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Anshuman Jain
Google is introducing an "AI Mode" for search, showcasing AI-generated results as a separate option. This change may replace AI overviews on the search results page. The AI Mode will feature a chat window-like interface, links to sources, and a search box for follow-up questions.
Gemini Takes a Page Out of Apple’s Book with a Fancy New Animation
Abubakar Mohammed
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The new and compact Gemini overlay will soon glow pink and purple. This looks quite similar to the colorful effects that pop up at the sides of an iPhone when a user triggers Siri with Apple Intelligence
Google Vids is a new AI-powered video marketing tool for Google Workspace users. It allows users to create engaging videos by typing a prompt, with AI handling the rest. The tool includes features like voiceovers and image generation, making it a lucrative option for businesses looking to streamline their video content creation process.
Gemini’s Latest Trick Will Let You Make Calls Without Unlocking Your Phone
Sagnik Das Gupta
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Google's Gemini will reportedly allow users to soon make calls and drop texts without unlocking their phone. Here's all that you need to know about it!
Google has announced in the Google For India event that the Gemini app and Gemini Live will be available in nine languages, including Hindi, Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada, Marathi, and more. The giant also announced AI Overviews in four more languages.
Android Auto is all set to get a taste of Gemini Live which is a part of the Gemini Advanced subscription tier. Gemini could soon replace Google Assistant on Android Auto, and the strings found in the latest Android Auto Beta, "gearhead_assistant_action_Kitt_live_query" with the value "Start Conversation confirm the same.
Google is adding WhatsApp, Messages, and Android notifications extensions to Gemini, as discovered in the latest APK teardown. These features allow sending/reading messages, placing calls, and probably let you summarize notifications. However, they are not currently active. These new additions can make Gemini functionally more useful than it is in its current state.
Gemini Nano is a lightweight version of Google's AI chatbot and it brings on-device AI support to Pixel devices. The feature was already available for Pixel 8 Pro and now it has released for Pixel 8 and 8a devices with the June feature drop update. It is not enabled by default and has to be turned on from AICore Settings in Developer Options.
In an interview with iJustine with Craig Federighi and John Giannandrea at the WWDC24, Federighi teased that Apple is still working to bring more AI models to iPhones, including Google's Gemini. According to him, they went with the "best there is in the market," but iOS will openly embrace multiple AI models to honor user's choices.
Google took to a blog post to reveal the thought process behind Gemini AI's naming. At first, it was titled Titan, which didn't resonate well enough with the team. However, it did give them an idea to come up with something deeply rooted into space. For the AI model to come to life, the Google Brain and DeepMind teams joined hands last year. The other inspiration came from NASA's Gemini project which trained astronauts to land on the moon.
Google made several improvements to its Workspace apps by bringing Gemini to them, and we are testing features in Gmail here. These include a Gemini side panel to quickly bring up the AI chatbot and ask questions to it, email summary, and contextual replies that will be available for Gmail app on mobile by July this year.
Google is working on a new YouTube Music extension for Gemini which will let you play, search and ask for music suggestions using the AI chatbot directly. The feature needs to be enabled from the Extensions menu first from the app. It will use your account details to learn about your preferences and show you suggestions based on them. The feature is still in development and might be available soon.