With Gemini Live, you can have a natural, free-flowing conversation with Gemini. You can even interrupt it like when you want to add more details or change the topic of the conversation. With Gemini Live, you can:
- Talk back and forth: Talk to Gemini without typing, and Gemini will respond back verbally.
- Brainstorm ideas out loud: Ask for a gift idea, to plan an event, or to make a business plan.
- Explore: Uncover more details about topics that interest you.
- Practice aloud: Rehearse for important moments in a more natural and conversational way.
Important: We’re gradually releasing updates to Gemini Live, so the latest changes might not be available to you just yet.
What you need
- An iPhone or iPad.
- The Gemini mobile app.
- For now, Gemini Live isn’t available in the Gemini web app.
- A personal Google account that you manage on your own.
- For now, Gemini Live isn’t available while signed in to a work or school Google account.
- Be 18 or over.
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To use this feature, you must be signed in to Gemini Apps. Learn how to sign in to Gemini Apps.
Important: For now, Gems can't be used with Gemini Live.
Before you use Gemini Live
- Respect others’ privacy and ask permission before recording or including them in a Live chat.
- Learn how Google works with Gemini Live data.
Go Live with Gemini
- On your iPhone or iPad, open the Gemini mobile app
.
- At the bottom, tap Live
.
- For your first time, follow any on-screen instructions.
- Start talking.
Tip: To turn off the mic, tap Hold , End
, or say “stop.”
Examples
- I’m about to interview my first big guest for a podcast, and want to make sure I don’t mess up. Any last minute tips?
- So my friend is really tough to shop for. Can you help me think of a gift?
- What’s the best way to kickstart my day and feel super productive? I’ve got a big meeting coming up and want to be on top of my game.
Manage your Live chat with Gemini
Important: If your Gemini Apps Activity setting is on, transcripts of your Live chats are saved in your Gemini Apps Activity. We're gradually releasing an update that will also save your Live recordings, including audio as well as any video and screenshares you show Live, in your Gemini Apps Activity if it’s on. Learn how to manage & delete your Gemini Apps activity.
Put Live on hold & resume the Live chat
- To put the Live chat on hold, tap Hold
. This turns off the mic.
- To resume the Live chat, tap Live
Exit or resume a Live chat & review the transcript
- To exit the Live chat and review the transcript, tap End
.
- To resume a previous Live chat, open the chat and tap Live
Use Live in the background
Manage settings
Settings Talk with Gemini Live in multiple languages
Gemini Live is available in over 45 languages. In settings, you can add up to 2 languages to talk with Gemini Live in. Learn how to add another language.
In some cases, you can talk in any supported language within the same Live session without adding it in settings. For example, you can talk in multiple languages with Gemini Live if any of these languages are in settings:
- Chinese (Simplified)
- French
- German
- Hindi
- Japanese
- Korean
- Portuguese
- Spanish