Last evening, Google announced the next chapter of its Gemini era. Here’s a high-level overview of the news:
- Google is bringing more of its products into the Gemini ecosystem, including by name.
- Bard is now called Gemini to reflect the advanced tech at its core. It will be available on the web, in a new Gemini app for Android, and through the Google app on IOS.
- Google launched Gemini Advanced– a new experience that gives users access to Ultra 1.0, its largest and most capable state-of-the-art Al model.
- Gemini Advanced will be available through the new Google One Al Premium plan, also available on Thursday.
- Duet Al will become Gemini for Google Workspace and Google Cloud soon, consumers with the Google One Al Premium plan can use Gemini in Gmail, Docs, Sheets, Slides, and Meet
More details below. If you have any questions, please reach out to press@google.com.
A new name for Bard
Our mission with Bard has always been to give users direct access to our AI models, and Gemini represents our most capable family of models. To reflect this, Bard will now simply be known as Gemini.
Gemini — Advanced
You can already chat with Gemini with our Pro 1.0 model in over 40 languages and more than 230 countries and territories. And now, we’re launching Gemini Advanced to help people easily collaborate with the best of Google AI.
Gemini Advanced will give users in more than 150 countries and territories access to Ultra 1.0, our largest and most capable state-of-the-art AI model, better at highly complex tasks like coding, logical reasoning, following nuanced instructions, and collaborating on creative projects. It’s currently available in English, and we’ll expand to more languages over time.
Introducing a new subscription for the Gemini era
Gemini Advanced is available as part of the brand new Google One AI Premium Plan for KES 3700/month, starting with a two-month trial at no cost. This plan gives the best of Google AI and our latest advancements, along with all the benefits of the existing Google One Premium plan, such as 2TB of storage. In addition, AI Premium subscribers will soon be able to use Gemini in Gmail, Docs, Slides, Sheets, and more.
Easily use Gemini on your phone
We’re starting to roll out a new mobile experience for Gemini and Gemini Advanced with a Gemini app on Android and the Google app on iOS, starting today in English in the US only, coming to Kenya in English next week.
With Gemini on your phone, you can type, talk, or add an image for all kinds of help while you’re on the go: take a picture of your flat tire and ask for instructions, generate a custom image for your dinner party invitation or ask for help writing a difficult text message. It’s an important first step in building a true AI assistant — one that is conversational, multimodal, and helpful.
Building next-gen AI boldly and responsibly
We continue to take a bold and responsible approach to bringing this technology to the world. And, to mitigate issues like unsafe content or bias, we’ve built safety into our products through our AI Principles. Before launching Gemini Advanced, we conducted extensive trust and safety checks. You can find more details in our updated Gemini Technical Report.
The next chapter of our Gemini era
Sundar Pichai, CEO of Google and Alphabet said, “For years, we’ve been investing deeply in AI as the single best way to improve Search and all of our products. We’re excited by the progress, for example with our Search Generative Experience, or SGE, which you can try in Google Labs. AI is also now central to two businesses that have grown rapidly in recent years: our Cloud and Workspace services and our popular subscription service Google One, which is just about to cross 100 million subscribers.”
A new state-of-the-art
In December, we took a significant step on our journey to make AI more helpful for everyone with the start of the Gemini era, setting a new state-of-the-art across a wide range of text, image, audio, and video benchmarks.
However, Gemini is evolving to be more than just the models. It supports an entire ecosystem — from the products that billions of people use every day, to the APIs and platforms helping developers and businesses innovate.
The largest model Ultra 1.0 is the first to outperform human experts on MMLU (massive multitask language understanding), which uses a combination of 57 subjects — including math, physics, history, law, medicine, and ethics — to test knowledge and problem-solving abilities.
We’re taking our next step and bringing Ultra to our products and the world.
Introducing Gemini Advanced
Bard has been the best way for people to directly experience our most capable models. To reflect the advanced tech at its core, Bard will now simply be called Gemini. It’s available in 40 languages on the web and is coming to a new Gemini app on Android and on the Google app on iOS.
The version with Ultra will be called Gemini Advanced, a new experience far more capable of reasoning, following instructions, coding, and creative collaboration. For example, it can be a personal tutor, tailored to your learning style. Or it can be a creative partner, helping you plan a content strategy or build a business plan. You can read more in this post.
Anyone can start using Gemini Advanced by subscribing to the new Google One AI Premium plan, which offers the best of Google’s AI features in a single place. This premium plan builds off the popular Google One service offering expanded storage and exclusive product features.
Bringing Gemini’s capabilities to more products
Gemini models are also coming to products that people and businesses use every day, including Workspace and Google Cloud:
Workspace: Already, more than 1 million people are using features like Help Me Write to enhance their productivity and creativity through Duet AI. Duet AI will become Gemini for Workspace, and soon consumers with the Google One AI Premium plan can use Gemini in Gmail, Docs, Sheets, Slides, and Meet.
Google Cloud: For Cloud customers, Duet AI will also become Gemini in the coming weeks. Gemini will help companies boost productivity, developers code faster, and organizations protect themselves from cyber attacks, along with countless other benefits.
More to come
Developers have been fundamental to every major technology shift and will play an equally important role in the Gemini ecosystem. Hundreds of thousands of developers and businesses have already been building with Gemini models. While today is about Gemini Advanced and its new capabilities, next week we’ll share more details on what’s coming for developers and Cloud customers.
These latest updates reflect how we’re approaching innovation boldly, and advancing and deploying this technology responsibly. And we’re already well underway training the next iteration of our Gemini models — so stay tuned for more!
Bard becomes Gemini: Try Ultra 1.0 and a new mobile app today
Sissie Hsiao, Vice President and General Manager, of Gemini Experiences (formerly known as Bard) and Google Assistant had this to say, “Since we launched Bard last year, people all over the world have used it to collaborate with AI in a completely new way — to prepare for job interviews, debug code, brainstorm new business ideas, or, as we announced last week, create captivating images.
Our mission with Bard has always been to give you direct access to our AI models, and Gemini represents our most capable family of models. To reflect this, Bard will now simply be known as Gemini.
You can already chat with Gemini with our Pro 1.0 model in over 40 languages and more than 230 countries and territories. And now, we’re bringing you two new experiences — Gemini Advanced and a mobile app — to help you easily collaborate with the best of Google AI.”
Access our most capable AI model with Gemini Advanced
Today we’re launching Gemini Advanced — a new experience that gives you access to Ultra 1.0, our largest and most capable state-of-the-art AI model. In blind evaluations with our third-party raters, Gemini Advanced with Ultra 1.0 is now the most preferred chatbot compared to leading alternatives.
With our Ultra 1.0 model, Gemini Advanced is far more capable of highly complex tasks like coding, logical reasoning, following nuanced instructions, and collaborating on creative projects. Gemini Advanced not only allows you to have longer, more detailed conversations; but it also better understands the context from your previous prompts. For example:
- Gemini Advanced can be your tutor — creating step-by-step instructions, sample quizzes, or back-and-forth discussions tailored to your learning style.
- It can help you with more advanced coding scenarios, serving as a sounding board for ideas and helping you evaluate different coding approaches.
- It can help digital creators go from idea to creation by generating fresh content, analyzing recent trends, and brainstorming improved ways to grow their audiences.
This first version of Gemini Advanced reflects our current advances in AI reasoning and will continue to improve. As we add new and exclusive features, Gemini Advanced users will have access to expanded multimodal capabilities, more interactive coding features, deeper data analysis capabilities, and more. Gemini Advanced is available today in more than 150 countries and territories in English, and we’ll expand it to more languages over time.
Gemini Advanced is available as part of the brand new Google One AI Premium Plan for $19.99/month, starting with a two-month trial at no cost. This plan gives you the best of Google AI and our latest advancements, along with all the benefits of the existing Google One Premium plan, such as 2TB of storage. In addition, AI Premium subscribers will soon be able to use Gemini in Gmail, Docs, Slides, Sheets, and more (formerly known as Duet AI).
Google continues to take a bold and responsible approach to bringing this technology to the world. And, to mitigate issues like unsafe content or bias, they’ve built safety into their products through our AI Principles. Before launching Gemini Advanced, we conducted extensive trust and safety checks, including external red-teaming. They have further refined the underlying model using fine-tuning and reinforcement learning, based on human feedback. More details can be accessed on the updated Gemini Technical Report.
Easily use Gemini on your phone
We’ve heard that you want an easier way to access Gemini on your phone. So today we’re starting to roll out a new mobile experience for Gemini and Gemini Advanced with a new app on Android and the Google app on iOS.
With Gemini on your phone, you can type, talk, or add an image for all kinds of help while you’re on the go: You can take a picture of your flat tire and ask for instructions, generate a custom image for your dinner party invitation or ask for help writing a difficult text message. It’s an important first step in building a true AI assistant — one that is conversational, multimodal, and helpful.
Android
On Android, Gemini is a new kind of assistant that uses generative AI to collaborate with you and help you get things done.
If you download the Gemini app or opt-in through Google Assistant, you’ll be able to access it from the app or anywhere else you normally activate Google Assistant — hitting the power button or corner swiping on select phones, or saying “Hey Google.”
This will enable a new overlay experience that offers easy access to Gemini as well as contextual help right on your screen — so you can, for instance, generate a caption for a picture you’ve just taken or ask questions about an article you’re reading. Many Google Assistant voice features will be available through the Gemini app — including setting timers, making calls, and controlling your smart home devices — and we’re working to support more in the future.
iOS
On iOS, we’ll roll out access to Gemini right from the Google app in the coming weeks. Just tap the Gemini toggle and chat with Gemini to supercharge your creativity, create custom images, get help writing social posts, and even plan a date night right from the Google app. We can’t wait for you to try it.
Gemini is rolling out on Android and iOS phones in the U.S. in English starting today and will be fully available in the coming weeks. Starting next week, you’ll be able to access it in more locations in English, Japanese, and Korean, with more countries and languages coming soon. Try out the latest updates — and share your feedback to help us make your experience even better.