Robby Stein

New Capabilities

As of July 2026: Overseeing AI Mode as it crosses one billion monthly users and expands to 200 countries; preparing agentic Search features for Google AI Pro and Ultra subscribers.

When Google launched Gemini 3 Flash in December 2025, it bet that a fast, cheap model could become the default brain of Search, the Gemini app, and developer tooling. That bet compounded. Google shipped Gemini 3.1 Pro in February 2026 and Gemini 3.5 Flash in May; the latter reached general availability on July 14 and is now the default across every major Google surface.

Updated Jul 15