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Amanda Caswell

Gemini isn't just a chatbot anymore — here are 13 things it can do in 2026

Gemini.

If you haven't used Gemini in a while, there's a good chance you're still thinking of it as Google's version of ChatGPT. And honestly, that's how I used to think of it, too.

But over the past year, Google has transformed Gemini into something much bigger. Today it can watch what you're seeing through your phone's camera, research complex topics for you, generate videos, organize long-term projects, work across Gmail and Google Docs, and even turn your notes into podcast-style conversations.

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