What you can do with your Gemini mobile app

Chat with Gemini to supercharge your ideas. Your Gemini mobile app gives you direct access to Google’s best family of AI models on your device so you can:

Get help with writing, brainstorming, learning, and more
Summarize and find quick info from Gmail or Google Drive
Generate images on the fly
Use text, voice, photos and your camera to get help in new ways
On Android, say “Hey Google” to ask Gemini for help with what’s on your screen
Make plans with Google Maps and Google Flights

You can type, talk, use an image, or take a photo to get started.

Note:

“Hey Google” and some features previously available in Google Assistant are not available in all languages and countries. Learn more about which languages your Gemini mobile app is available in.
If you have access to Gemini Apps with a work or school account, some Gemini mobile app features aren’t available. This includes features that are powered by Google Assistant, such quick voice action features. Learn how these users can access the Gemini mobile app.

Before you use your Gemini mobile app

Don’t rely on Gemini’s responses as medical, legal, financial, or other professional advice.
Responses from Gemini don’t represent Google’s views, and should not be attributed to Google.
You are responsible for your use of code, which may be subject to an open source license. Learn more about code and citations.
Gemini may give inaccurate or inappropriate information, including about people, so double-check responses. Your feedback makes Gemini Apps more helpful and safe. Learn how to give feedback.

Learn how to get started with your Gemini mobile app.

What your Gemini mobile app can do

You can type, talk, or use a photo to chat with Gemini. You can do things like:

Learn in new ways and with a deeper understanding of an open ended topic through back and forth conversation.
Ask questions about your surroundings. In the Gemini app, tap Camera , take a photo, and ask questions about it.
Get help with writing, correcting grammar, and translating.
Get inspiration for activities to do and visualize your plans on a map.
Summarize or get an overview of a topic in any format you want, like a list, table, or chart.
On Android, when you use Gemini as your mobile assistant:
- You can ask questions related to what’s on your screen, like to summarize a webpage or get more info about something in a picture. Just activate Gemini over any app, including Chrome, tap Add this screen , and then ask your questions.
- Use your voice to take quick actions, like sending a message or turning on your lights.

Tip: Gemini is still learning, so it might not always be able to help. If Gemini can’t help with something Google Assistant can do, you can switch to Google Assistant on your Android mobile device.

How your Gemini mobile app and Google Assistant work together on Android devices

On Android devices

On your Android device, when Gemini is your primary mobile assistant, it can help you with some of the same tasks as Google Assistant. Some familiar features from Google Assistant may not be supported in Gemini, which is still evolving. Devices where the Gemini mobile app is unavailable, like Smart Displays and watches, will still use Google Assistant.

On Pixel Tablets

You may opt in to use Gemini on your Pixel Tablet by downloading the Gemini mobile app and choosing Gemini as your primary assistant. When your device is unlocked, Gemini will replace Google Assistant, and can help you with some of the same tasks as Assistant, like answering questions or planning travel. Google Assistant will fulfill your requests when your Pixel Tablet is locked, including when in Hub Mode.

Important: If Google Assistant needs you to unlock your Pixel Tablet to complete a request, Assistant may pass your request to Gemini. For example, you’ll need to unlock your tablet to access your calendar or email account with voice commands.

Some familiar features from Google Assistant may not be supported in Gemini, which is still evolving.

Tip: If a feature you rely on isn’t supported in your Gemini mobile app, you can switch to Google Assistant.

How Gemini and Google Assistant use your data

When Gemini and Google Assistant work together within your Gemini mobile app, your activity will be saved in your Gemini Apps Activity (if on) and used as described in the Gemini Apps Privacy Notice. When Google Assistant powers features or devices outside of your Gemini mobile app, your activity will be saved in your Web & App Activity (if on). Learn more about how Google Assistant works with your data.

Gemini can help you with calls or texts like Google Assistant did before.

If you are 18 or older and used Google Assistant for calling or texting in the 90 days before you start using Gemini as your mobile assistant, any saved Google Assistant communications request history (for example, “Send a WhatsApp message to Sasha”) will be imported from your Web & App Activity to your Gemini Apps Activity. If your Assistant Personal Results setting is turned on, this data and your communication requests will be used to improve your experience with Gemini, such as picking the right contact or messaging app. You can always turn off Personal Results.

If communication extensions are available in your language, calls and texts are handled directly by Gemini without help from Google Assistant. To make calls or send texts with these extensions, you may need to update your settings. Learn more about these communication extensions.

Google Assistant features in your Gemini mobile app

On Android, your Gemini mobile app gets help from Google Assistant for some familiar quick voice action features. You can also talk to Gemini with “Hey Google” & Voice Match, powered by Google Assistant. On some devices, you can also complete certain tasks, like answering a call or snoozing an alarm, with quick phrases that allow you to skip saying “Hey Google.”

Important: These features are not available in the following languages: Bulgarian, Croatian, Estonian, Finnish, Greek, Hebrew, Hungarian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Romanian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovenian, Ukrainian.

Gemini is still learning, so Google Assistant will help power some familiar quick voice action features, depending on your settings. This includes prompts like when you ask it to:

Read incoming messages.

Control your lights, home security, and other smart home devices.

Broadcast messages on connected devices in your home.

Find out what song is playing.

Turn on your Workplace extension

When Gemini relies on Google Assistant to take a quick voice action, some Google Assistant settings, such as personal results, apply and you can control them in your Gemini mobile app settings. To change these settings:

Open the Gemini app.
At the top, tap your Profile picture or initial Settings Google Assistant features in Gemini.
Choose the setting you want to change.

Tip: If a feature you rely on from Google Assistant isn’t supported in Gemini, you can switch to Google Assistant.

Use your voice to get help from Gemini with “Hey Google” and Voice Match, powered by Google Assistant

You can use your voice to get help from your Gemini mobile app with “Hey Google” and Voice Match, powered by Google Assistant.

For Android devices:

When your device is unlocked, “Hey Google” lets you chat to your Gemini mobile app hands-free.
With “Hey Google” and Voice Match turned on, you can also get some hands-free help with quick voice actions (like setting timers) when your device is locked, if your lock screen setting is turned on.
When your device is locked, you can also quickly start a chat with your Gemini mobile app using “Hey Google,” but may need to unlock your device to get Gemini’s response.

For Pixel Tablets:

When your Pixel Tablet is unlocked, “Hey Google” lets you chat to your Gemini mobile app hands-free.
When your Pixel Tablet is locked, “Hey Google” will use Google Assistant.
If Google Assistant needs you to unlock your Pixel Tablet to complete a request, Assistant may pass your request to Gemini.

If you’re already using “Hey Google” & Voice Match for Google Assistant on your Android device, when you switch to use your Gemini mobile app, you can start using “Hey Google” to access Gemini right away.

To turn on “Hey Google” & Voice Match:

Open your device's Gemini mobile app.
Tap your Profile picture or initial Settings Google Assistant features in Gemini “Hey Google” & Voice Match.
Turn on Hey Google.
To set up Voice Match, follow the prompts so your assistant can recognize when you say “Hey Google.”
- To find or delete the audio clips you recorded during Voice Match setup, go to g.co/assistant/enrollment-clips.

To turn off “Hey Google”:

Open your device's Gemini mobile app.
Tap your Profile picture or initial Settings Google Assistant features in Gemini “Hey Google” & Voice Match.
Turn off Hey Google.
- To remove your Voice Match model from your device, tap Delete Voice Match model. You’ll have to set up Voice Match again if you want to turn “Hey Google” back on.

How Google Assistant powers “Hey Google” & Voice Match for your Gemini mobile app

You can use your voice to get help from your Gemini mobile app with “Hey Google” and Voice Match, powered by Google Assistant.

When “Hey Google” is turned on, Google Assistant is designed to wait in standby mode until it detects an activation, like when it hears “Hey Google.” When in standby mode, Google Assistant won’t send what you are saying to Google or anyone else. Once Google Assistant detects an activation, and recognizes it’s you with Voice Match, it exits standby mode and sends your request to Google servers. This can also happen if there is a noise that sounds like “Hey Google.”

“Hey Google” requires Voice Match to recognize it’s you. If you’ve consented to set up Voice Match, Google Assistant will create a unique model of your voice from clips you record during setup. This voice model is created on Google’s servers and then stored only on the devices where you’ve turned on Voice Match. When your device detects “Hey Google,” Google Assistant may send that detected audio and your voice model to Google servers temporarily to compare and determine if it’s you. Google deletes the voice model and comparison data from its servers immediately after processing. Keep in mind: a similar voice or recording could cause Voice Match to think it’s you. If you later decide Voice Match isn’t for you, you can remove your Voice Match model from your Android device or all your Assistant-connected devices from your “Hey Google” & Voice Match setting (accessible through your Gemini settings or Google Assistant settings).

When you use “Hey Google” and Voice Match for your Gemini mobile app, Google Assistant detects the activation, recognizes you with Voice Match, routes your query to Gemini, and helps Gemini to fulfill your request if it is a quick voice action feature that Gemini is still learning to handle directly.

If you’re already using “Hey Google” and Voice Match for Google Assistant on your Android device when you switch to use your Gemini mobile app, you can start using “Hey Google” and Voice Match to access Gemini right away.

Where Google Assistant powers other features on your mobile device

Even when Gemini is your primary assistant from Google on your mobile device, some features on your device will continue to be powered directly by Google Assistant. This includes:

When you use the mic in the Google Maps app search bar, and when you activate Google Assistant while navigating, such as by tapping the on-screen mic or saying “Hey Google”, and when you are using Google Assistant driving mode.
- Tip: You can use Gemini to start navigation in Google Maps. Google Assistant helps you when navigation begins.
When you access Google Assistant from Android Auto by connecting your phone to your car display.
When you use the mic in the Waze app search bar, and when you activate Google Assistant with the Waze app in the foreground.
On Gboard, when you use Assistant voice typing.
When you get Android notifications from Google Assistant devices.
On Pixel Tablet, when you make a request in locked mode.
When you set up Routines and choose to start them by saying “Hey Google” and adding a voice command. For now, you can start a Routine with your voice when Gemini is your mobile assistant, or in the Google Home app.
- To add or edit Routines in Gemini, open Gemini settings. Tap Google assistant features in Gemini Routines.

Tip: Not all starters or actions are supported when you use a Routine with Gemini. If an action is not supported, Gemini will skip it. This includes features like:

Starters: Activating Routines via typed commands, starting at specific times (e.g. sunrise or sunset) or locations, or using home screen shortcuts.
Actions: Playing music, radio, or podcasts; sharing fitness and sleep statistics; or sharing poems or quotes.

Gemini will not replace Google Assistant on your other devices, even if you switch to use it as your mobile assistant. On other non-mobile devices, including Smart Displays, smart speakers, TVs, cars, smart watches, headphones, and earbuds with Google Assistant built in, and Pixel Tablets in locked mode, Google Assistant will continue to respond to “Hey Google.”