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Gemini, the company's AI assistant app, has surpassed 1 billion monthly active users. · 2026-08-12
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The figure covers the Gemini app alone and does not include AI users from other channels such as Google Search's AI mode, which also has over 1 billion monthly users. · 2026-08-12
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63% of Gemini users speak directly to the assistant, over 150 million images are generated daily, and the iOS app has more than 100 million active users. · 2026-08-12
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Gemini's growth has been steady, with monthly active users exceeding 900 million at Google I/O in May and surpassing 950 million during the Q2 2026 earnings call last month. · 2026-08-12
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Google continues to roll out new models, including Gemini 3.5 Flash, designed to improve coding and autonomous AI agent tasks, and has confirmed that Gemini 4 is in development. · 2026-08-12

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6d ago

Google Ships Gemini 3.8 Flash and Cyber Model, Prices Double in 2027

Google released Gemini 3.8 Flash and Gemini 3.8 Flash Cyber on September 2, 2026. The Flash model improves multi-step reasoning for software development and AI agents, while the Cyber model handles vulnerability discovery and fixing. API prices stay flat until January 1, 2027, when they double.

Aug 29

Google Releases Gemini Omni 1.1 Flash Video Generation AI

Google released Gemini Omni 1.1 Flash, a video generation AI, on August 27, 2026. It supports text-to-video, image start/end frame generation, reference video input, and seamless continuation of existing videos. It offers fast 360p previews, 720p final generation, and upscaling to 4K. In Arena tests, it ranked first in text-to-video and second in image-to-video.

Aug 28

Google Unveils Gemini 3.5 Transcribe Speech Model

Google announced Gemini 3.5 Transcribe, a speech recognition model that converts raw audio into clean, formatted text in real time while automatically removing filler words like "um" and "uh." The model also reflects speaker self-corrections and applies formatting such as bullet points and parentheses, turning rambling speech into polished prose. It is available through two APIs: the Live API for continuous bidirectional streaming with sub-second latency, and the Interactions API for recorded audio with speaker identification and word-level timestamps. Google reports a word error rate of 4.0% for streaming and 2.6% for non-streaming, as measured by Artificial Analysis, and a 70% reduction in time to final transcription compared to the earlier Chirp 3 model. The model supports over 85 languages and allows custom vocabulary for technical terms. Gemini 3.5 Transcribe is already integrated into Android's Rambler voice input and the macOS Gemini app's Speak to Window feature. Developers can access it through Google AI Studio, Google Antigravity, and the Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform. Pricing is estimated at about $0.005 per minute for recorded audio and $0.009 per minute for real-time, with free tiers available.

Aug 12

Google Gemini Passes 1 Billion Monthly Users

Google CEO Sundar Pichai announced that the company's AI assistant Gemini has surpassed 1 billion monthly active users, making it the 14th Google product to reach that milestone and the fastest-growing in the company's history. The announcement came via a post on X. Gemini launched in 2023 and has since been integrated across nearly all Google services, including Search, Workspace, and Android. The 1 billion figure applies to the Gemini app alone and does not include users of Google Search's AI mode, which Google says also exceeds 1 billion monthly users. Google also released usage data showing that 63 percent of Gemini users interact with the assistant directly by voice, the app generates over 150 million images per day, and iOS active users exceed 100 million. The company reported Gemini's daily active users have roughly tripled over the past year. This growth follows ChatGPT reaching 1 billion monthly users in June, and Google is expected to announce new Gemini features at its upcoming Made by Google event.

Aug 9

Google DeepMind Unveils Gemini Robotics 2 for Whole-Body Robot Control

Google DeepMind announced Gemini Robotics 2 on July 30, 2026, a suite of Vision-Language-Action models that control robots from walking to fine two-handed tasks. The models handle posture, object manipulation, and multi-robot collaboration, adapting to different robot bodies. A higher-level model, Gemini Robotics ER 2, manages long task sequences and outperformed its predecessor in evaluations.

Aug 6

Dragon Quest Meets Gemini AI in Real-World Shibuya Event

Google launched Gemini Quest on July 30, a free collaboration with Square Enix's Dragon Quest that runs through August 9. The event places monster statues across four Shibuya and Harajuku venues, where participants use the Gemini app to generate images of themselves battling monsters. An online social activation lets remote users generate Dragon Quest-style images and share them with the #GeminiQuest hashtag.

Jul 1

Google Launches Nano Banana 2 Lite Image Model and Gemini Omni Flash Video Model

Google announced Nano Banana 2 Lite, an image generation model that outputs images from text in 4 seconds, and Gemini Omni Flash, a video generation and editing model. Both are available on Google AI Studio, Gemini API, and Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform. Pricing starts at $0.034 per 1K resolution image and $0.10 per second of video output.

Jun 11

Gemini X Is a New Metroidvania Built for Mega Man X Fans

Komi Games announced Gemini X, a Metroidvania inspired by classic 32-bit run-and-gun platformers like Mega Man X. Players explore a hijacked space colony, fight robot rebels, and see the story change based on boss defeat order. A Steam release is planned for 2028, with a demo coming later.