Gemini gets a new voice chat mode. | Image: Google
Google is rolling out a new voice chat mode for Gemini, called Gemini Live, the company announced at its Pixel 9 event today. Available for Gemini Advanced subscribers, it works a lot like ChatGPT’s voice chat feature, with multiple voices to choose from and the ability to speak conversationally, even to the point of interrupting it without tapping a button.
Google says that conversations with Gemini Live can be “free-flowing,” so you can do things like interrupt an answer mid-sentence or pause the conversation and come back to it later. Gemini Live will also work in the background or when your phone is locked. Google first announced that Gemini Live was coming during its I/O developer conference earlier this year, where it also said…
