Hands-on with Gemini AI Features and Gemini Live – Video

Google showed off a bunch of Gemini AI features at its Made by Google event and some of them actually have the potential to change the way you use your phone. Hi, I’m Alexie. Welcome to your weekly dose of All things Mobile. A special edition brought to you live by Made by Google where I got to try out all the different Pixel devices, but they were a little overshadowed by Gemini and some of the different announcements we heard about here. I got to try out a few different Gemini demos at the event and some of them were really impressive. The one that I was most intrigued and impressed with was Gemini Live, Google’s answer to the advanced voice module of chat G BT S. Try making some homemade lava lamps with oil, water, and food coloring. You can have some pretty deep conversations with Gemini Live. You can do things like interrupt us in the middle of your conversation. You can have it summarize things or you know, explain things to you in a simpler way and I found it to be a really natural experience overall. So I’m going to do a run through Live or Gemini Live. I haven’t had this conversation before. Let’s see what happens. So I’m just going to tap on this icon down here. Hey, Gemini. I want to run my first marathon and I really don’t know where to start. What do I do? That’s a great goal. Training for a marathon is a huge commitment. So let’s set you up for success first. Let’s figure out what kind of running you actually are. I’m so sorry. I actually meant half marathon. I don’t think I’m ready for a full marathon. Can you give me some advice on that? Don’t worry. Half marathons are still a great challenge and a great way to gradually work your way up to longer distances. Maybe. Think about a race date sometime in September or October. You’ll have a better chance of achieving your goal that way. Okay, let’s say October. But can you give me a plan on how to do that? Talk to me like I’m five and explain to me really simply how to get started. Okay. Here’s the deal. Think of training as building a really strong house. You can’t build a whole house in one day, right? You have to start with a solid foundation. So the first month or so is all about getting back into running as you begin your half marathon journey. It’s best to find a pair of running shoes that offer good support and cushioning. Oh no, I don’t want to do a half marathon. I think that’s too mean. Sorry, I, I think I’m just going to go back and start over. Just, um, let’s, let’s start over, let’s try something different. Let’s say, for example, I wanted a pet and I’m torn between, um, a dog, a cat, and a toucan, which one should I get? Um, mostly because I want something that’s very low maintenance, but also something that I can kind of have a conversation with. It. It sounds like you’re feeling a little overwhelmed by the idea of ​​a half marathon. Let’s just throw that idea out there for now. Maybe you can come back to it later when you’re more ready. In the meantime, let’s talk about this pet idea. It’s important to choose a pet that fits your lifestyle. I actually found Gemini Live to be very responsive and quite natural. I did like how it changed its tone of voice when I was answering different things I was throwing at it and it changed tactics when I interrupted it mid-conversation. But that’s the thing. Interrupting feels quite unnatural to me in a conversation. So having to do that with an assistant. Well, you don’t have to, but that’s a built-in feature, it’s just a bit weird. That’s something I’ll definitely have to get used to. So, looking ahead and I don’t know about you, but it actually sounds quite human. I don’t think I’d be fooled by this, since it has the sounds and tones of a human, but it’s a good way to go, try to remember that even Venusians are just regular people. So Gemini Live is actually coming to a range of Android devices, as long as you have a device that can run Gemini Advanced, with iOS support coming at a later date. It’s just voice, but you can see the transcript of your conversation afterwards and the other elements, multimodal elements like video and photo input. Those are coming somewhere down the line, for example. Some of the other demos that I’ve tried have included Gemini connected apps. So this is essentially using Gemini to talk across a whole suite of the Google suite of apps, from Gmail to Keep to Calendar. So again, you can do conversational things like ask Gemini to find an email where you’re talking to a friend about a certain topic and then potentially plot all of those locations that were in that email on a map. I find that connected apps are actually quite useful and it has the potential to change how I use my phone. But as long as you’re firmly entrenched in Google’s own apps, because it doesn’t work with third-party apps yet. So, those are just some quick impressions of the Gemini features here at Made by Google. Stay tuned. Because we’ve got a lot more coverage in store for you. Thanks for watching and I’ll see you next time. Goodbye.