Google's Gemini Live: Free AI Assistant Now Available for Android Users

Google Gemini Live now available to all Android users -- here's how to get access

Google has announced that Gemini Live is rolling out for all Android users via the Gemini app, for free. Google originally launched the Gemini Live assistant alongside the Google Pixel 9 series. The new assistant is faster than the standard Gemini and offers a more intuitive and immersive experience. It's definitely more conversational. Thhe updated assistant was stated to be available to Gemini Advance subscribers initially, then released to other models. It looks like Android users won't have to wait any longer as Google has announced on X that the Gemini Live rollout is here. Note that it's only possible to download the US English version currently. Although you can select different accents, including the British "Capella." So now is a great time to try out Google's improved AI assistant. To access Gemini Live, you'll want to do the following: Our own Richard Priday had a chance to test out Gemini Live over 24 hours recently and had a lot of good things to say about the feature. While there were some issues with the Gemini Advanced model giving out of date or incorrect advice, Gemini Live actually impressed. The AI's ability to hold continued conversations was a marked improvement over other text-based assistants. Google rolling out Gemini live to Android users for free is great to see, and to get the best experience you should be using one of the best Android phones. Let us know in the comments what you think of Gemini Live once you've had a chance to try it.

Gemini Live is now freely available to everyone

Everyone can now chat with Google's AI assistant. Credit: Google Google's Gemini Live is now freely available for everyone using Google's Gemini app in English, the company announced on Monday. Originally, Gemini Live was launched at the Pixel 9 event, but was originally available only for Pixel 9 devices, and it required a Gemini advanced subscription. In September, the company started rolling it out to a subset of Android users, and now it should be available to all users. Gemini Live is a voice conversation feature for Google's smart assistant Gemini, allowing users to chat with Gemini for as long as they like. It offers a number of different voice options, and is better at handling features of actual conversations such as pauses and interruptions. It also has context retention, meaning it will remember previous interactions, making subsequent conversations more meaningful. Google's Gemini app is only available for Android right now. It's not inconceivable, however, that it one day comes to Apple's iOS as well. Apple's Craig Federighi mentioned the possibility in June, saying that Gemini is "maybe" coming to iOS in the future, along with other AI models.

Gemini Live is finally rolling out to free users in the wild

Key Takeaways Gemini Live is showing up on more free users' Android phones, allowing more people to engage in conversational interactions with the AI. Gemini Live is more human-like, allowing interruptions, topic switches, and spoken responses, making it easier to interact with AI compared to competitors. Some limitations include only being available in American English and on Android devices, with voice customization being tricky but possible with workarounds. Move over ChatGPT 4o. Google's Gemini Live has started arriving on free users' phones, making the chatty AI accessible to more people. It began as a premium feature, but now it seems anyone with an Android phone can engage in free-flowing conversations with Gemini. Related 5 Gemini Live limitations I hate as Google Assistant can do them just fine A work in progress 8 Android Police contributor Mishaal Rahman spotted the free feature on his Xiaomi 14T Pro, and prolific leaker CID confirmed they also had it, but could not change the AI's voice. This follows Google's announcement from earlier this month that confirmed the feature would begin rolling out to free users, although Google didn't give a date for the rollout at the time. What is Google's Gemini Live chat bot? Close Gemini Live is different from regular Gemini. It is a free-flowing, conversational way to interact with Google's AI by talking, rather than typing. Users can interrupt, switch topics mid-conversation, and receive spoken responses seamlessly, giving the AI a very human-like feel. This is Google's response to OpenAI's ChatGPT 4o, which can chat with users in a voice eerily similar to Scarlett Johanssen's voice. But more than outdoing its competitor in one area, Gemini Live is a much easier way to interact with AI. It can be used for brainstorming, discussing topics, conducting research, and eventually, setting appointments and finding directions. There are some limitations to this early version of Gemini Live. For starters, it can only be used in American English, and only on Android devices. It also seems the voice is difficult to change, although CID found a workaround by changing Gemini's language to American English, and then it will let you change the voice. Like with all things Google, this is a gradual rollout. Not all regions will have access to it right away. But it's clearly a big step for Google in bringing AI to the masses.

What Is Gemini? Everything You Should Know About Google's AI Tool

Barbara is a tech writer specializing in AI and emerging technologies. With a background as a systems librarian in software development, she brings a unique perspective to her reporting. Having lived in the USA and Ireland, Barbara now resides in Croatia. She covers the latest in artificial intelligence and tech innovations. Her work draws on years of experience in tech and other fields, blending technical know-how with a passion for how technology shapes our world. Ever since ChatGPT made waves, tech companies have been racing to release their artificial intelligence competitors, and Google has stepped up its AI game with Gemini. Launched in December 2023 by Google DeepMind, this next-generation model has been integrated across a range of Google products, including Google Search and Workspace and even Pixel phones, making these tools smarter and more responsive and intuitive. So what is Gemini? It's a large language model developed to understand and generate text that is very similar to what a human might write. It was designed to integrate advanced AI into everyday user interactions and complex enterprise solutions, and you can interact with Google's LLM via the Gemini chatbot on the web or via mobile app. Gemini has four models: Ultra, Pro, Flash and Nano, each designed for different use cases. One new standout feature is its expanded token context window, which allows for more extended and coherent responses. Gemini 1.5 Flash now offers a 1 million token window, while the 1.5 Pro model pushes that to a whopping 2 million. In comparison, ChatGPT caps at 32,000 tokens in the expanded version. If you haven't yet developed a soft spot for everything AI-related and all of this sounds confusing, keep on reading. As technology develops, new artificial intelligence terminology arises. Before we dive deeper, let's quickly break down some previously mentioned key terms. Generative AI (or gen AI) refers to AI systems that can create content -- think text, images or even music -- based on the data they've been trained on. LLMs like Gemini are a type of generative AI. They learn from massive datasets of text and code and then use that knowledge to understand and generate human-like text. You've likely interacted with an LLM before, whether through an online customer service chatbot, or even ChatGPT. These chatbots use LLMs to engage in real-time conversations, provide you with information and solve problems -- though sometimes, they miss the mark and give some weird answers. That is called AI hallucinations. And Google had its fair share of mishaps with them. But, more on this later. Tokens are the building blocks of text that AI models use to process language. When AI reads and generates text, it breaks everything into small chunks called tokens. These can be whole words, parts of words or even punctuation. For example, in the sentence "Hello, world!" the AI might treat "Hello" and "," as separate tokens. So when we talk about token limits (e.g., the aforementioned million token context window Gemini has), we're talking about how much the AI can "remember" from the conversation to keep things coherent and relevant. One thing to keep in mind: as with any new technology, Gemini is still under development, and artificial intelligence continues to improve practically daily. So how does Gemini play into the devices you use every day? For starters, it's built right into Google's Pixel phones, supercharging many of the phones' AI features. You've probably used your Pixel to transcribe a voice message or generate a quick email response. That's Gemini doing its magic in the background. It basically helps Pixel get things done faster and more intuitively. Gemini also plays a big role in AI Overviews on Google Search. If you've noticed more detailed, contextually rich answers popping up at the top of your searches, that's because of this integration. Gemini helps break down complicated topics into bite-size explanations in the search results. Google came under fire for some advice AI Overviews threw out to users at its launch, including things like eating rocks daily and putting glue in pizza recipes. Google reacted promptly and has since fine-tuned its tool. All users in the US aged 13 and older who manage their own Google accounts can access AI Overviews. In other countries, such as the UK, India, Mexico, Brazil, Indonesia and Japan, users aged 18 and above can also access this feature. Google plans to continue expanding it globally, with the goal of reaching over a billion users by the end of 2024. Now some people don't like this feature, and the downside is you can't disable AI Overviews. However, we've covered a few workarounds that might help with that. When Gemini first launched, it didn't take long for things to go sideways. Google faced criticism over some hallucinations and how it depicted historical figures and different races. It made headlines for showing Black and Asian Nazi soldiers, which, as you can imagine, didn't go over well. Critics accused Google of trying too hard to show diversity, but instead, it made things worse. Google hit the brakes on Gemini's image generation, promising to clean up the mess. On Aug. 28, after refining the technology, Google announced the latest version of its text-to-image tool, Imagen 3, which will soon be available to Gemini Advanced, Business and Enterprise subscribers. However, the ability to generate images of people is still on hold as Google plays it safe this time around. Earlier, on Aug. 13, Google launched Gemini Live for Advanced subscribers on Android devices, with plans to expand to iOS soon. Gemini Live offers hands-free, real-time conversations with 10 new voice options, even when the app is in the background or your phone is locked. You can also pause and resume conversations whenever you want, which is a neat feature. Gemini is free as a personal AI assistant, offering access to the 1.5 Flash model with a 32,000 token context window -- perfect for long, back-and-forth conversations. But for more advanced features, Gemini has a few subscription plans: For developers and businesses, Google has set up a tiered pricing structure for its Gemini API models, like Flash and Pro. Developers can access them through Google Cloud's API services and integrate AI capabilities directly into applications. Both models offer scalable AI usage, with pricing and rate limit differences based on the tier and token length. You can check detailed pricing rates on Google's official website. There's also a free tier, giving you a taste with limited usage -- great for testing the waters before diving in.

The Gemini app is finally available to Workspace users

The search company says it won't use your organization's data to train Gemini. Google has offered AI features to Workspace users for a while now, but the Gemini app itself hasn't been available to these users. Thankfully, that's changing today. Google announced at its virtual Gemini at Work summit that the standalone Gemini app will now be available for Workspace plans. The app will be available on the Business, Enterprise, and Frontline plans. The search colossus says customers can choose how the Gemini app handles the retention of prompts and responses via the admin console. Google also claimed that it won't use your company's data, prompts, or generated responses to train Gemini. This isn't the only news from Google's virtual summit, as the company also announced Gemini would power Snapchat's My AI chatbot. This enables multi-modal functionality, such as taking a photo or video of something and asking the chatbot about it.

Google Workspace users just got a big AI freebie - Gemini

Business, Enterprise, and Frontline users will get access to Gemini for work with security protections at no extra cost. Here's how. If you're a Google Workspace user, you probably spend much of your workday in Google's suite of productivity apps to help streamline your work processes. Now, Google is making its standalone AI chatbot available to Workspace users to make those tasks easier and save you time in the long run. Also: Gemini Live is finally hitting Android phones - how to access it for free On Tuesday, Google announced that it will include the standalone Gemini app in Workspace Business, Enterprise, and Frontline plans. This app will be optimized to include enterprise-grade data protections to keep the organization's information safe. The addition of Gemini is significant because, before, organizations had to purchase the Gemini for Workspace add-on, priced at $20 per user per month in Gemini Business and $30 for Gemini Enterprise. The add-on is still the only way to access Gemini within the Google suite apps, which includes Gmail, Docs, Drive, Slides, Sheets, and Meet. However, the standalone app offers much of the same Gemini assistance, such as help creating text and sheet formulas, generating images for Slides, explaining Documents, and more. The only difference is that instead of being integrated within the app, users would have to switch back and forth between windows. Also: Google's Gemini AI chatbot is now available to younger students in Workspace Google also addressed people's major concern with integrating AI within their workflow and giving it access to sensitive company data by announcing new industry certifications for Gemini for Workspace, including SOC 1/2/3, ISO 27001, and ISO 27701, all industry security and privacy standards. Additionally, Google unveiled a new security advisor meant to act as a personal security expert and offer IT administrators actionable insights, threat prevention, and data controls to fend off cyber threats. Also: 5 ways to start using Gems in your workflows, according to Google The advisor will send the insights, such as detailed recommendations to optimize security, to the IT administrator's inbox. This offering will begin rolling out to all Workspace Business edition customers over the next few weeks.

Gemini can now turn your messy data into fancy tables in Google Sheets

If Google wants to fill our phones with AI, it needs to give Pixels more storage Key Takeaways Gemini AI in Google Sheets can turn data into colorful, eye-catching tables without manual formatting. Users can automatically structure large datasets with prompts in the side panel for ease of use. The feature is rolling out to users between now and October 17 in both Rapid Release Domains and Scheduled Release Domains. Gemini AI can now help users organize and structure their data in Google Sheets. The omnipresent AI will turn data into rich Google Sheets tables with a few prompts in the Gemini side panel. It's a feature update Google showed off at Google I/O, and now it's finally here. Related 8 ways to use Gemini in Google Sheets Google Sheets with Gemini is guaranteed to make your day easier The new tables are more than mere plain text ranges (via Google Blog). These are colorful, eye-catching tables with all the data structured and organized. No formatting required. How to use Google Sheet's latest feature Close This update lets users automatically structure their data into a more usable format. It is particularly useful for anyone working with a large dataset, or who needs to turn unorganized data chaos into something manageable. Using it is simple. Click on the Gemini star button on the top right of Google Sheets. Click the Create a table option. Choose the kind of table you want, or input your own prompt. Review the prompt and press Enter when ready. Enjoy your new table. The Gemini side dialogue box suggests ways for you to prompt it to create your table. It suggests which lines you should change in a prompt to customize it to your liking, so you don't need to get overwhelmed with trying to figure it out. Do it a few times and it will become second nature. Google introduced a "convert to table" feature in August, which turned data into a barebones plain text table. But this wasn't what Google had shown off at I/O back in May, where Gemini had created a beautiful and highly-organized table with a bunch of data. That impressive feature has finally arrived. These new Gemini powers are already rolling out to users in Rapid Release Domains. The feature will start rolling out to Scheduled Release Domains on October 17, 2024. It should take about 15 days to fully roll out for each release domain, including Google Workspace customers, Education accounts, and those with a Google One premium subscription.

Millions more Google Workspace users are getting access to Gemini AI

Google has announced its Gemini generative AI-powered assistant is set to be included in Google Workspace Business, Enterprise and Frontline plans, significantly expanding the platform's user base. The offering promises compliance with an organization's security and privacy policies and extra controls for IT admins. Aparna Pappu, GM and VP of Google Workspace, explained the company hopes to make the widely promised productivity benefits of GenAI accessible to even more workers. Those looking to integrate Gemini into the suite of office apps will still need to buy an add-on, which costs from $20 per month on an annual basis for the Gemini Business subscription. Being a business-focused product, Google promises not to use organizational data, user prompts or generated responses to train or improve its AI models. Admins will also have control over how long Gemini stores user-generated content in order for companies to adhere to their data retention policies. Moreover, SOC 1/2/3, ISO 27001 and ISO 27701 certifications on top of the HIPAA support announced earlier in 2024 should also get Gemini into the hands of more users, particularly in highly-regulated industries like healthcare and finance. To coincide with the Gemini for Workspace updates, Google has also rolled out a new security advisor tool designed to give administrators actionable recommendations against cyber threats and other security-related issues. According to internal research surrounding the use of Gemini, users saved an average of 105 minutes per week. Three-quarters of daily Gemini users also noted that their quality of work had improved.

Google's Gemini AI set to boost productivity in workspaces

Google is integrating its Gemini AI into its Workspace suite aiming to transform how businesses operate. Announced during the recent "Gemini at Work" event, the move aims to make advanced AI capabilities accessible to millions of users without requiring additional purchases. Gemini AI is already being used in various industries. Google says that companies using the platform are saving an average of 105 minutes per user each week. The event highlighted nearly 50 success stories from notable organisations like Snap and Volkswagen US. Volkswagen has introduced a virtual assistant in its myVW app, enabling drivers to ask questions about their vehicles and receive instant, context-aware responses by using their smartphone cameras. Google highlights that security also remains a key focus for it. Gemini now meets stringent SOC and ISO standards, reassuring companies about data protection as they adopt AI, says company. Google has added enhanced features, such as automated threat detection, that contribute to safeguard against cyber threats, which is increasingly crucial in today's digital landscape. Google highlights the benefits of AI agents, intelligent systems designed to proactively assist users in achieving specific goals. These agents can be categorized into six types: Customer Agents, which enhance shopping experiences; Employee Agents, which streamline workplace tasks; Data Agents, which provide insights for research; Security Agents, which protect data and ensure compliance; Creative Agents, which support design and production; and Research Agents, which synthesize information to generate new insights. By leveraging these AI agents, companies can boost productivity and improve user experiences across various applications, says Google. Google is also rolling out a new Customer Engagement Suite that merges its Contact Center AI with generative AI, helping businesses improve customer interactions across multiple channels. This suite is expected to streamline operations and enhance user experience while cutting costs.

Google adds Gemini chat app to it's Workspace

Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More Google is adding Gemini chatbot to its business productivity suite, Google Workspace, as the company expands, increasing access its enterprise-grade AI app. "With enterprise-grade data protections built in, employees everywhere can now save time and deliver higher quality work -- securely and compliantly -- with an AI-powered assistant at work," said Aparna Pappu, vice president and general manager Google Workspace in a blog post, ahead of Gemini at Work today. Workspace users in the Business, Enterprise and Frontline plans will automatically get access to the Gemini app. Workspace offers enterprises access to a large swathe of Google products Gmail, Docs and Calendars but with the option of using their own domains and enterprise-level security. (Editor's note: VentureBeat uses Google Workspace). Access to the Gemini app lets users ask the chatbot questions about company information or suggest actions based on the organization's policies. In many ways, the Gemini app being on Workspace is reminiscent of Microsoft's Copilot bundle that lets Microsoft productivity suite users chat with Copilot. Pappu said companies on Workspace "will have choice and control" over how the Gemini app retains information and responds to user prompts. Google reiterated that any data, prompts or generated responses will not be used to train its Gemini models. This is not the first time Google has added generative AI features to Workspace. For an additional fee, Workspace users can add Gemini (the AI model) to Gmail, Docs, Drive and other apps directly so the model can make email suggestions or take notes during Google Meets. It also previewed Google Vids, an AI video generation platform for enterprise users on Workspace Labs. New security insights on Workspace Google also announced a new toolkit for Workspace customers to secure their businesses. Pappu said the security advisor is a "personal security expert that can offer business-tailored insights, actionable guidance and additional threat prevention and data protection controls." The advisor will send security insights to the IT administrator's inboxes. The feature will be available to Workspace Business users "over the next few weeks." Along with the new security insights, Google also announced it secured new industry certifications for Gemini for Workspace. Its AI solutions are now SOC 1/2/3, ISO 27001 and ISO 27001 compliant. It previously gained HIPPA compliance for Gemini earlier this year. Improving the quality of work Pappu said a recent Google survey of enterprise customers showed 75% of daily users of the Gemini model on Workspace said it has improved their quality of work and has saved 105 minutes per week. Google highlighted the impact of Gemini on its customers in the Gemini at Work event. Google Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian said the company's seen massive adoption from organizations with more than two million developers building with its AI platforms and an increase of around 36 times in API usage of the Gemini models. Kurian said many of its customers had begun building AI agents and applications that boosted their productivity. "We're inspired by the ingenuity and speed with which our customers are embracing gen AI. And we continue to work hard to partner with customers to help them deliver real business value in the form of incremental leads, conversions, sales, and profits," Kurian said.

Google AI tweaks ease up Sheets and supercharge NotebookLM

Google is expanding Gemini integration within its Workspace suite and has announced a couple of new tricks for its underrated NotebookLM tool. The first in line is the ability to create structured tables in Google Sheets with text prompts. So far, all tables created by the AI were served in plaintext with only bold highlights for the headers. Needless to say, they looked drab and boring, lacking any character at all. There was no text formatting, or stylistic edits to the cell contents. Recommended Videos Now, Google has updated the "Create a table" preset in the Gemini sidebar in Sheets. On tapping it, users can conveniently substitute the core input terms and get a structured table with colorful highlights, dropdown options, and shaded cells in a few seconds. The facility will be available to "Workspace customers with Gemini Business, Enterprise, Education, Education Premium add-ons and users with the Google One AI Premium subscription," says Google. It seems the rollout is focused on business and enterprise customers first. I have access to Gemini Advanced courtesy of a Google One AI Premium subscription, but I haven't been able to create structured tables in Google Sheets as of today. An underrated gem gets better The more impressive set of updates has been reserved for NotebookLM, the AI-powered note-taking app that also doubles as a research assistant. It can now analyze YouTube videos using a simple URL copy-paste, and break down the contents in whichever form you'd like to view them. You can further ask follow-up questions based on the topic-based breakdown offered by NotebookLM, complete with clickable links to the specific point in the video. I have tried it on a few videos of varied durations, and so far, it has worked flawlessly, even picking up details from the relatively shorter chapters in a YouTube video. Another cool feature that will be immensely convenient for journalists, researchers, as well as students, is the ability to search across an audio file's transcription for the specific information they're looking for. Furthermore, NotebookLM has also gained the ability to transform audio recordings, handwritten notes, and lecture slides into study guides. Finally, we have a sharing update for Audio Overviews, which are essentially podcast-style audio versions of a user-uploaded text file like PDFs. So far, you could only generate these overviews with a single click, but now, they can also be shared directly using a custom URL. For folks seeking more versatility, they can also import Docs, Slides, and website links, or simply copy-paste text and get the analysis done by the underlying Gemini 1.5 model.

Google wants you to be much more productive at work thanks to its AI Gemini - Softonic

Google integrates Gemini into Google Workspace, its business productivity suite Google has integrated its chatbot Gemini into Google Workspace, its business productivity suite, offering users a new tool to improve work efficiency. According to Aparna Pappu, Vice President of Google Workspace, this chatbot will help employees "save time and perform higher quality work" in a secure and compliant manner. This integration was carried out as part of the event "Gemini at Work," where the new features and benefits of this artificial intelligence assistant were highlighted. Users of Workspace's Business, Enterprise, and Frontline plans will have automatic access to Gemini, which is already integrated into the platform. This will allow them to interact with the chatbot to ask questions or suggest actions based on company policies. Pappu emphasized that companies will be able to "choose and control" how Gemini handles information and responds to requests and ensures that the data will not be used to train AI models. In addition to Gemini, Google has launched new security tools. Its "security advisor," described as a "personal security expert," will provide practical recommendations and extra controls for data protection. These features will be available to Workspace Business users in the coming weeks. Google has also announced that Gemini for Workspace has received industry certifications SOC 1/2/3, ISO 27001, and ISO 27701. Additionally, according to a company study, 75% of daily Gemini users claim that it has improved their work quality and saved them up to 105 minutes per week. "We are inspired by the ingenuity and speed with which our customers are adopting generative AI," said Thomas Kurian, CEO of Google Cloud, in a company blog post. "We continue to work hard to partner with customers and help them deliver real business value in the form of leads, conversions, sales, and incremental benefits."

Google says Gemini-powered automations coming to Workspace next month

Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More After making many Gemini AI features standard on Google Workspace, executives said it's a step towards bringing AI agents to bear at scale across many organizations that use its cloud productivity platform (which includes popular enterprise apps such as Google Drive, Gmail, Google Calendar, Google Meet, Google Sheets, Google Slides, etc). Google Workspace is used by at least 8 million paying customers and commands a staggering 84.95% of the cloud work apps market, according to Thrive, an online marketing agency. Aparna Pappu, vice president and general manager of Google Workspace, said Google has taken a "crawl, walk, run" approach to bringing AI agents to more users. "You can think of bringing agents as a series of building blocks where people are training their assistants to learn how they work," Pappu said during a Q&A with reporters and analysts at a Gemini at Work event in New York Thursday. "We're working toward a set of trained assistants that lead to agents." Google announced earlier this week that the standalone Gemini chat app -- powered by its Gemini AI model -- is now integrated into Workspace for Business, Enterprise and Frontline paid accounts. Gemini for Workspace allows people to ask Gemini to summarize emails on Gmail, find information stored on multiple documents on Google Drive or write a natural language prompt on Sheets to generate a custom chart. Unlike other platforms that target specific workflows, such as sales and marketing, which are releasing AI agents, Google Workspace reaches a wide and diverse audience. Pappu noted that Google has been considering agents on Workspace for a while now. She pointed to Chip, the AI Teammate demoed during Google's I/O developer conference in May. "We introduced AI Teammates at Google I/O which is an AI coworker that does a specific task. We want to eventually do this in scale in an enterprise which we believe Workspace is helping enable," Pappu said. Google also plans to slowly roll out Gemini-powered workflow automations on Workspace beginning in October. Workflow automation would let users set automatic tasks that automatically read an email or document, categorize it, and do an action. For example, if a user receives an email with an invoice, Gemini will know it's related to finance and budgeting and then bring the invoice to the appropriate team for payment. That type of workflow orchestration is also one of the building blocks for AI agents. Meta also said it will add functionality for users to build agents on WhatsApp or Messenger to answer questions. It's not a surprise that a large organization like Google will offer access to AI agents to its many customers. Many businesses, small or large enterprises, do use Google's Workspace suite of email, documents and spreadsheets along with other Google Cloud products that connect to customer management systems and the like. Google betting AI-powered productivity Google's Gemini at Work event aimed to show how much the company's flagship AI models have saved time for its customers. "We're starting to hear from customers that they're seeing more employee retention and even happiness because they use Gemini," Pappu said. "It's really more than just the time saved, but also about taking away the small annoying tasks." Google said customers who use Gemini -- in Workspace or otherwise -- have been able to be more productive and cut down on time usually spent on tedious tasks like coding translations. Pappu said Gemini has pushed more businesses to be more competitive, even if they are still small because Gemini offers expertise without needing consultants.

Google's Gemini AI might soon appear in your corporate Workspace

Google says that Gemini is subject to the same enterprise terms as other core Workspace services like Gmail and Docs, and won't use an organization's data, generated responses, or user prompts to train or otherwise improve its Gemini AI model. Workspace Administrators will also "soon" be able to manage if Gemini stores generated responses and user prompts, and limit how long these will be stored for. Gemini for Workspace now also carries SOC 1/2/3 and ISO 27701 industry security and privacy standards certifications, giving organizations some peace of mind when implementing the chatbot for corporate use. And to bolster security against malware, phishing, and other online threats, Google is introducing a new "Security Advisor" tool that "delivers insights directly to an IT administrator's inbox." Security Advisor includes a range of safe browsing and data protection features for Chrome, Gmail, and Google Drive, and will be rolled out to paying Workspace customers "over the next few weeks."