Gemini Live is now free for all Android users

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Previously, Gemini Live was only available for Gemini Advanced subscribers.

Gemini Live UI on the Pixel 9
(Image credit: Derrek Lee / Android Central)

What you need to know

  • The Gemini Live was demoed as part of the Pixel 9 launch and is now available for all phones in the Gemini app.
  • Gemini Live is a powerful AI tool that can have natural conversations with users, enhancing the already impressive Gemini assistant.
  • The interesting element of Gemini Live is that it has ten human-like voices to interact with, and it will soon be expanded to iOS devices.

Gemini Live was one of the highlighting features announced during the Pixel 9 series launch. The feature, known for its mobile conversational experience, is now rolling out to everyone who uses the Gemini AI app.

In an X post, Google announced the expansion of its mobile Gemini app in English for Android phones. Any user of the Gemini app can access the Gemini Live feature for free, which allows them to have free-flowing conversations on any topic or brainstorm ideas. Previously, after the Made by Google event, Gemini Live was first available for Gemini Advanced subscribers.

In a shared email, Google further noted that the latest feature in English will be available in ten different voices for users to choose from to enhance their conversational experience. Users can head to the Google Play Store, download the Gemini app, and look for Gemini Live. 

The search giant has further assured that Gemini Live will be available for iOS devices in the coming days and that more languages will be added in the following weeks. 

Gemini Live on the Pixel 9

(Image credit: Derrek Lee / Android Central)

As mentioned, Gemini Live was one of the key moments of the recent Pixel 9 series launch. The more human-like conversations are the key takeaways from the already advanced Gemini AI assistant.

Gemini Live had only taken things further. Our Senior Content Nicholas Sutrich had tested it on his Pixel 9 Pro for making a grocery list. He talked to Gemini Live while preparing dinner, which impressed him with its human-like conversational skills.

It is interesting to see Google allowing the masses to try out such a conversational assistant with the new free rollout via the Gemini app. We expect more and more users to try out the new feature, as it can be used hands-free, talked to in the background, and even when the phone is locked. Once you end a session with the AI-based assistant, conversations with Gemini Live can also be downloaded as transcripts for further reference.

Vishnu Sarangapurkar
Vishnu Sarangapurkar
News Writer

Vishnu works as a freelance News Writer for Android Central. For the past four years, he's been writing about consumer technology, primarily involving smartphones, laptops, and every other gizmo connected to the Internet. When he is away from keyboard, you can see him going on a long drive or chilling on a couch binge-watching some crime series.

2 Comments Comment from the forums
  • JudasD
    ill start using gemini once google has an option to disable reading back the entire result. when i search for something in public, does google honestly think everyone around me wants to hear this answer? doubt it. it's very silly that i need to mute my media slider each time i use gemini.
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  • goombah88
    JudasD said:
    ill start using gemini once google has an option to disable reading back the entire result. when i search for something in public, does google honestly think everyone around me wants to hear this answer? doubt it. it's very silly that i need to mute my media slider each time i use gemini.
    I haven't looked to see if there's a way to change the default behavior, but when I use Gemini and it starts reading back results, there's a round button around the top right of the screen with a pause symbol " | | ". Clicking on that will stop the dictation and turn the button into a triangular play symbol.
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