You Can Try Gemini Live In Your Favorite Google Apps Now, And It Blew Me Away

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ZDNET's takeaways

• Gemini Live now useful pinch Calendar, Maps, Keep, and Tasks.
• Update is rolling retired to astir Android and iOS users.
• It tin adhd events, guideline routes, and negociate lists aliases notes.

In May of this year, Google debuted Gemini Live pinch surface sharing and camera entree for Android. Google has been slow integrating nan feature, which lets you inquire Gemini astir thing connected your surface (or that you tin spot pinch your camera), into its suite of apps since June.

Gemini Live is getting a small much useful this week, arsenic it's officially rolling retired for Calendar, Keep, Maps, and Tasks apps.

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First noticed by 9to5Google, astir users are now seeing Google's real-time AI sound adjunct crossed caller apps. You tin show if nan update has deed your instrumentality by opening nan Gemini app, tapping nan Live fastener successful nan bottommost correct corner, and looking straight supra nan Live controls.

If you person nan capability, you'll spot mini chips for nan connected apps erstwhile Gemini Live is accessing them.

Gemini Live's caller tricks

Calendar

With Calendar, you tin cheque your events for nan day, make a caller arena pinch your voice, and moreover usage your camera to constituent astatine specifications (like day and time) to adhd that arena to your calendar. I gave this a speedy trial pinch a flyer for a schoolhouse event, and I was amazed astatine really easy it was.

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What really blew maine away, though, was erstwhile I tried it pinch my alma mater's shot schedule for nan upcoming autumn season. I asked Gemini to adhd each nan location games since I'm a play summons holder. The AI was capable to discern which games were location games and adhd nan events to my calendar, including clip and opponent. Live moreover went down nan list, recapping, "I've added games against App State, Georgia, Army… to your Calendar."

Maps

Gemini Live for Maps is useful for getting guidance to a definite spot, and it moreover useful pinch different Google apps. I asked Live to "guide maine to nan arena that's connected my almanac today" (the aforesaid schoolhouse arena I added earlier), and it showed maine nan way. It didn't propulsion up Maps by itself, but it did create a nexus I could easy pat to get going.

Tasks

When it comes to Tasks, Gemini Live tin show your saved lists. You could do this connected your ain easy by pulling up nan Tasks app, but Live is an easier measurement to entree your lists. I was capable to adhd tasks to my database and spot what was connected my to-do list.

Keep

Similar to Tasks, Keep's integration pinch Google Live is elemental but makes an existing capacity a small easier to access. I was capable to adhd notes to Keep.

The caller capacity is disposable connected some nan Android and iOS versions of Gemini Live.

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As a reminder, you tin turn disconnected Gemini successful your Gmail, Docs, Photos, and much if you'd alternatively not person thing to do pinch Google's AI.