Google is stepping up with artificial intelligence in general and Gemini in particular. 2023 was a very interesting year for artificial intelligence and Google released Bard. It was a conversational AI that could compete against ChatGPT, but it didn’t do very well in our tests.

Google has promised that better language models will be in the pipeline, and introduced Gemini in December of last year following an update on its intentions at Google I/O. Now Gemini is available in more regions, and it looks like this will be the future of Google’s AI. They will prepare a Gemini application that can replace Google Assistant.

An app independent of Google Gemini and its intention to fill its apps with artificial intelligence

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They have assistants, but also Bards, and the Assistant can now be the ‘Bard’s Assistant’ because it is powered by artificial intelligence. But Bard has Gemini behind him and… another name to add to the list. That’s why we told you a few days ago that Google would consider renaming Bard directly to Gemini.

If the predictions are correct, this change will be made on February 7, but this will not be the only change in the short term. And as we read on 9to5Google, Google is preparing the Gemini applicationdirectly for our mobile phones, it will be a kind of Assistant, but more advanced.

It’s such a thing found In an earlier version of the Google website changelog, developer Dylan Roussel mentions the Bard name change but also mentions a standalone app. This Wednesday should be official since the changelog is dated February 7th, but There’s bad news in all this if you live in Europe.

And that’s it, This is the part where Google talks about the Gemini App:

“To chat with Gemini on Android, download the Gemini app from the Google Play Store, and if you have iOS you can try it within the Google app. The initial launch will be in English in the United States. In the next few days, “Japanese, Korean, and more languages (except for the United Kingdom, Switzerland, European Union Countries and relevant territories). “More languages ​​and regions will come in the future.”

Google changelog leak. Image: Dylan Roussel

Therefore, it seems that AI regulatory measures will affect this expansion of the Google Gemini application, at least in the early stages, and this has not been said for sure. There’s no word on the Gemini app being made available on Latin American soil.

The changelog also states that Gmail, Maps or YouTube will be enhanced with Google Gemini to make it more versatile and we can interact with it in different ways (something that makes sense, since it is a multi-modal AI).

Now we have to wait until this Wednesday to see what Google will announce. What about both the name of the app and the so-called Gemini app?. It is clear that it will be a competitive move against the ChatGPT application, but the fact that it is not available in Latin America and Europe is a heavy blow for users.

No matter what and as we always say, This is not official information For now, we will have to pay attention to the company’s actions, and as soon as official news arrives, we will tell you about it on Xataka Android.

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