Gemini AI Features No Longer Available in Google iOS App

[MacRumors]

Google is removing its Gemini AI model from the Google app on iOS. The company announced the change in an email to Gemini users on February 18, according to AndroidCentral.

"We're making some changes to create an even better Gemini experience on iOS," the email read. "Gemini is now available as its own app, and that's now the best place to use Gemini. To continue using Gemini, download the new Gemini app from the App Store."

The change makes sense, since the standalone Gemini app already offered enhanced functionality compared to the limited integration within the Google app. It allows iPhone users to interact with Google's AI through text or voice queries and includes support for Gemini Extensions.

A key feature is Gemini Live, which wasn't available in the previous Google app implementation. When engaged in a conversation, Gemini Live appears in both the Dynamic Island and Lock Screen, letting you control your AI interactions without returning to the main app.

The Gemini app is free to download on the App Store, and Google offers premium features through Gemini Advanced subscriptions available as in-app purchases. Gemini Advanced is part of a Google One AI premium plan costing $18.99 per month. Apart from Gemini in Mail, Docs, and more, it includes access to Google's next-generation model, 1.5 Pro, priority access to new features, and a one million token context window. Users need to sign in with a Google account to access the service.

Article Link: Gemini AI Features No Longer Available in Google iOS App

 

[Col4bin]

Meanwhile, we still have “Hey Siri”.

 

[nostradumbass]

Meanwhile, we still have “Hey Siri”.

Siri isn’t a large language model. Neither is Alexa. Neither was Microsoft’s Cortana.

Apple Intelligence downloads a language model which Siri can act as an interface for.

Siri has a TTS service that can convert text to audio.

The data Gemini collects on you is quite enormous and a lot more than Google’s own search engine. It’s basically everything.

 

[Kirkster]

Still not loading Google apps on any of my devices. Glad to see more alternatives to YouTube popping up us and lasting.

 

[dumastudetto]

This is bad news for consumers who were using Gemini on iOS. Nobody is buying Android for Gemini when we have Apple Intelligence baked right in.

 

[dumastudetto]

Still not loading Google apps on any of my devices. Glad to see more alternatives to YouTube popping up us and lasting.

Which YouTube alternatives do you use?

 

[brentv]

I’m constantly switching between iPhone and Samsung. Using Gemini on the Fold 5 and Google Assistant on the Galaxy Watch 6 (left wrist) works seamlessly—hearing prompts and getting accurate responses on the right devices. Apple has some serious catching up to do. It’s wild seeing an iPhone 12 Pro home screen packed with Google apps… Hey Siri, where you at?

 

[M1 Max]

Anyone remember KITT from Knight Rider? I think the time is now if they integrate a solid AI integration like ChatGPT on Apple Watch. It will have the same level of answers and should be able to get summon your car, make appointments and plot in routes, open doors. Soon it might even be able to hack into buildings. Exciting times!

 

[atomwork]

Meanwhile, we still have “Hey Siri”.

Which is still incompetent after all these years

 

[mattopotamus]

This is bad news for consumers who were using Gemini on iOS. Nobody is buying Android for Gemini when we have Apple Intelligence baked right in.

Not sure if you read the article. You just have to download the Gemini app and it no longer is baked into the google app.

 

[Kirkster]

There are a lot of things out there. Vimeo, Rumble, Dailymotion, Pepperbox, Odysee. Why lock yourself in. Unfortunately a lot of the Sailing content is still locked to YouTube.

 

[dumastudetto]

Not sure if you read the article. You just have to download the Gemini app and it no longer is baked into the google app.

I did. I can't download apps by Google.

 

[SanderEvers]

Which is still incompetent after all these years

Siri is limited by design by the amount and kinds of data it can analyse. Google doesn't have those restrictions on their AI models. That's the difference. Even Apple Intelligence is limited by design.

 

[meckenstroll]

Is there a way I can use Gemini to handle the authentication requests for Google sites instead of the Google App? If so, then I would delete my Google App.

 

[mattopotamus]

I did. I can't download apps by Google.

So how were you previously using an app for gemini?

 

[dumastudetto]

So how were you previously using an app for gemini?

The Google app.

 

[lanceuppercut47]

The Google app.

What? You were using the Google app, but you hate this new change as you can't (or won't?) download apps by Google??

I did. I can't download apps by Google.

 

[mattopotamus]

What? You were using the Google app, but you hate this new change as you can't (or won't?) download apps by Google??

Glad someone else is just as perplexed by his replies as me.

 

[dumastudetto]

What? You were using the Google app, but you hate this new change as you can't (or won't?) download apps by Google??

Sorry I wasn't very clear. I'm only permitted to download the official Google app. I'm blocked from downloading any other Google apps.

 

[gknewell]

If you listen very carefully you can hear six people sigh in mild frustration.

 

[ItchyRat2160]

Thank goodness.

 

[chrono1081]

Oh no...anyway.

 

[It’s always something]

And still no iPad app for Gemini, so no thanks.

 

[Gherkin]

If you listen very carefully you can hear six people sigh in mild frustration.

Millions of people use it.

 

[Haiku_Oezu]

Be honest: how many of you have not read the article past the headline and think Gemini cannot be used on iOS period?

They just removed the functionality from the Google app to make you download the dedicated Gemini app