Google has just launched Gemini Live, a mobile conversational AI with advanced voice capabilities, while OpenAI’s ChatGPT voice mode remains in a “limited alpha phase” and isn’t yet widely available.
Details:
– Gemini Live, Google’s response to OpenAI’s Advanced Voice Mode, offers “in-depth” hands-free conversations and comes with 10 different human-like voice options.
– Users can interrupt and ask follow-up questions mid-response, creating a more natural conversational flow. The ability for Gemini Live to see and respond to your camera view is expected to roll out later this year.
– Like Apple’s upcoming Intelligence features, Gemini integrates seamlessly with Google services, providing context-aware answers without the need to switch apps.
– Gemini Live is now the default assistant on Google’s Pixel 9 and is available to all Gemini Advanced subscribers on Android, with an iOS release coming soon.
Why It Matters: Real-time voice interactions are transforming AI from a text-based tool into an intelligence we can collaborate with, learn from, and consult in our daily lives. While anticipation builds for OpenAI’s upcoming products, Google has taken the lead with the first widespread rollout of advanced AI voice capabilities.
