What that you must know
- Google is shuttering Gemini assist within the Google app on iOS, pushing customers to the standalone Gemini app.
- The corporate added a Gemini app for iOS final yr, however Gemini assist within the Google app remained out there till at present.
- Google is notifying Gemini customers in an e-mail of the change, which was despatched at present.
Google introduced Gemini to iPhone via integration with the Google app first, and solely created a devoted Gemini app for iOS in November 2024. Nonetheless, Gemini assist throughout the Google app for iOS remained out there. Now that the Gemini app for iOS has been out there for a lot of months, Gemini is now not out there within the Google app on iPhone.
Google introduced the change in an e-mail to Gemini customers on iOS late Tuesday, Feb. 18.
“We’re making some adjustments to create an excellent higher Gemini expertise on iOS,” the corporate wrote within the e-mail. “Gemini is now out there as its personal app, and that’s now the very best place to make use of Gemini. To proceed utilizing Gemini, obtain the brand new Gemini app from the App Retailer.”
You may learn the total e-mail from Google within the screenshot under:
Google introduced the Gemini app to iOS final yr, and with it added new options like Imagen 3 assist for picture technology. The corporate says that the devoted Gemini app for iOS helps all the identical options that had been as soon as accessible within the Google app for iOS. Extra not too long ago, the Gemini app for iOS has been up to date to assist Gemini Dwell in additional languages for conversational chatting, and its newest replace is model 1.2025.0570102.
The Gemini app for iOS additionally introduced extra assist for Gemini extensions for apps like Google Maps and YouTube.
When you attempt to use the Gemini panel within the Google app on iOS now, it’s going to present a display screen that reads: “Gemini has its personal app. Obtain the Gemini app for iPhone.” Presumably, the Gemini panel will quickly be faraway from the Google app for iOS altogether.
