3 new tricks you can try with Google Gemini Live after its latest major upgrade

Gemini Live is The most conversational natural language way to interact with Google Gemini AI Bot Using your voice. The idea is you Chat with her As if you were talking to a friend, there are interruptions and everything, even if the actual answers are the same as you get when typing your queries into Gemini as usual.

Now, about a year and a half after its debut, Gemini Live has been given what it is Google describes As the “biggest update ever”. The update makes Gemini Live mode feel more natural and more conversational than before, with better understanding of tone, nuances, pronunciation and rhythm.

There’s no real clear indication that anything has changed, and a lot of the responses often look the same as before either. However, there are certain areas where you can tell the difference the latest upgrade has made — here’s how to make the most of the new and improved Gemini Live.

The update is now rolling out for Gemini on Android and iOS. To access Gemini Live, launch the Gemini app, then tap the Live button in the bottom right corner (it looks vaguely like a sound wave) and start talking.

Gemini Live interface.David Nield

Hear some stories

Gemini Live can now add more feeling and variety to its storytelling capabilities, which can be useful for history lessons, kids’ bedtimes, and creative brainstorming. The AI ​​will add different accents and tones where appropriate, to help you differentiate between characters and scenes.

One example Google gives of how this can work best is to have Gemini Live tell you a story Roman Empire From Julius Caesar’s point of view. It’s a challenge for Gemini that requires some leaps of perspective and imagination, and using tone and style appropriately in a way that Gemini Live must now be better at.

You don’t have to limit yourself to Julius Caesar or the Roman Empire either. You can get Gemini Live to give you a novel pride and prejudice From the point of view of each different Bennett sister, for example, or ask the AI ​​to tell the story of what life would have been like in your part of the world 100, 200, or 300 years ago.

Learn some skills

Another area where Gemini Live’s new capabilities make a noticeable difference is in educating and explaining: You can get it to give you a crash course (or longer tutorial) on any topic of your choosing, anything from the intricacies of human genetics to the best ways to clean carpets. You can even get Gemini Live Teaches you a language.

The AI ​​can now move at your own pace, which is especially useful when you’re trying to learn something new. If you need Gemini Live to slow down, speed up or repeat something, just say so. If you have a certain amount of free time, let Gemini know when you talk to him.