Google Gemini is approaching one billion users

Google is about to add another name to its long list of products with more than a billion users, a list that already includes Search, Gmail, Drive, Android, YouTube and Chrome. Its AI assistant Gemini now has more than 950 million monthly users, the company said during the Q2 2026 call.

The company noted that the number of Gemini users has tripled compared to last year. Earlier, in February, she said that Gemini had crossed over 750 million monthly active users. With this growth, Google Assistant is on track to compete more closely with OpenAI’s ChatGPT, which has reached 1 billion monthly active users. In June.

“Users love new agent features like Daily Summary and our personal agent Gemini Spark, now available in the U.S. and internationally,” Sundar Pichai, CEO of Alphabet, said during the call. “We’ve been shipping useful new features like these at an incredible pace.”

Apart from Android users, the Gemini app has found a Strong user base on iOS with launches like the Nano Banana photo creation model. According to Appfigures, the app has been downloaded more than 137 million times on iOS in the past 12 months.

in Its latest report is on the “State of Artificial Intelligence.”Analytics firm Sensor Tower noted that ChatGPT’s market share among AI assistants fell below 50% for the first time. The report, which looked at the first half of 2026, also indicated that Gemini’s share rose to 27.7%.

Many people are already using AI assistant apps as an alternative to search. However, Google reported that its search segment is strong, thanks in part to… Comprehensive reform based on artificial intelligence. During the quarter, Q&A-style AI surpassed 1 billion users. The company said it is driving a “gradual increase” in search queries. Google also noted that through hardware engineering, it has reduced the cost of putting in AI for the company, despite introducing new models and features.