Gemini Live has been officially released, positioning itself as a competitor to GPT-4o, offering a mobile voice conversation experience. Key features include:
- Choice of 10 natural voices for responses
- Support for free-flowing conversations, with the ability to interrupt or change topics
- Can be awakened and used in the background or when the screen is locked
- Integration with Android apps like Keep, improving usability
- Currently limited to English, with plans to expand to iOS and more languages
Simultaneously, a new generation of Pixel phones was announced:
- Pixel 9, 9 Pro, and 9 Pro XL, equipped with Tensor G4 chip
- Tensor G4 designed by DeepMind, supports on-device running of Gemini Nano
- Memory upgraded to 12GB/16GB
- New Pixel Studio text-to-image feature, combining on-device and cloud-based models
- Pixel Screenshots intelligently organizes screen captures
- Pixel Weather provides AI-generated weather reports
- Enhanced AI photography features
Google has taken the lead in implementing a full suite of AI features on mobile phones, demonstrating its ambitions in the mobile AI field.