About two weeks ago, Google launched Gemini Live for paid Gemini Advanced subscribers. And now, the search giant has announced that Gemini Live will be rolling out for free to Android users. To use this feature, the device language must be set to English. However, support for other languages will be coming soon.
We’re starting to roll out Gemini Live in English to more people using the Android app, for free. Go live to chat with Gemini, explore a new topic, or brainstorm ideas. Keep an eye on Gemini Live in the Gemini app 👀 pic.twitter.com/0VL0c7E6Gw— Google Gemini App (@GeminiApp) September 12, 2024
If you didn’t know, Gemini Live is an AI-powered conversational assistant that offers seamless voice chat and also supports interruptions. You can speak in the middle of a response and Gemini Live will automatically pause to hear your intervention. It is powered by the fast Gemini 1.5 Flash model.
Google claims that Gemini Live is a response to ChatGPT’s Advanced Voice Mode, but in our Gemini Live review, it turned out to be a phony solution. Unlike ChatGPT’s Advanced Voice Mode which offers an end-to-end audio input/output experience, Gemini Live uses speech-to-text and text-to-speech engines to process audio via an LLM.
This means you don’t get a truly multimodal experience on Gemini Live. It can’t understand the emotions behind the voice and doesn’t identify the speaker’s mood. It also can’t account for accents. Additionally, other modalities like camera input and output are still not available on Gemini Live.
That said, with interruption support, Gemini Live feels like a conversational AI. So if you’re interested, go ahead and update the Gemini app (Free) via the Play Store and wait for the update to reach your device.
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