Google timeline, 2025–2026
The most recent period in the collection, still unfolding. AI reached everything: AI Mode in Search, Gemini 3 and 3.5, and even Apple chose Gemini as the base of its models. Both major U.S. antitrust cases reached rulings, without breaking up the company, and Google completed its purchase of Wiz. The four-color G got a gradient, and a Google scientist won the Nobel Prize in Physics.
2025
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Event › Cloud and developersGoogle buys Wiz, the cloud security company (2025–2026)
March 18, 2025 — Wiz, a New York-based cloud security platform, had its purchase announced by Google on March 18, 2025, for US$32 billion in cash.
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Event › Advertising and businessA court finds Google monopolized advertising technology (2025–2026)
April 17, 2025 — It was Google's second antitrust loss to the Justice Department.
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Product or service › Search and discoveryAI Mode, search as a conversation (2025)
May 20, 2025 — First tested in Search Labs, AI Mode was opened to all users in the United States starting at Google I/O on May 20, 2025.
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Event › Search and discoveryThe judge sets remedies in the search case, and Google keeps Chrome (2025)
September 2, 2025 — A year after finding Google a search monopolist, Judge Amit Mehta decided the remedies on September 2, 2025.
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Visual identity › Identity and cultureThe four-color G gets a gradient (2025)
September 29, 2025 — The G created in 2015 replaced its four flat color areas with brighter colors that blend in a gradient.
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Event › AI and researchA Google scientist wins the Nobel Prize in Physics (2025)
October 7, 2025 — A year after the Chemistry Nobel for AlphaFold, another Nobel Prize reached Google.
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AI model › AI and researchGemini 3, the model that reached Search on day one (2025)
November 18, 2025 — Announced on November 18, 2025 by Sundar Pichai, Demis Hassabis and Koray Kavukcuoglu, Gemini 3 debuted as Gemini 3 Pro, in preview.
2026
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Event › AI and researchApple picks Gemini as the foundation of its AI models (2026)
January 12, 2026 — In a joint statement published on January 12, 2026, Google and Apple announced a multi-year partnership under which the next generation of Apple Foundation Models will be based on Gemini models and Google's cloud technology.
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AI model › AI and researchGemini 3.5 Flash, the default model in AI Mode (2026)
May 20, 2026 — Introduced at Google I/O 2026, Gemini 3.5 Flash was described by Google as the first in a series of models combining frontier intelligence with action.