The updates signal Google’s push to turn its Gemini Gemini app into an all-purpose AI hub rather than a standalone chatbot.
Google announced at its annual I/O event on Tuesday that the Gemini app is getting a series of new updates, including a “Daily Brief” feature, a redesigned interface, and access to a new AI video model called Gemini Omni.
The updates signal Google’s push to turn its Gemini app into an all-purpose AI hub rather than a standalone chatbot and to make the AI assistant more competitive with apps like ChatGPT and Claude.
Google describes the new Daily Brief feature as a personalized digest designed to be your first stop each morning. It pulls together information from a user’s inbox, calendar, and most important tasks, and then organizes them into a clear overview. The company says Daily Brief doesn’t just summarize this information, it also prioritizes tasks and suggests next steps, with the most important items shown first.
Daily Brief is rolling out today to Google AI subscribers in the United States.
Image Credits: Google The Gemini app already has considerable reach; the company said it has more than 900 million users monthly and is available in over 230 countries and in more than 70 languages. But Google clearly wants more and without losing its existing customers.
Google said it rebuilt the app from the ground up. Now, when users open the app, they’ll see a new design language called “Neural Expressive,” which brings fluid animations, vibrant colors, new typography, and haptic feedback.
Gemini’s responses are no longer presented as a wall of text, which is the case with most AI chatbots. Instead, key information appears in bold at the top. Additional text and possibly other elements such as images and timelines appear as the user scrolls down.
The company’s new AI video model, Gemini Omni, combines Gemini with Google’s generative media models to create outputs grounded in knowledge. For example, you could give it a simple prompt like “claymation explainer of protein folding.” The model lets you upload audio, images, and video to generate a consistent, high-quality video, according to Google.
By adding access to a new video generation model like Gemini Omni, Google is intensifying competition among major AI platforms in the ongoing race to lead multimodal content generation. The model is rolling out to Google Flow and YouTube Shorts for Google AI subscribers, underscoring the company’s broader push into multimodal content creation and AI-powered video tools.
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