Tech Desk
Aug 13, 2024
A still image of Gemini Live of Made by Google event 2024 held on August 13 at Mountain View headquarters in California. — Screengrab via YouTube Made by Google channel
Google is hosting its annual hardware event — Made by Google 2024 — around two months early this year.
Google is ready to launch a new voice chat mode for Gemini, known as Gemini live, the company announced at its Made by Google event today. It’s available for Gemini Advanced subscribers, it works like ChatGPT’s voice chat feature, with numerous voices to select from and the capability to speak conversationally, even to the point of bothering it without tapping a button.
Google said that conversations with Gemini Live can be “free-flowing,” so you can interrupt an answer mid-sentence or stop the conversation and return to it later.
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Moreover, Gemini Live will work in the background or when your phone is locked. Google initially announced that Gemini Live was coming during its I/O developer conference this year, where it also claimed Gemini Live would be capable of interpreting video in real time.
Is Gemini adding new voices?
Google is integrating 10 new Gemini voices for users to pick from. The feature has started releasing today at Made by Google 2024 event, in English only, for Android devices. The company claims to release it on iOS and get more languages soon.
Additionally, Google announced other features for its artificial intelligence (AI) assistant, involving new extensions coming soon, for apps such as Keep, Tasks, Utilities, and YouTube Music.
Gemini Live is also accumulating awareness of the context of your screen, similar to AI features Apple announced at its Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) this year. After users tap “Ask about this screen” or “Ask about this video,” Google says Gemini can provide you information, including pulling out details like destinations from travel videos to add to Google Maps.
