Google AI Updates: August 12, 2026

1. AMIE Conducts Real-Time Clinical Video Consultations in a Study

Google. Google Research and Google DeepMind detailed AMIE, a research medical AI system built on Gemini and Project Astra that can conduct real-time clinical video consultations, interpreting visual and auditory cues, guiding virtual physical exams, and reasoning diagnostically. In a randomized study using simulated consultations with patient actors and primary care physicians, clinical evaluators rated AMIE favorably across core competencies and patient actors preferred the video experience to text. Google stressed the system remains experimental and needs more research before any real-world clinical use. Source

2. Google’s Gemini App Reaches One Billion Users

Google. Google said its Gemini app has reached one billion users, a milestone that underscores the rapid consumer adoption of its AI assistant. The figure strengthens Google’s position against ChatGPT and other consumer AI products, and reflects the leverage of shipping Gemini across Google’s existing surfaces. Scale at this level also shapes the data and distribution advantages that flow into future model iterations. Source

3. Gemini-Powered “Ask Advisor” Comes to Ads and Analytics

Google. Google introduced new AI and agentic features across Google Ads and Google Analytics, centered on an in-product agent called Ask Advisor that answers questions and benchmarks campaign performance against anonymized data from similar businesses. Additional features include AI Overviews and personalized insight cards on the Analytics and Ads homepages, plus a forthcoming Dashboards tool that turns data into visualizations from text prompts. The capabilities are in beta for English-language accounts. Source