Google Makes ‘Gemini Live’ Voice Chat Free on Android

Google is expanded access to Gemini Live, the new voice mode for its AI chatbot that was first made available for Gemini Advanced users a month ago. 9to5Google is reporting today that Gemini Live is now rolling out to free Gemini users on Android, who will get a more natural way to interact with the AI assistant.

Gemini Live is currently only available in English, and Google also said at launch that it was only available on “select devices.” In the Gemini Android app, Gemini Live appears as a dedicated button in the bottom right corner of the app, and it will first ask users to choose between a selection of 10 voices.

Using Gemini Live is different from the existing ability to chat with Gemini with your voice. Gemini Live is designed to offer “free-flowing conversations” that can be interrupted at any time. “You can keep talking with the Gemini app in the background or when your phone is locked, so you can carry on your conversation on the go, just like you might on a regular phone call,” Google previously explained.

Gemini Live comes at a time when Apple is also about to give its Siri assistant a generative AI makeover with Apple Intelligence. Gemini Live is also coming to iOS, but Google didn’t give an ETA yet. Gemini currently lives insides the main Google app on iOS, while it’s available as a standalone app on Android that users can configure as their primary mobile assistant. This also lets Android users access Gemini from any app with a floating overlay.