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Google Project Astra Preview

Date: June 12, 2025
Company: Google
Category: Applications & Products

Narrative

Universal AI assistant. Multimodal input/output. Real-time understanding. Memory across devices. Integrated with Google ecosystem.

Google I/O 2025

Reality

Demo impressive but limited preview access. Multimodal understanding strong. Memory integration working. Latency 2-4s. Privacy controls comprehensive. Full launch Q3 2025.

Implication

Positioned Google for ambient AI assistant future. Distribution advantage significant. Privacy architecture differentiator. Full capabilities pending. Expectations vs reality gap common.

Tags

  • google
  • agents
  • multimodal
  • consumer