Ryan Haines / Android Authority TL;DR Google is testing a new option to prevent Gemini from stopping when you pause to think. Gemini might soon bring a new option to lock the mic so it continues listening until you stop it manually. Google is also testing cosmetic changes to the floating Gemini overlay, as well as the option to move …
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Gemini’s Guided Learning excited and infuriated me
Megan Ellis / Android Authority I’m typically a generative AI skeptic, but this doesn’t mean I’m not open to new AI tools that could be useful. After all, I found ways to use NotebookLM in my daily life even though I’m not a student. I even use Gemini’s Live mode to practice my second language. So when Guided Learning rolled …
Read More »Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang Is Bananas for Google Gemini’s AI Image Generator
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang is in London, standing in front of a room full of journalists, outing himself as a huge fan of Gemini’s Nano Banana. “How could anyone not love Nano Banana? I mean Nano Banana, how good is that? Tell me it’s not true!” He addresses the room. No one responds. “Tell me it’s not true! It’s so …
Read More »I Tried Gemini’s ‘Nano Bananas’ for Image Editing. The AI Slipups Were Obvious
After seeing all the banana-fanfare for Google’s newest generative AI tool, I knew I had to take it for a spin. Named Gemini 2.5 Flash Image, the model upgrades your ability to edit your photos natively in Gemini. AI enthusiasts have referred to it as the “nano bananas” model, spurred on by a series of banana-themed teasers from Google execs. In the …
Read More »Google details Gemini’s daily prompt and image edit usage limits
Google is finally going beyond “limited,” “expanded,” and “highest access” to detail Gemini’s usage limits, with actual numbers for free and paid customers. Some of these usage limits have been known or at least suspected, but Google’s “Gemini Apps limits & upgrades for Google AI subscribers” support page is now explicit about everything. Those on free accounts using Gemini 2.5 …
Read More »Gemini’s coming, but are you dreading the big Google Home speaker shakeup?
Jimmy Westenberg / Android Authority 🗣️ This is an open thread. We want to hear from you! Share your thoughts in the comments and vote in the poll below — your take might be featured in a future roundup. It’s been a long time coming, but Gemini will finally be rolling out to Google Home speakers at the beginning of …
Read More »Google’s AI refuses to generate deepfakes… unless you give it a photo. I found a dangerous loophole inside Gemini’s new photo-editing skills
Ask Google’s AI Gemini to generate a deepfake photo of a politician or an image containing copyrighted material, and the chatbot will flat out refuse. But when Google added more photo editing capabilities with Flash 2.5, it also briefly opened up a dangerous loophole that gave the AI platform more potential for abuse. When I started testing Gemini’s new photo …
Read More »Google Gemini’s AI image model gets a ‘bananas’ upgrade
Google is upgrading its Gemini chatbot with a new AI image model that gives users finer control over editing photos, a step meant to catch up with OpenAI’s popular image tools and draw users from ChatGPT. The update, called Gemini 2.5 Flash Image, rolls out starting Tuesday to all users in the Gemini app, as well as to developers via …
Read More »Google Gemini’s Android app is almost ready to roll out this basic feature
Google Gemini is arguably one of the most popular AI chatbots you will find today. Its feature set has evolved significantly over the last couple of months, thanks to new features powered by recent inclusions like Veo 3. Similarly, Google also introduced a chat search feature in recent weeks, enabling users to search their chat history with Gemini, albeit only …
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