Current mobile voice assistants often require multiple attempts to understand our simple requests, indicating that there is still room for improvement. If you desire an upgraded experience, then a generative AI-based voice assistant may be your answer, and you can try it now.
Google finally released Gemini Live during this week's "Made by Google" event. This advanced mobile conversational experience product allows users to have free-flowing conversations with AI assistants, or as Google puts it, "your capable assistant in your pocket".
The Gemini Live experience aims to mimic human conversations. Therefore, it can be interrupted, engage in multi-turn conversations, and even resume previous conversations.
Users can also continue conversing with it in the background or when the phone is locked, just like having a regular conversation with friends and family. Users can choose from 10 different voices, each resembling human voices with different tones and timbres.
"We're introducing Gemini Live, a more natural way to interact with Gemini. Now, you can have free-flowing conversations, even interrupt or change topics just like a regular conversation. Available to Gemini Advanced subscribers. #MadeByGoogle"
- Google (@Google) August 13, 2024
Sounds incredibly good? Now you can try it for free!
How to Access
Gemini Live is being rolled out to Gemini Advanced Android users, which is part of Google's One AI Advanced plan that costs $20 per month. If you are an iPhone user, don't worry, Google says Gemini Live will expand to iOS in the coming weeks.
The $20 monthly fee - equivalent to other advanced AI plans like ChatGPT Plus and Claude Pro - includes other benefits besides Gemini Advanced, such as Gemini in Gmail and Docs, 2TB of storage space, and unlimited Magic Editor in Google Photos. However, if you want to try it for free before purchasing, there are two ways to do so.
The first (and easiest) way to try Gemini Live for free is to sign up for a one-month free trial of Google's One AI Advanced plan.
To start the trial, visit the Google One AI Advanced plan webpage, click "Try for a month," and then log in.
The system will ask for your payment information because - once the trial period ends - you will start being charged. To avoid charges, I recommend setting a reminder on your phone to cancel the subscription before the trial period ends.
If you are interested in Google's AI products and want to have the full experience, the second option is to purchase the newly released Pixel Pro 9, which includes the first-year usage rights of Gemini Advanced, valued at $240, at no additional cost.
OpenAI offers a similar experience with its newly upgraded voice mode, currently in alpha testing for a small group of ChatGPT Plus users. So, if you want to ensure access to this experience, Google's One AI Advanced plan may be your best choice.
