Google Launches Gemini Live, AI That Can Be Chatted With
Morrissey Technology – Google officially launched Gemini Live, an AI assistant that can be chatted with at the Made by Google event on Thursday (14/8). Gemini Live was previously introduced at I/O 2024 last May. Now, this feature has been officially launched to become a chat friend for users. Unfortunately, not everyone can use this AI assistant. Google launched Gemini Live on Gemini Advanced, Google’s paid version of AI.
“Gemini Live will start rolling out tomorrow, it will be available to all Gemini Advanced users on all devices. So, the rollout may take a week or two to fully complete, but it will be available on all Android phones on Gemini Advanced,” said Amar Subramanya, VP of Engineering at Google in an exclusive Virtual Roundtable session on Gemini News, Wednesday (13/8).
“We’ll start with English on Gemini Advanced, with more languages on the way,” he added.
Gemini Live represents a giant leap forward in AI assistants. The reason is, users can now chat with AI, instead of just asking questions. Previously, AI assistants could only interact in a question and answer format. In this session, Amar demonstrated Gemini Live by asking this AI to speak to those of us present at the virtual session.
“Hello to everyone there. I am very happy to be able to meet you all, even if only through my voice. I hope I can meet your expectations and you will enjoy learning about me,” said Gemini.
Amar interrupted Gemini’s words several times, and Gemini responded by stopping talking while listening to Amar’s words.
“This interaction is much more fluid, compared to taking turns talking. In my experience, I use it more as a trainer or as a brainstorming partner,” said Amar, recounting his experience of using Gemini Live for several weeks.
Amar said that currently Gemini Live can only input and output sound. However, other modalities such as visuals are being worked on by Google to provide this AI assistant. Google itself provides the option of 8 sound options in this initial version of Gemini Live. Furthermore, currently Android cellphone users can access Gemini for free. However, users who want to use Gemini Advanced must subscribe at a cost of IDR 309 thousand per month.