Along with OpenAI's ChatGPT, Microsoft's Copilot and Apple Intelligence, Google Gemini is one of the dominant forces in the world of artificial intelligence (AI) and chatbots. Gemini is both the name for Google chatbot and the LLM that powers it, and it's free to use via a web browser, or on your mobile, but there's a paid-for version called Gemini Advanced that has some juicy features, like AI video generation with Veo 2.
Google Gemini burst onto the scene in February 2024 and immediately made some big waves in the AI world, but it was the release of Gemini Live at the Made for Google event in August 2024 that really put it on the map. Gemini Live is a version of Gemini that runs on mobile phones, even the iPhone, and enables you to have free flowing conversations about complex topics using your voice instead of having to type on the keyboard.
