness tracker today.
We’ve received our first response from the Project Suncatcher prototype satellite.
This week, we reached our "Hello World" milestone: the first-ever AI response from a data center class TPU in orbit.
See who has access to your Gmail inbox in 2 minutes.
Run a quick Google Security Checkup and protect your email with three quick and easy steps.
You can now generate, preview, and edit documents, PDFs, presentations, spreadsheets, and more directly in Gemini.
Generate, edit, and preview PDFs or Docs directly in Gemini. Use the new full-screen editor to refine your files today. See what's new in Gemini.
Celebrate Halloween with these tricks in Google Photos.
Use Ask Photos to find past costumes and edit spooky backgrounds in Google Photos. Try these festive tricks to perfect your Halloween snaps today.
Gemini Notebook makes hundreds of textbooks available to help students learn even more.
Add textbooks from OpenStax and S Chand to Google Gemini Notebook. Generate custom study guides and quizzes now. See the available catalog.
Colorado students joined a Google hackathon to tackle energy grid challenges.
Students at the Google Colorado Impact Hackathon built AI tools like SolarSnap to modernize the energy grid. See the winning innovations here.
Equipping healthcare professionals with practical AI skills
Built by clinicians at Google, the new Google AI for Healthcare Professionals Certificate helps healthcare professionals prioritize patients.