Google launches Beam, new AI-first video comms platform

CEO Sundar Pichai introduced Google Beam, a new AI-first video communications platform, and Google I/O 2025

Google Beam uses a new state-of-the-art video model to transform 2D video streams into a realistic 3D experience—perfect head tracking, down to the millimetre, at 60fps, all in real-time

Google Beam is an upgrade to Project Starline, adding speech translation among the latest of tech

Beam's speech translation feature is live on Google Meet offering near real-time translated conversations while maintaining voice, tone and expressions

Beam speech translation was launched in Spanish and English today (in the US) on Google Meet, and other languages are expected to be added soon

The first Google Beam devices—in collaboration with HP—will be available for early customers later this year, said Pichai

Pichai also announced updates to Gemini 2.5 AI models announced in March

Gemini 2.5 Pro now has Deep Think—an experimental, enhanced reasoning mode for highly complex math and coding

Gemini 2.5 Public Rollout

Gemini 2.5 Flash will be now available to everyone in the Gemini app