On Thursday, Google launched its dedicated app for its AI-powered assistant, Gemini, on iOS worldwide according to techcrunch.com. Previously, iOS users had to rely on the Google app or mobile web to interact with the AI technology.
The new Gemini iOS app supports text-based prompts in 35 languages. Additionally, users can engage in conversations through its Gemini Live feature in 12 languages, including English, Spanish, French, German, Hindi, Portuguese, Arabic, Italian, Indonesian, Japanese, Turkish, and Vietnamese. Google mentioned it plans to introduce support for more languages soon.
While some Gemini features, like recipe suggestions or study assistance, were available via the Google app and mobile web, Gemini Live is a new addition to the native iOS app.
App users can also generate images through Google’s Imagen 3 model. In August, the company resumed allowing Gemini Advanced, Business, and Enterprise users to create images with people after pausing the feature due to criticisms over historical inaccuracies in the model’s outputs.
Users can also utilize extensions to ask Gemini questions about other Google accounts, such as Gmail, Maps, YouTube, and Calendar.
Google initially released the Gemini Android app in February, first in the U.S., followed by Germany, France, Italy, Sweden, and the U.K. The company gradually added support for Japanese, Korean, Spanish, and Portuguese. By June, the Gemini app was extended to India and other South Asian countries, including Bangladesh, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka, with support for nine local languages.
Notably, Apple’s Siri integration with ChatGPT is currently live in the iOS 18.2 public beta, suggesting this feature may be available to all users soon. Earlier this year, at its Worldwide Developer Conference, Apple announced plans to integrate Google Gemini with Apple Intelligence in the future.
“We’re looking forward to integrating with other models, including Google Gemini, in the future,” said Apple SVP Craig Federighi during the event. Google’s launch of Gemini on iOS may be a first step in this direction.
