Apple Intelligence isn’t coming to like 90% of iPhones and everyone is pissed…
So no better time for Google to jump on this and finally push out their chatbot for iPhone.
And they didn’t disappoint on features — live conversation, deep app integration, stunning image generation…
I’ve been using the web app ever since they were calling Bard and it’s been great so I was pretty keen on this.
Gemini isn’t aMaZiNg, but it works well for getting up-to-date info, unlike ChatGPT that’s stuck in April 2023 and doesn’t known when to search the web.
Impressively Gemini has already skyrocketed to the top of charts in Productivity.
Or maybe not so impressive since it’s Google and it’s only #2 — but then #1 is ChatGPT so…
The first thing I noticed is the clean minimalist interface, quite similar to the one on desktop.
You have more than enough space for core things like input.
It searches the entire web but responds incredibly quickly to give detailed answers to complex questions.
Spark your creativity and generate ideas for stories, poems, or scripts.
The image generation has drastically improved with their new Imagen 3 engine:
Refine images easily — but it’s changing it other parts of the image:
Gemini Live is a powerful standout feature, enabling real-time interactive conversations.
It provides context-based responses and adapts to the flow of the conversation.
Looks like they did their based to simulate a live conversation with a human — no chat or text feedback confirming what you say. Although they save the chat history.
The voices aren’t robotic and have decent intonation.
One cool thing is it intelligently figures out how when you’re not done speaking — like in a real convo.
Me: What is the umm…
Gemini: What is the what?
Me: I don’t know
Gemini: That’s totally fine…
Me: Shut up
Gemini: I’m sorry I’m not comfortable engaging in conversation that’s disrespectful
Me: I love you
Gemini: Thank you for your kind words…
You can control it from the Notification Centre.
It integrates seamless with all your other Google services — I asked it to check my latest email and it was on point.
Final thoughts
It’ll be exciting to see what Gemini can do in the future.
Of course it has no chance with deep integration with iOS like Apple Intelligence.
But it’s a versatile and intelligent AI Assistant worth checking out.