The latest AI updates from September marked a significant leap forward across Google’s core products and initiatives. With a focus on making AI more helpful, intuitive, and accessible, the company rolled out major enhancements to Search, Chrome, Android, and the Gemini app, while also advancing AI education and real-world applications. AI Mode in Search received a powerful upgrade, combining Gemini 2.5 with a new "visual search fan-out" technique to deliver more accurate and context-aware results. Users can now search visually with greater precision—whether shopping, designing a room, or exploring new ideas. The integration of real-time, multimodal assistance through Search Live allows users to share their phone’s camera feed and engage in interactive voice conversations with AI, enabling hands-free help with travel planning, troubleshooting, and school projects. Search’s AI Mode is now available in six new languages: Hindi, Indonesian, Japanese, Korean, Brazilian Portuguese, and Spanish. These updates are designed to understand local nuances and cultural context, empowering users to ask complex questions and explore information more deeply in their native language. The Gemini app saw a major expansion with the latest Gemini Drop, introducing several standout features. Nano Banana, Google DeepMind’s image generation and editing model, gained popularity with its ability to handle both simple edits—like changing outfits in photos—and imaginative creations, such as visualizing a tea party between a younger and older version of yourself. The app now supports sharing custom Gems—personalized AI tools tailored for specific tasks—making collaboration easier. Whether it’s a vacation planner or a meal schedule, users can now share and co-edit these AI-powered tools with friends, family, or coworkers, much like Google Drive. NotebookLM was enhanced to become a more effective learning companion. New features include instant flashcard and quiz generation from personal notes, AI-powered report creation with customizable formats, and the Learning Guide function, which offers step-by-step tutoring. Audio Overviews now allow users to hear sources in different perspectives, such as critiques or debates, enriching the learning experience. To support broader AI literacy, Google launched new resources for parents, students, and educators. This includes a new podcast titled “Raising Kids in the Age of AI,” expanded programs like the Be Internet Awesome AI Literacy curriculum, and the interactive AI Quests game. Over 650,000 educators have already been trained, and Google has committed $40 million in grants to scale AI education initiatives. Guided Learning, powered by LearnLM, was introduced as an interactive study partner in the Gemini app. It helps users navigate complex topics step-by-step, offering videos, images, and personalized guidance—without doing the work for them. It can break down coding concepts, create study plans from uploaded materials, and support homework without providing direct answers. Sundar Pichai addressed the White House AI Education Taskforce, reaffirming Google’s $1 billion commitment to AI education in the U.S. This includes providing Gemini for Education to every high school, allocating $150 million in grants for AI education and digital wellbeing, and expanding the AI for Education Accelerator from 100 to 200 colleges and universities. These efforts underscore Google’s mission: to make AI not just powerful, but truly useful, safe, and accessible for everyone.