Bard isn’t any extra. No, Google is not tanking its AI division; reasonably, it is getting a refresh. Starting at the moment, Bard is now merely referred to as “Gemini,” the title Google initially gave to its suite of AI fashions.
If you are a frequent customer to bard.google.com, you will not discover an enormous distinction at first, apart from the title change. Now, it is gemini.google.com, which provides the identical options and performance that Bard did yesterday. The larger adjustments to Gemini, nonetheless, are both exterior of the primary internet app or behind a paywall.
Google’s AI goes cellular
Under the brand new(ish) Gemini title, Google is constructing a cellular expertise for its AI companies. While each iOS and Android are getting cellular variations of Gemini, it will likely be Android customers that profit most. On Android OS, Gemini is a standalone app, whereas on iOS, Gemini is being added to the customary Google app. Both supply the identical Gemini expertise: Whether you are utilizing the Gemini app on Android, or Gemini within the Google app in your iPhone, you may nonetheless immediate Gemini with questions you need answered, photographs you need generated, or jokes you need written.
However, on Android, issues go one step additional. If you need, you may swap Google Assistant with Gemini. When you do, not solely will you be capable of use Gemini with on-screen overlays, you may ask Gemini to do issues in your telephone the identical means you’d ask Google Assistant. With a voice immediate (“Hey Google”) or a long-press of the facility button, you may ask Gemini a couple of photograph you simply took, then ask it to set an alarm for tomorrow morning, for instance. Gemini cannot do the whole lot Google Assistant can, so chances are you’ll end up switching again to the standard assistant in case you hit a roadblock.
That stated, in case you’re not a fan of downloading extra apps, I’m instructed that gemini.google.com will nonetheless work simply as nicely on iOS and Android.
Gemini’s cellular experiences roll out beginning at the moment in English. Support for Japanese and Korean will roll out beginning subsequent week.
Gemini Advanced
We knew Google was engaged on Bard Advanced, a paid model of its AI service. Now, that paid tier is right here, after all underneath the brand new “Gemini” title. Gemini Advanced provides Google’s greatest AI mannequin, Ultra 1.0, and all of the processing energy that comes with it. Google recommends this model of Gemini for “highly complex tasks:” Google suggests asking Gemini Advanced for assistance on a posh coding downside; requesting pattern quizzes on a topic you are learning; or prompting the bot to brainstorm concepts for brand spanking new content material to create. If you do select to subscribe to Gemini Advanced, you may see that mirrored in all methods you utilize Gemini. So whether or not you utilize gemini.google.com, the Gemini app, or Gemini within the iOS Google app, you may see the “Advanced” label denoting you’ve entry to Ultra 1.0 in your requests.
Like ChatGPT Plus, which will get you entry to GPT-4 Turbo, Gemini Advanced prices $19.99 monthly. However, Google is providing a two-month free trial to first-time subscribers, so that you may give Ultra 1.0 a shot and see if it matches your wants. If not, you may cancel your trial and stick with Gemini’s free tier. Google can be folding Gemini Advanced into its Google One plans as the brand new “AI Premium Plan.” In addition to Gemini Advanced, you additionally get the present Premium tier perks, together with 2TB of cloud storage.
Duet AI, which is what Google calls its AI options in Gmail, Docs, Slides, Sheets, and so forth. may also be rebranded as Gemini. Gemini Advanced customers will quickly be capable of use these AI perks in Workspace, too, however not at launch.
Right now, Gemini Advanced is just accessible in English, however Google is engaged on including extra languages. In the meantime, you may entry it in over 150 completely different nations.
