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Matthias Bastian@THE DECODER
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Google has announced significant upgrades to its Gemini app, focusing on enhanced functionality, personalization, and accessibility. A key update is the rollout of the upgraded 2.0 Flash Thinking Experimental model, now supporting file uploads and boasting a 1 million token context window for processing large-scale information. This model aims to improve reasoning and response efficiency by breaking down prompts into actionable steps. The Deep Research feature, powered by Flash Thinking, allows users to create detailed multi-page reports with real-time insights into its reasoning process and is now available globally in over 45 languages, accessible for free or with expanded access for Gemini Advanced users.
Another major addition is the experimental "Personalization" feature, integrating Gemini with Google apps like Search to deliver tailored responses based on user activity. Gemini is also strengthening its integration with Google apps such as Calendar, Notes, Tasks, and Photos, enabling users to handle complex multi-app requests in a single prompt. Google is also putting Gemini 2.0 AI into robots through the DeepMind AI team, which has developed two new models of Gemini specifically designed to work with robots. The first, Gemini Robotics, is an advanced vision-language-action (VLA) LLM that uses physical motion to respond to prompts. The second model, Gemini Robots-ER, is a VLM with advanced spatial understanding, enabling robots to navigate changing environments. Google is partnering with robotics companies to further develop humanoid robots.
Google will replace its long-standing Google Assistant with Gemini on mobile devices later this year. The classic Google Assistant will no longer be accessible on most mobile devices, marking the end of an era. The shift represents Google's pivot toward generative AI, believing that Gemini's advanced AI capabilities will deliver a more powerful and versatile experience. Gemini will also come to tablets, cars, and connected devices like headphones and watches. The company also introduced Gemini Embedding, a novel embedding model initialized from the powerful Gemini Large Language Model, aiming to enhance embedding quality across diverse tasks.
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References :
- The Official Google Blog: Over the coming months, we’ll be upgrading users on mobile devices from Google Assistant to Gemini.
- Android Faithful: Google's AI tool Gemini gets a boost by working with deeper insight about you through personalization and app connections.
- Search Engine Journal: Google Gemini's integration of Search history blurs the line between traditional Search and AI assistants
- Maginative: Google will replace its long-standing Google Assistant with Gemini on mobile devices later this year, marking the end of an era for the company's original voice assistant.
- MarkTechPost: Google AI Introduces Gemini Embedding: A Novel Embedding Model Initialized from the Powerful Gemini Large Language Model
- www.tomsguide.com: Google is taking Gemini to the next level and giving users more with major upgrades aimed to make Gemini even more personal, plus many of the upgrades are free.
- PCMag Middle East ai: RIP Google Assistant? Gemini AI Poised to Replace It This Year
- The Tech Basic: Android’s New AI Era: Gemini Replaces Google Assistant This Year
- Search Engine Land: Google to replace Google Assistant with Gemini
- www.tomsguide.com: Google Assistant is losing features to make way for Gemini — here's what's just been axed
- The Official Google Blog: Gemini gets personal, with tailored help from your Google apps
- Analytics Vidhya: Google's Gemini models are undergoing significant updates, now featuring faster models, longer context lengths, and integrated AI agents.
- Google DeepMind Blog: Gemini breaks new ground: a faster model, longer context and AI agents
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