What is Google Gemini AI? Everything You Should Know!

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ChatGPT was launched on November 30, 2022, by OpenAI. Just one year after its release, Google launched its AI assistant, Gemini. This AI tool has become quite popular among different groups of people, such as students, freelancers, tutors, and professionals. 

But, what is this tool? Is it worth your time or investment? Should you switch from ChatGPT to Gemini? What are its pros and cons? This blog is going to answer all of your questions.

What is Google Gemini AI?

Gemini is Google's chatbot and large language model (LLM). It was previously known as Bard and is connected to the open internet for extracting information. It works just like ChatGPT, in which you can enter your question, and it would provide you with detailed answers.  

It is available in both forms: mobile app and website. You can download the mobile app on Android and use it to ask any kind of question you want. On the website, you need to sign up and use it as you can use the web version of ChatGPT. Enter your question, and it will provide you with an answer. On iOS, it is available within the Google app.

Except for the open internet feature, it has voice recognition and image creation capabilities, too. At this moment, the image creation feature is disabled but it could be active in the future.

Is Gemini AI Safe?

Gemini is the product of Google, which is famous for its secure privacy rules. There are billions of Google product users, and everyone's data is safe in Google Drive. So, just Google Search and Google Workplace, Gemini is also safe and secure.

Is Google Gemini Free?

The answer is yes or no. Gemini has a free and a paid version just like ChatGPT. It has different pricing plans for its variety of users. Let's discuss them.

Free: Gemini Pro is free, which you can use for a lifetime on the website and the mobile app.

Gemini Business: You can get it for 24 dollars per user. If you go for an annual fixed plan, it is 20 dollars per user.

Gemini Enterprise: You can get it for 36 dollars per user. In the annual plan, it is 30 dollars.

AI Meetings and Security: You can get these features for 12 USD or 10 USD.

What are the Features of Gemini Pro?

Gemini Pro is the free version of this AI assistant and contains some amazing features. 

Mobile App and Web: You can use this version on the mobile app or the website. For this, download the app from the Google Play Store and use it without any worries.

Generating all types of Content: It could produce short-form content for different purposes. It could generate poems, lyrics, blogs, articles, social media posts, and much more. But, the content quality would be low.

Accepting all kinds of Multimedia content: You can give text, pictures, or voice prompts to Gemini, and it will generate answers. It accepts all types of multimedia content as an input.

Integration with Google Workspace: It is integrated with Google Workspace. It means you can save your answer on Google Docs or Google Sheets. If Gemini has generated any kind of table as an output, you can copy-paste it on Google Sheets. If it is a blog, you can copy-paste it on Docs. You will see these options at the end of each answer.

Sources in Your Answers: Gemini will provide you with different sources for each answer. It enhances the answer’s credibility as you can go on the sources for more information.

Connection with Open Internet: Gemini is connected to the open internet, so you can get the latest answers to all of the questions.

History: It also provides you with the history of your interaction with Gemini. In this way, you can go to your previous interactions whenever you want.

Multi-Languages support: Gemini supports multiple languages. It provides translations and content in any language.

What is Gemini Advance?

Gemini Advance is the paid version of Gemini Pro. In it, you get all the Pro’s features but in a better condition. You can have access to the Gemini 1.5 Pro model, which is powerful and provides a large context window and better performance. This model is also known as Gemini Ultra.

It provides state-of-the-art performance and is designed for highly complex tasks. You could provide detailed prompts to it, and it would provide you with long and high-quality content. Its storage is 2TB so it could store your history for a long time. You would get Gemini in your Google Docs, Gmail, Google Maps, and more.

If you are a subscriber of Google One AI, you will get this Gemini version along with Gemini Live features.

What is Gemini Live?

Gemini Live was released at the Made for Google event in August 2024. It is the version of Gemini that is on Android and could be used as Siri. You can use it on your Android phone just like iOS users use Siri.

You can have a free-flowing conversation with the help of your voice instead of typing. It is integrated with your Google products, so you can give different commands to it related to the functionalities of your products. It is available in Gemini Advanced subscription and you need to pay 20 dollars per month to use it. This tool could be integrated into your different Google products such as Google Maps, Google Docs, Gmail, Google Search, and other products.

You need to set your Gemini language to US English here. There are almost 10 to 15 AI voices from which you can choose. The limitations of language are one of the cons of Gemini Live.

There are various kinds of things you could do with Gemini Live. For example, you could ask it to provide you with the route to your favorite restaurant. It is integrated with Google Maps so it would provide you the route. You could ask for a recipe from it, and it would provide you with a recipe from Google Search. You could have a friendly conversation with this AI chatbot or get the latest news of the world.

As this version is still in the process, there are a lot of limitations in it. You need to provide prompts repeatedly to get high-quality and correct responses. You may need to interpret it again and again to provide you with relevant answers.

Gemini VS ChatGPT- Which one is Better?

Both AI chatbots are competitors to each other. They both have their pros and cons and compete with each other on different features. 

Pricing

Gemini is a good option in this aspect because it provides a lot of APIs and features in the free version. Moreover, its paid versions have a one-month free trial so that you can use it before subscribing. This option is not available in ChatGPT. Its free version has limited features and no free trial for the paid version.

Ease of Use and Implementation

Both products are easy to use and implement. They both are available in the website or mobile app form and could be used in a bit similar form. But, if you are a Google user, Gemini is a bit easier for you than others who don't use Google products.

Mobile Access

Here, ChatGPT is the winner because it has mobile apps for iOS and Android users. But, Gemini’s app is available only on Google Play. So, android users could easily download it and iOS users have to download the Google app and toggle between Gemini and Google Search.

Content Quality

Both have advantages and limitations in this aspect. ChatGPT’s free version is limited to January 2022 knowledge, which makes it a bit unreliable for the latest information. This is not the case with Gemini. 

ChatGPT provides more human-like conversation and can understand long and complex prompts. Gemini lacks in this aspect.

Wrap Up

Overall, Gemini is a strong AI chatbot just like ChatGPT. It is a Google product that is immensely beneficial and could be integrated with Google Cloud features. All of Google's AI properties are now under the Gemini umbrella. It is easily accessible by the web or the app on your smartphone.

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