Almost at the end of last month Google updated Gemini Live With the use of the camera and the shared screen, which completely changes the interaction experience with AI through the voice to the ‘see’. Two experiences that seemed made for the Pixel, but now Google has made the decision to bring them to any Android mobile through Gemini Advanced.
These two experiences form Part of Project Astra which was announced in January and was directed as an exclusive function of the Pixel and the Samsung Galaxy S25 series. The technological giant with Pixel mobiles has always tried to launch functions that have remained exclusive to give greater value to their smartphones that are gradually taking over the market.
A Support article Google now maintains that “Live Camera” and “Screen Sharing” will be available in Any Android device With Gemini Advanced, so Google abandons exclusivity and will allow a mobile from other brands to enjoy this new experience of Gemini Live.
A decision that goes in relation to the direct competition that has against the advanced voice model of Chatgpt as an experience in which both OpenAi and Google are struggling to attract to the maximum number of users. Especially Google is interested in The part that touches Google Assistantsince he has been the voice assistant available on Android for years.
The technological giant has mentioned that Gemini Live’s new functions They will gradually deployso it may take days or weeks to be available for all users through the Google payment subscription model.
The two new functions of Gemini Live
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The article is also mentioned How the camera works and share the screen With Gemini Live with several points to take into account related to user’s privacy so that the camera is automatically turned off immediately:
- The camera is on hold and at the time it continues with Live’s conversation, it will be activated again.
- When leaving the Gemini app, the camera is not automatically activated once it returns to the app.
- The screen is blocked. The camera is not automatically activated again once the screen is unlocked again.
The other detail, according to 9to5googlethat Google shares is on the shared screen that does not automatically activate when the screen is continued or the screen is unlocked. That is, we have to activate this function again Share for Gemini to identify the screen.
Apart from the announcement of the two functions of Gemini Live, Google has deployed back the Compact full screen interface of Gemini Live for most beta users in version 16.12 of the Google app that do not have astra. Now the circular buttons appear for the experience of natural interaction with the voice of Gemini Live.
