Google announced Thursday that it is making Gemini Live available inmore than 40 languages, allowing global users (no longer just English speakers) to access the conversational AI feature, as well as enabling the full Gemini AI to connect with additional Google apps in more languages.
Throughout that period, users could only speak with the AI in English. Starting today, users will be able to chat in French, German, Portuguese, Hindi, and Spanish, with the rest of the 40-plus languages being made available in the coming weeks.
To access the new languages, open the Google app on your Android device and click on yourProfile pictureat the top of the screen. From there selectSettings > Google Assistant > Languagesto choose the one (or two) that you want to use.
Google is also incorporating the Gemini model into more of its apps viaExtensions. Similar to an API, this feature enables the Gemini app to interact with other apps and pull data from them, such as real-time flight information or location-based data, to provide the user with better and more accurate replies. Initially, Extensions only worked with a handful of Google apps, specifically, Gmail Maps and YouTube, then expanded access toCalendar, Tasks, Keep, and Utilities, though only in English.
“Over the coming weeks, you’ll be able to connect to new tools across different apps and in more languages, making it even easier to get things done,” Google’s announcement post reads. The company suggests that you’re able to “have Gemini dig out that lasagna recipe sent to you in your Gmail, and ask it to add the ingredients to your shopping list in Keep.”Extensions is not currently compatible with Gemini Live.
