By Abner Li
Publication Date: 2026-04-29 22:41:00
Alphabet held its Q1 2026 earnings today, and CEO Sundar Pichai gave the first tease of what to expect at I/O next month.
I/O is Google’s biggest show of the year. With the 2026 edition less than three weeks away, Pichai said the company is “excited to share more about Search at I/O.” Last year’s conference saw the launch of AI Mode. He highlighted 2026 announcements like Personal Intelligence, agentic booking, and global Search Live availability. The CEO also shared that:
- “Even as we’ve brought new AI features into our results page, we’ve reduced Search latency by more than 35% over the past five years.”
- “And since upgrading AI Overviews and AI Mode to Gemini 3, we’ve reduced the cost of core AI responses by more than 30% thanks to continued hardware and engineering breakthroughs.”
On the Gemini front, he said Google is “focused on pushing the next frontiers of foundation models, including intelligence, agents and agentic…