[DigitalToday reporter Hyunwoo Choo (추현우)] Google unveiled new artificial intelligence features and pricing plans at I/O 2026, focusing on search, a digital assistant and smart glasses. On May 22 local time, IT outlet Engadget reported that Google, pushing AI, overhauled everything from how users enter searches to how its subscription offerings are structured.

Google will expand its intelligent AI search box globally. The search box goes beyond existing autocomplete to predict a user's intent and help draft questions. Users can use not only text but also images, video files and entire Chrome tabs as search inputs. Follow-up questions or corrections can continue in an AI mode based on Gemini 3.5 Flash.

Google also unveiled Gemini Spark, a cloud-based digital assistant. Gemini Spark can review credit card statements to find hidden subscriptions, track updates in a child's school emails, and gather notes into a Google document. It works with external apps such as OpenTable and Instacart to carry out tasks, and asks for user confirmation before a final purchase or sending an email.

In hardware, it debuted two Android XR smart glasses for the first time. Google and Samsung also previewed collaborations with Gentle Monster and Warby Parker. The smart glasses can converse with Gemini, provide real-time voice translation in the other person's voice, translate real-world text in the user's field of view, and support taking photos while on the move.

Google also adjusted its AI subscription plans. The $100-a-month AI Ultra plan has a usage limit 5 times higher than the standard $20-a-month Pro plan, and provides priority access to the Antigravity coding tool and 20TB of cloud storage.

The top-tier Ultra plan, reduced from $250, has a usage limit 20 times higher than the Pro plan. It also includes access to Project Genie. Project Genie is an experimental research preview that can use Google Street View images to create interactive 3D worlds.

The announcements focused on expanding AI beyond search assistance by bundling it into an assistant, hardware and subscription products. Changes to search input methods and the unveiling of Gemini Spark and the smart glasses show Google is broadening the scope of AI use across its services.