Following Android, Google is rolling out an update to the Gemini app on iPhone that lets users choose 2.0 Flash Experimental.
Following last week's announcement, the Gemini app now offers a model picker at the top of the screen. Here are your options:
- 1.5 Pro: Tackle tough challenges
- 1.5 Flash: Get everyday help
- 2.0 Flash Experimental: Check out our latest experimental model
Gemini 2.0 Flash Experimental “may not work as expected”, as file uploads are not currently available. This new model “beats the 1.5 Pro in key metrics” with double the speed. Google says it will enable “an even more useful Gemini assistant” for app users. It's expected to go generally available in January, while the Deep Research agent feature is also expected to launch in early 2025 after debuting on desktop and mobile.
- Gemini subscribers can now use “2.0 Experimental Advanced” with “significantly improved performance”
In addition to 2.0 Flash, the changelog for version 1.2024.4970016 of Google Gemini for iPhone notes two extensions:
- Control your smart home with the new Google Home extension
- View your photos directly from Gemini with the Google Photos extension
You may have to join the Google Home Public Preview program to see the first extension, while we don't see “Google Photos” yet. You can already upload images you want to analyze.
Google also highlights “Saved Info” — gemini.google.com/saved-info — in the account menu, while non-Gemini Advanced users will see a series of conversation starters above the text box.
Finally, expanded language support:
- The app is now available in 11 more languages: Bulgarian, Estonian, Gujarati, Kannada, Latvian, Lithuanian, Malayalam, Serbian, Slovenian, Swahili, and Urdu
- Gemini Live is available in 21 more languages: Bengali, Chinese, Danish, Dutch, Gujarati, Hungarian, Kannada, Korean, Latvian, Lithuanian, Malayalam, Marathi, Norwegian Bokmål, Romanian, Slovenian, Swahili, Swedish, Tamil, Telugu, Ukrainian, and Urdu
