Use extensions in Gemini Apps

Gemini Apps can interact with other apps and services through extensions to provide more helpful responses to your prompts. For example, Gemini Apps can help you:

  • Get real-time flight and hotel booking info for customized travel planning
  • Create a template to write a best man speech and find YouTube videos of funny ones for inspiration
  • Get location-based information from Google Maps

With your permission, some Gemini Extensions can help you connect with your personal information and content in other services. For example, you can:

Important for users with a work or school account: The info below is for users who access Gemini Apps with a personal account. If you’re using a work or school account, learn how to use extensions in Gemini Apps with a work and school Google Account.

What you need

To use extensions in Gemini Apps, have​​​​ Gemini Apps Activity on. Extensions are only available when Gemini Apps Activity is turned on.

Important: If you’re under 18, the Google Workspace and Maps extensions currently work with English prompts only.

Use an extension

Important: Most extensions are turned on by default. You can turn off extensions at any time in your Extensions settings.

  1. On your computer, go to gemini.google.com.
  2. In the text box at the bottom, enter your question or prompt.
    • Optionally, to specify a service or app for the Gemini web app to use, enter @ and select the extension. If the extension you select is off, it’ll either be turned on or the Gemini web app will ask for your permission to turn it on.
  3. Click Submit . If an extension is available, the Gemini web app automatically uses it.
  4. If needed, to give the Gemini web app permission to use the extension, click Continue and follow the on-screen instructions.

Examples

  • Find videos of how to quickly get grape juice out of a wool rug.
  • How long is the drive from Atlanta to Orlando and give me some ideas for how to keep 3 kids entertained in the car.
  • Find flights to Miami for New Years. What's the usual temperature then?
  • Find hotels for a 4-day trip to San Francisco for New Years Eve.
What Gemini Apps can’t do with Google Extensions

Gemini Apps can’t use extensions to perform certain actions in other apps or services for you, like:

  • Book a flight or hotel
  • Make a YouTube playlist
  • Add a review to a place in Google Maps

Browse available extensions

Important: The available extensions vary by region.

  1. On your computer, go to gemini.google.com.
  2. At the bottom, click Settings  and then Extensions .
Browse extensions

Turn an extension on or off

Important: If you turn off an extension, it doesn't delete your activity related to that extension from your Gemini Apps Activity, or any data shared with and stored by other services. Learn more about how your data works with extensions.

  1. On your computer, go to gemini.google.com.
  2. At the bottom, click Settings  and then Extensions .
  3. Find the extension and turn it off or on .
  4. Follow any on-screen instructions.

Learn more about extensions

Important: Availability of extensions vary by location, language, device, and Gemini app. For details, review the articles below.

You can learn about the tools, apps, and services that Gemini Apps can interact with through extensions below.

Productivity extensions

You can ask Gemini Apps to interact with Google Workspace apps and services with the Google Workspace extension, including:

On specific Samsung mobile devices, you can ask the Gemini mobile app to interact with Samsung productivity apps with Samsung extensions, including:

Media extensions

You can ask Gemini Apps to play media and more from:

Communication extensions

On Android phones and tablets, you can ask the Gemini mobile app to make calls and send messages with:

Device control extensions

You can ask some Gemini Apps to control your:

  • Smart home devices with the Google Home extension
  • Android mobile device with the Utilities extension, including actions like:
    • Set & manage alarms & timers in your clock app
    • Open websites, apps, and settings
    • Check and control device features

How extensions work in Gemini Apps

  • Gemini Apps only use extensions that are on in your Extensions settings. This includes extensions you turn on when you specify them in your prompt with an "@" mention.
  • Gemini Apps check for extensions that can help it generate a more helpful response. If a Gemini app finds an extension that can help, it automatically sends information from your conversation and other relevant information to that extension. For example, Gemini Apps will send your location data to Google Maps if you ask for coffee shops near you and the Google Maps extension is on.
  • Gemini Apps won’t access your personal content in other services without your permission. Some Gemini Extensions are designed to automatically work with tools, apps, and content on your device to help you seamlessly interact with it.
  • If you directly interact with another Google service in Gemini Apps, your activity might be saved by that other service. For example, if you watch a YouTube video in a Gemini app, YouTube may:
  • Gemini Apps can use extensions to help you connect with third-party apps and services. When they do, Gemini Apps share information with those apps and services to fulfill your requests. That information is then used by those third-party apps and services according to their own developers' privacy policies.
  • If you turn off the YouTube extension, you can still talk Live about a video you’re viewing in the YouTube app.

Learn more about how extensions work with your personal data.

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