1 min readGoogle's AI assistant is now available to iOS users.
Announced overnight via the official Google blog, a dedicated Gemini app is now available to download via the Apple App Store. Previously, it was only accessible to iOS users through a web browser.
As with its Android counterpart, this application allows you to feed the generative AI chatbot text, audio and image prompts. You can also ask it generate images, integrate it with selected Google services via extensions and you can even use it to access Gemini Live, so long as you're paying for Google’s One AI Premium plan.
At launch, Gemini for iPhone support twelve languages. The list here includes English, Spanish, French, German, Hindi, Portuguese, Arabic, Italian, Indonesian, Japanese, Turkish and Vietnamese.
If your preferred language on the list, the good news is that Google has said that more are on the way. The bad news is that there isn't any other information about what the timeline or pipeline for that looks like.
In any case, the move isn't likely to be a huge shock if you've been paying much attention. Tech companies like Google have spent billions on the development of AI-powered products like Gemini and the path towards a return on that investment isn't super clear at this point. However, given the numbers involved, it probably makes sense for Google to try and make Gemini available to as many consumers as possible rather than try and use it to lure people into the Pixel ecosystem.
