John S. Fanous

Dad, husband, proud nerd and Canadian Googler. Marketing Mag Canadian Top 30 Under 30 winner (a few years ago).

[Lorraine Twohill @LorraineTwohill]

We’re bringing the best of @Google and Fitbit together! Meet the new @googlehealth app & our new Fitbit Air, really helpful tech that fits into your life. And thanks to @StephenCurry30 for the design help!

[Sundar Pichai @sundarpichai]

Q1 earnings are in: 2026 is off to a terrific start.

Our AI investments and full stack approach are lighting up every part of the business: Search queries are at an all-time high with AI continuing to drive usage. Google Cloud revenue grew 63%, Gemini models have incredible momentum, and it was our strongest quarter ever for consumer AI subs, driven by @GeminiApp.

Thanks to our partners + employees around the world. Much more to share on our earnings call in 20 minutes… and at Google I/O in 20 days!

[Sporty @SportyMcSports]

Inspecting the Costco receipt checkers before I choose my walkout line.

[Google Gemini @GeminiApp]

Next time you’re looking for a book to read, a show to watch, or an item to shop for, all it takes is a single prompt.

By activating Personal Intelligence, Gemini can connect to your Google apps and give you suggestions that are customized for you.

[Chris Peters @chrismpeters]

The Olympic video board.

[Josh Woodward @joshwoodward]

Deep Research now has charts, diagrams, animations, and more!

[Sundar Pichai @sundarpichai]

Introducing Gemini 3 ✨

It’s the best model in the world for multimodal understanding, and our most powerful agentic + vibe coding model yet. Gemini 3 can bring any idea to life, quickly grasping context and intent so you can get what you need with less prompting. 

Find Gemini 3 Pro rolling out today in the @Geminiapp and AI Mode in Search. For developers, build with it now in @GoogleAIStudio and Vertex AI. 

Excited for you to try it!

[Sundar Pichai @sundarpichai]

Incredible milestone: an advanced version of Gemini 2.5 Deep Think achieved gold-medal performance at the ICPC World Finals, a top global programming competition, solving an impressive 10/12 problems. Such a profound leap in abstract problem-solving - congrats to @googledeepmind!

[NotebookLM @NotebookLM]

Reports are getting a MAJOR update starting today (buckle up, this is a big one 🤯):

1) You can now create your own report that perfectly fits your needs by specifying the structure, style, tone, and more.

2) We've added the language picker to reports, so you can now create a report in any of our 80+ supported languages.

3) Notebook will now offer dynamic suggestions for topics or themes all based on your sources, from overviews to deep dives. For example, uploading scientific papers might suggest creating a white paper, while news articles could generate explainers.

4) You can now fully customize prompts to any of your reports

5) We're introducing a new stock report— blog posts!

[Google Workspace @GoogleWorkspace]

Animate product shots, logos or brand photography, with just a prompt. Google Vids' new image-to-video capability powered by Veo 3 now turns your images into video clips with sound. Available today: https://t.co/jyqDppxo4K

[Google Gemini @GeminiApp]

This weekend only, everyone gets 3 free #Veo3 video generations from Gemini. To help you make the most of it, we’ve pulled together a few tips from our team so you can get better outputs for your prompts.

Check it out ⬇️

[John S. Fanous @jfanous]

Regardless of party, this is extremely good (and kind) policy.

[David Murray @MurrayDavidJ]

If you have a loved one with special needs, you will know how impactful these commitments in the Conservative platform are.

[John S. Fanous @jfanous]

As a country, we should be above this. Shame on those trying to bring the worst of politics from outside of Canada into our arena.

[Bryan Passifiume @BryanPassifiume]

This is an extraordinary story — especially the part about the Liberal party workers bragging about it so hard they got overheard by the reporter

Great get by @katemckenna8

[John S. Fanous @jfanous]

It was a pleasure getting to chat #retail, #tech, #ai and #omni with @LeVoiceOfRetail at the @RetailCouncil last week. Thanks @LeVoiceOfRetail for the platform and great questions, and my appreciation to @_EricMorris for suggesting I do this!

[The Voice Of Retail @LeVoiceOfRetail]

Live from the @RetailCouncil Retail Marketing Conference, I chat with @jfanous, Head of Industry at @Google, on strategies to reach today’s diverse, media-weary shopper. We cover what’s working, what’s not, & what’s ahead for the holidays and 2025.

https://t.co/n50mb8Penf 🎧

[John S. Fanous @jfanous]

@DougDeMuro @LandRoverUSA Fair! Also, wow, you actually replied! Your videos are incredible - I've been watching your content for years! Thanks for being so clear and honest with your reviews. We bought both of our last two cars based upon your YouTube reviews.

[Sundar Pichai @sundarpichai]

Seeing some qs on what Gemini *is* (beyond the zodiac :). Best way to understand Gemini’s underlying amazing capabilities is to see them in action, take a look ⬇️

[Lorraine Twohill @LorraineTwohill]

If you’re like me and need some gift giving inspiration, check out our @Google Holiday 100 Gift Guide! #ShopWithGoogle
https://t.co/85gc59OK1I

[Google Canada @googlecanada]

The ‘Search’ is over, the winners are here! Congrats to all the recipients of this year’s Google Search Honours Awards, celebrating Canada’s best in AI-powered Search marketing. See the winners and a recap of the epic awards night below.

https://t.co/VuOLYwzz1l

[John S. Fanous @jfanous]

@snitinsrinivas He sounds as popular as his dad at work!