#Google Gemini update

Skills works with Google’s Gemini AI, which is already built into Chrome. Google says active users of the Gemini app in Southeast Asia more than doubled over the past year. Google has unveiled the new Google Home Speaker, its first smart speaker built specifically for Gemini, the company's AI-powered voice assistant. There is new information that points toward a likely partnership with Google to build its voice assistant off a version of Gemini. Rather than relying strictly on its own hardware, Apple is looking to rely on Google's Gemini AI model running on NVIDIA’s latest Blackwell B200 data center graphics chips. The new system means that when a user triggers a complex prompt that cannot be solved locally on an iPhone, the request will be routed directly to Google Cloud to run on a licensed version of the Gemini model. Google has announced Gemini Omni, with the first model being Gemini Omni Flash. According to Google, Gemini Omni can understand real-world concepts such as physics, historical context and scientific principles. Read more in our articles including "Google brings AI “Skills” to Chrome Browser" and "Google Gemini users double in SEA, PH leads female use".