One year ago, exactly the day Google announced Bard, its AI-powered ChatGPT rival. Bard was based on the LaMDA model, but Google switched to Gemini in December. The service will now adopt the name of the model that powers it. Goodbye, Bard. Hello, Gemini.
Gemini is now powered by the Gemini Pro 1.0 model. It is available in over 230 countries and knows more than 40 languages. This is available via a web interface – here’s the link – but you can also use the new Gemini app.
It is a chat bot and you can talk to it via text or voice. However, Gemini is “multimodal,” which means you can also give it a photo as input or ask it to generate an image.
Gemini is free, but from today it is the level 2 solution: Google also presented Gemini Advanced, based on Gemini Ultra 1.0. After a 2-month free trial, Advanced will cost you $20/€22/£19/₹1,950 for the Google One AI Premium plan.
This includes 2TB of storage and other Google One Premium perks (a Premium normally costs $10). Google will soon also enable Gemini in Gmail, Google Docs and other services (it was initially called “Duet AI”). Gemini Advanced is available in over 150 countries starting today, but only in English (will be expanded over time).
You can download the Gemini app for Android and iOS (part of the Google app here).
On Android, Gemini is supplanting Google Assistant. You activate it the same way, by saying “Hey Google” or by pressing the power button or however you do it. You can ask him to summarize an article you’re reading or create a caption for a photo. Old voice control features – setting timers, making calls, controlling smart home devices – will continue to work through Gemini.
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