April 17 news.Googletoday announced that its Gemini application for the Gemini Live The feature will be free to all Android users.This feature recognizes and responds in real time to content about the user's phone camera and screen, launched earlier this month for all Pixel 9 and Samsung Galaxy S25 users and required a Gemini Advanced subscription to use it. However, Google has decided to change its strategy and make it available for free to more users after receiving positive feedback from users about the Gemini Live feature.
Google said on social platform X, "We received a lot of positive feedback about the Gemini Live feature and decided to roll it out to more users." Starting today, the feature will begin to be gradually pushed out to all Android users who have the Gemini app installed, with a full rollout expected to be completed in the coming weeks.
According to 1AI, the Gemini Live feature is used in a variety of scenarios. For example, users can turn on their phone's camera in an aquarium and let Gemini recognize and share information about the animal.
Meanwhile, Microsoft also announced today that its similar AI tool, Copilot Vision, is now available for free in the Edge browser.