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Google is stepping up its competition with Siri and Apple Intelligence on the iPhone by releasing a standalone iOS app for Gemini.
Google's Gemini has been available for use on the iPhone for a while, but as part of the main Google app. Gemini is now available as a standalone app for iOS, and is positioned even more as an AI-powered personal assistant.
In an official blog post, Google explains that the app offers something called Gemini Live, a version of the assistant that offers “free-flowing conversations.” Using Live, users can have a conversation with Gemini, with the ability to interrupt a response mid-sentence or pause the conversation to continue later.
Gemini Live is available to Gemini Advanced subscribers, initially on Android devices and in English, with expansion to iOS and other languages expected in the weeks ahead.
Google is also making Gemini available with ten new voices, so users can choose the tone and style of speech that suits their needs.
Google is also expanding Gemini’s capabilities to work with other Google apps and services. Building on existing access to Gmail, new extensions will connect to Keep, Tasks, Utilities, Calendar, and some advanced features of YouTube Music in the coming weeks.
The Gemini app itself is free to download. Gemini Advanced costs $19.99 per month and includes 2TB of storage and other Google One Premium benefits.
While Gemini Live is a play designed to appeal to power users who want better answers from digital assistants, it still has to compete with Apple’s ongoing improvements in the form of Apple Intelligence. As part of the changes, Apple is improving Siri itself, as well as integrating access to ChatGPT.
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