Android users can download the Gemini app
Google introduces Gemini AI app in India with support for 9 Indian languages, including Hindi, Bengali, Gujarati, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Tamil, Telugu, and Urdu. The app was rebranded from Bard AI chatbot in February and is now available as a standalone app after a 4-month wait.
Google has finally launched its Gemini AI app in India with support for nine Indian languages, including Hindi, Bengali, Gujarati, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Tamil, Telugu and Urdu. Notably, Google rebranded its Bard AI chatbot as Gemini in February and subsequently launched a separate app. However, Gemini users in India will have to wait for nearly four months to get the standalone app, which should make using the chatbot more convenient.
Google and Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai made the announcement regarding Gemini's India app launch in a post on X (formerly Twitter). Pichai wrote, “Exciting news! ЁЯЗоЁЯЗ│ Today, we're launching the Gemini mobile app in India, available in English and 9 Indian languages. We’re also adding these local languages to Gemini Advanced, plus other new features, and launching Gemini in Google Messages in English."
The Gemini mobile app in India is based on Google’s AI Gemini 1.5 Pro and supports nine Indian languages alongside English: Hindi, Bengali, Gujarati, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Tamil, Telugu and Urdu. This lets users in the country type or talk in any of the supported languages to receive AI assistance, the company said.
Gemini’s mobile app also includes the option to access the paid Gemini Advanced experience, which offers 1 million token context window to process and understand a wide variety of information, ranging from documents of up to 1,500 pages to complex data analysis tasks. Gemini Advanced also includes support for the nine Indian languages which are available on the Gemini mobile app.
Android users can download the Gemini app through the Play Store. Gemini AI can also be opted-in through Google Assistant. Over the next few weeks, iPhone users in India will also be able to access Gemini through the Google app.
At the I/O developer conference, Google showcased some expansions of its Gemini AI assistant into apps such as Gmail, Google Messages and YouTube and a deep integration within the Android operating system. Some of those experiences will be rolled out to supported devices over the next few months. However, Google said it is rolling out Gemini into Google Messages in English starting today.
First unveiled in the U.S. in February, the Gemini mobile app was launched in European markets such as Germany, France, Italy, Sweden and the U.K. In April, the app received support for languages including Japanese, Korean, Spanish and Portuguese to reach more users.