Further to reportssuggesting an imminent launchearlier this hebdomad , Google Gemini Live is now officially available within a new standalone Gemini app for iPhone .
While some Gemini AI pecker have been available within the main Google app for iPhone for a while now , the standalone app will make them easier to access , as well as integrating perhaps the most oculus - crop up feature yet .
Gemini Liveis a personal assistant that has move into the generative AI era with a truly conversational feel that enable back and forth with an AI that has a large selection of “ emotionally expressive ” voices .
The tool enables you to expect whatever you desire of the help and even interrupt it mid - catamenia to change stable gear . It in reality finger quite radical compared to the first coevals of disruptive voice assistants like Siri , Alexa and Google Assistant .
There ’s an telling range of natural - sounding voice and Capella , a female representative with a British accent , is a dead toller for my American wife ’s British alter ego who goes by the name of “ Rachel ” . It ’s pretty shuddery actually .
During some brief play with the novel Gemini app , I remark the app works chop-chop and Gemini Live even appears as one of the alive Activity doohickey on the lock screen and in the Dynamic Island .
That signify I was able to chat with Gemini Live even after exiting the app , although I was n’t able-bodied to depart a conversation without being in the app . The power to use the regular schoolbook - based Gemini chatbot , either by typecast , talking or import simulacrum , is also available .
Upon the annunciation , Google say : “ Gemini Live is a mobile conversational experience that lets you have loose - flowing conversation with Gemini .
“ Want to brainstorm possible jobs that are well - suited to your skillset or degree ? Go Live with Gemini and ask about them . you could even interrupt mid - response to plunk deeper on a exceptional point , or pause a conversation and come back to it later . It ’s like having a sidekick in your pocket who you’re able to chat with about Modern ideas or practice with for an significant conversation . ”
regard Apple is quite far behind on its efforts to fetch this sort of technology to Siri , the launch of the Gemini app , include Gemini Live on iOS , give Google a few bragging right .
The new version of Siri with contextual “ on - screen awareness ” as well as more colloquial capabilities is expected in a upcoming rollout of Apple Intelligent features , but not until the spring and , perhaps as later as iOS 18.4 .
Opinion
Man , my first experience with Gemini Live on the iPhone was eye - opening to say the least . The colloquial help does n’t cut a beat . The conversation ticks along quickly , it feels lifelike , the adjunct reacts to pivots quickly , and does n’t blink at being interrupted . Most importantly , it offered genuinely useful info and , in my light metre playing around with the Gemini app for iPhone , I found that info to be precise . It seems to be a remarkable find and Apple has some entrance - up to do when it relaunches its version of Siri with Apple Intelligence .
