Google AI Updates: March 2025

Google AI Progress in March

Google made significant progress in AI during March. They expanded access to AI Overviews and introduced AI Mode in Search, making it easier to find answers and explore topics. They also released Gemini 2.5 Pro, their most intelligent AI model, and Gemini Robotics, which aims to bring AI into the physical world. Google is also using AI to help developers create applications, detect wildfires, and protect nature.

For more than 20 years, Google has invested in machine learning and AI research, tools and infrastructure to build products. Teams across Google are working on ways to unlock AI’s benefits in fields as wide-ranging as healthcare, crisis response and education. Here’s a look back at just some of Google's AI announcements from March.

Gemini Updates

March was all about expanding AI across Google's products. The Gemini app was upgraded to include new features likepersonalization,Canvasand Audio Overviews, and Google made their Deep Research and Gems featuresavailable at no cost. Google also added Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking experimental model and made their most intelligent AI model,Gemini 2.5 Pro (experimental), available to all Gemini users. Gemini 2.5 Pro is state-of-the-art on a wide range of benchmarks.

AI in Search

Google expanded access to AI Overviews and introduced AI Mode. AI Overviews are used by more than a billion people. Starting in the U.S., Google launched Gemini 2.0 for AI Overviews to help with harder questions, beginning with coding, advanced math and multimodal queries. Google also announced the new AI Mode experiment in Google Search to help people get AI-powered responses and dig deeper with follow-up questions and links to helpful web content.

Google launched personalization in Gemini. Gemini with personalization gives you the option to use your Search history to deliver contextually relevant responses that are adapted to your individual interests. With your permission, Gemini can now tailor its responses based on your past searches, saving you time and delivering more precise answers. In the coming months, Gemini will expand its ability to understand you better by connecting with other Google apps and services, including Photos and YouTube.

Pixel Updates

Google's first Pixel Drop of the year included more helpful features and updates to your devices. Gemini Live, a conversational experience that helps you brainstorm ideas, simplify complex topics and rehearse for important moments was upgraded for better performance during multilingual conversation. You can now seamlessly switch between more than 45 languages when speaking to Gemini Live. Plus, features like stronger Scam Detection, better step accuracy and Auto-bedtime Mode bring even more AI to Pixel.

AI for Shopping

Google released new AI tools for Google Shopping. Their new immersive shopping features — like their vision match feature — can help you find clothes and beauty products to fit your style. With vision match, you can describe any garment you have in mind, and get back an AI-generated image that shows you what it could look like, along with similar shoppable products.

Gemini Robotics

Google released Gemini Robotics. They introduced two new AI models, based on Gemini 2.0, which are designed to lay the foundation for a new generation of helpful robots. The first is Gemini Robotics, an advanced vision-language-action (VLA) model that was built on Gemini 2.0 for the purpose of directly controlling robots. The second, Gemini Robotics-ER, is a Gemini model with advanced spatial understanding, enabling roboticists to run their own programs using Gemini’s embodied reasoning (ER) abilities.

Gemma 3 for Developers

Google released Gemma 3 to help developers create applications. Gemma 3, the latest version of their lightweight, state-of-the-art open models that can run on a single TPU or GPU, are designed to be their most advanced and portable open models for developers. They’re meant to run fast, directly on devices — from phones and laptops to workstations — helping developers create AI applications.

FireSat Satellite

The first FireSat satellite for early detection of wildfires made contact with Earth. The FireSat satellite launched from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California aboard SpaceX's Transporter-13 mission. This satellite — a collaboration between Google, Muon Space, Earth Fire Alliance, Moore Foundation, wildfire authorities and others — is the first of more than 50 in a first-of-its-kind constellation designed to ultimately use AI to detect and track wildfires as small as roughly 5x5 meters.

AI for Nature Protection

Google launched three new initiatives to protect and restore nature using AI. A startup accelerator, kicking off in May 2025, includes programming, mentoring and technical support from Google. Google.org is also providing $3 million to support AI-enabled solutions for biodiversity, bioeconomy and agriculture from Brazilian nonprofits. And Google released SpeciesNet, a Cloud-based, open-source AI model for identifying animal species from camera trap photos.