Python 3.5 (PEP 448) allows a nicer syntax option:

x = {'a': 1, 'b': 1}
y = {'a': 2, 'c': 2}
final = {**x, **y} 
final
# {'a': 2, 'b': 1, 'c': 2}

Or even

final = {'a': 1, 'b': 1, **x, **y}

Python 3.5 (PEP 448) allows a nicer syntax option:

x = {'a': 1, 'b': 1}
y = {'a': 2, 'c': 2}
final = {**x, **y} 
final
# {'a': 2, 'b': 1, 'c': 2}

Or even

final = {'a': 1, 'b': 1, **x, **y}

In Python 3.9 you also use | and |= with the below example from PEP 584

d = {'spam': 1, 'eggs': 2, 'cheese': 3}
e = {'cheese': 'cheddar', 'aardvark': 'Ethel'}
d | e
# {'spam': 1, 'eggs': 2, 'cheese': 'cheddar', 'aardvark': 'Ethel'}