Gemini Stay is now free for all Android customers as Google begins the mass rollout of its spectacular AI-powered voice assistant.
Beforehand, Gemini Stay was solely obtainable as a part of Google’s paid Gemini Superior subscription, which value $20 (£18.99, AU$30). Now, Android customers will be capable of use the voice assistant free of charge, however you’ll should be affected person as not all customers have entry simply but.
Gemini Stay is a competitor to ChatGPT’s Superior Voice Mode in addition to the upcoming Siri redesign, powered by Apple Intelligence on the most effective iPhones.
TechRadar’s Senior Editor, AI, Graham Barlow, has been utilizing Gemini Stay for just a few weeks now and had this to say about Google’s human-sounding AI companion: “Lastly, I can chat with my telephone as if it had been an actual particular person, which is all I’ve ever needed to do since voice assistants like Google Assistant, Siri, and Alexa grew to become a factor.”
Sure, the month-to-month subscription offers you entry to different perks like 2 TB of cloud storage and entry to Gemini 1.5 Professional, Google’s most superior AI mannequin. Nonetheless, most informal AI customers can have upgraded to Gemini Superior to strive the brand new swanky Gemini Stay voice assistant, which was first demoed at Google’s Pixel occasion in August.
For those who personal a appropriate Android gadget just like the brand-new Google Pixel 9 or Google Pixel 9 Professional, you possibly can entry Gemini Stay by merely launching Google Gemini and hitting the Stay icon within the backside proper nook. A few of TechRadar’s UK workforce are but to see Stay within the Gemini app, so if it doesn’t seem but, be affected person and examine again usually.
Wish to examine Gemini Stay? Try our Pixel 9 Professional evaluation.
Siri 2.0 vs Gemini Stay
Simply this week, Apple introduced the iPhone 16 and iPhone 16 Professional with A18 and A18 Professional chips prepared for Apple Intelligence. Apple’s AI instruments will arrive over the approaching months however we’ll want to attend till 2025 to strive a number of the most anticipated Apple Intelligence options like Siri 2.0. The key replace to Siri with on-screen consciousness is about to rival Gemini and Gemini Stay as smartphone firms enter into an AI-focused battle, attempting to show who has the most effective software program that will help you in your day-to-day duties.
Till then, Gemini and its host of powers together with Gemini Stay is the most effective use of AI we’ve seen on a smartphone but. For those who’re to listen to extra about Apple Intelligence and the way forward for iPhone because it seems to compete with Google’s providing, learn our early hands-on iPhone 16 evaluation.