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What is the future AI assistant "Gemini Live"? A thorough explanation of the AI voice function and how to use it in an "AI GPT Journal" style that is easy for beginners to understand!
Hello! I'm John from AI GPT Journal, a blog that brings you the latest information on AI technology. The world of AI is evolving day by day, and one thing that has been gaining attention recently is AI technology that can converse as naturally as if it were a human. Today, I'd like to talk about the latest AI technology developed by Google,Gemini Live" and its core "AI voice function" is easy to understand even for those new to AI, andAI GPT Journal" I would like to delve deeper into the appeal and possibilities of AI, including the perspective of recording and utilizing conversations and learnings with AI. I would be happy if I can help you change your image of AI, which seems difficult, to "AI is so useful and fun!"
Basic information: Gemini Live, AI Voice, and its relationship with AI GPT Journal
What is Gemini Live? A brief overview of AI voice technology
first,"Gemini LiveLet's start by talking about what Gemini Live is. Gemini Live is a high-performance AI model family developed by Google called Gemini.AI assistant function that enables real-time voice dialogueIt may be easier to understand if you think of it as an evolved version of the AI chatbot "Bard" previously offered by Google (in fact, Bard has been merged and renamed to Gemini).
As the name "Live" suggests, the biggest feature of Gemini Live isYou can have a smooth, uninterrupted conversation, just like talking to a real person on the phone.Unlike conventional AI assistants, where you say something, the AI responds, and then you say something again, this system allows for more natural and continuous communication.
This natural conversation is made possible by advanced "AI voice technologyIt integrates technologies such as "Speech-to-Text," which converts human speech into text data, "Large Language Model (LLM)," which uses AI to understand the meaning of the text and generate a response, and "Text-to-Speech," which converts the AI-generated text response into natural speaking voice. These technologies work together instantly, allowing us to "talk" to Gemini Live.
Problem to be solved: Why is AI voice technology like Gemini Live attracting attention now?
So, what problems can AI voice technology like Gemini Live help solve for us?
- A more natural and intuitive way to interact with AI:There are many situations where talking is faster and easier than typing on a keyboard. Gemini Live meets the needs of those who want to use AI hands-free and communicate with AI more easily.
- Barrier-free access to informationVoice interfaces are also invaluable for people with literacy or visual impairments, helping children learn new things through storytelling (some parents actually use Gemini to explain the world to their kids!) and keeping them informed while multitasking.
- Improving the quality of communicationIf AI can gain a deeper understanding of context and speak with human-like intonation and pacing, it could become more than just an information search tool; it could feel like a good advisor or assistant.
The goal of AI voice technology like Gemini Live is to enable more human-like, warmer interactions, which have been difficult to achieve with text-based AI to date.
Unique Features: Gemini Live's unique strengths
Gemini Live has some unique features compared to other AI assistants:
- Natural conversations in real timeAs mentioned above, it enables smooth voice dialogue with little delay. You can expect to be able to interrupt the other person and respond in line with the flow of the conversation.
- Advanced contextual understanding: The Gemini model itself has a high level of contextual understanding, so it can remember the flow of a conversation even in a long one and respond appropriately. This creates a natural feeling, as if you were talking to a human.
- Multimodal integrationGemini is originally a "multimodal AI" that can understand not only text, but also images, audio, and video. Gemini Live will begin in May 2025.Ability to share camera and screen on smartphones (Android and iOS)Now available. This makes it possible to ask questions such as "How do I use this?" by showing an object with the camera, or to be shown how to operate it by showing the smartphone screen. This is very revolutionary!
- Integration with Google servicesIntegration with the Google Chrome browser has also been announced (May 2025), and we can expect even more seamless integration with various Google services (Gmail, Calendar, Maps, etc.) in the future.
- Available for freeAmazingly, this highly functional Gemini Live will be available from May 2025, 5.It's free for all Android and iOS usersThis has made it possible for many people to easily experience the latest AI technology.
Involvement with AI GPT Journal: Recording and deepening "dialogue with AI"
Now, here "AI GPT JournalLet me mention the term "AI GPT Journal". This is not a specific AI product name, but it is a term that we at AI GPT Journal (this blog) propose.This is a concept and approach in which interactions with AI and the lessons learned from them are carefully recorded, reviewed, and utilized, just like a personal "journal."It refers to the idea that when you interact with an AI like Gemini Live and make a new discovery or come up with an idea, you can record it and look back on it later or develop it further, rather than just treating it as a passing experience. Gemini Live itself does not have a direct "journal function," but we hope you will take this "AI GPT Journal" perspective as a way of preparing yourself and using it to make your interactions with AI more meaningful.
Usage fees and availability: Making AI accessible to everyone
Gemini Live Pricing and Access
As I mentioned earlier, one of the great attractions of Gemini Live isEase of access.
- Usage FeesBasic Gemini Live features will be available from May 2025FreeThis allows anyone, from students to business people, and even those new to AI, to easily experience the latest AI voice assistant.
- Supported platforms : Android smartphones and iOS devices (iPhone, etc.)You can start using the Gemini Live voice interaction function by downloading the dedicated "Gemini" app.
- About Gemini Advanced: Google also offers a paid plan called "Gemini Advanced" that allows you to use more powerful AI models (e.g. Gemini Ultra). The free version of Gemini Live is quite powerful, but users who want more advanced features and performance can consider this plan. However, this article focuses mainly on Gemini Live, which is available for free.
In this way, providing AI widely and free of charge will greatly advance the democratization of AI technology. It is expected that by exposing more people to AI, new ways of using it will emerge and understanding of the technology will deepen.
How it works: Why does Gemini Live sound so natural?
A simple explanation of AI technology: LLM and multimodal AI
Gemini Live uses some advanced AI technology behind its natural conversations. There are some technical terms, but I'll explain them one by one in an easy-to-understand way.
- Large Language Model (LLM): This is the "brain" of Gemini Live. LLM is an AI that has acquired the ability to understand language and generate sentences like humans by studying a huge amount of text data on the Internet (books, articles, websites, etc.). "Gemini" itself is a type of LLM and is known to be very high-performance. It can answer questions appropriately, summarize sentences, and come up with new ideas.
- Multimodal AIOne of the major features of Gemini is its multimodality. "Multi" means "multiple" and "modal" means "style/type."AI that can simultaneously understand and process multiple different types of information, including images, audio, video, and even programming codeIt's this multimodal AI that allows Gemini Live to understand what it sees through your camera and give advice on what's being shown in your screen share.
- Speech-to-Text: When we talk to Gemini Live, the voice recognition technology first converts our voice into text data. This is the function that "converts what you say into the microphone into text."
- Text-to-Speech: Speech synthesis technology converts the responses (text data) thought up by LLM into natural human speech. It is now possible to go beyond simply reading text aloud and also express emotions and intonations, contributing to a more human-like conversation experience.
These technologies work seamlessly together and are incredibly fast, enabling Gemini Live to have natural conversations with you in real time.
Gemini Live's unique technology: real-time and interactive
In addition to the basic AI technology mentioned above, there are some unique technical innovations that make Gemini Live "Live."
- Low Latency Processing: "Latency" refers to the time lag between when we speak and when the AI responds. Gemini Live minimizes this latency, allowing for smooth conversation without compromising the tempo of the conversation.
- Interruption Handling:When people talk to each other, sometimes the other person interrupts them. Gemini Live is designed to recognize interruptions and continue the conversation even when the user is in the middle of speaking.
- Long Context Understanding: The ability to remember previous topics and information and respond based on that, even when the conversation continues for a long time. This allows for deeper dialogue rather than superficial responses.
- Visual information processing using camera and screen sharing: The ability to show real-world objects and situations to AI through a smartphone or PC camera, or share the device screen to convey the displayed content to AI, is a technology that makes the saying "seeing is believing" come true. This allows AI to understand complex situations that are difficult to convey verbally alone, and allows for more accurate support.
Development team and community: trust and reach
Developer: Google DeepMind
Gemini and Gemini Live are developed by:Google DeepMindGoogle DeepMind is known as one of the world's leading organizations in the field of AI research and development. DeepMind, the company that shocked the world with its Go AI "AlphaGo", was acquired by Google and merged with the brains division of Google AI to form the company. It has a track record of developing advanced large-scale language models such as LaMDA and PaLM 2, and its technical capabilities and reliability can be said to be very high.
With the backing of a giant IT company like Google, the company has access to abundant resources and data, as well as talented researchers and engineers, which is powerfully driving the development of AI technology.
Community Activity: A Growing User Base
Gemini Live is a relatively new technology, but it has attracted a lot of attention and its user community is growing rapidly.
- Increase in number of usersA survey conducted in May 2025 reported that there are approximately 5 million American users who use AI chatbots, including Gemini, on a daily basis, and the number of monthly active users is said to be on the order of 3500 million per platform. With the launch of Gemini Live for free, this number is expected to increase further.
- Platform adoptionThe fact that it is now available on Android and iOS, the operating systems that account for the majority of smartphones around the world, has been a major boost to its popularity.
- Online information exchange:Information such as Gemini Live reviews, how to use it, and comparisons with other AIs is being actively shared on technology news sites, blogs, and SNS. We at AI GPT Journal hope to play a part in disseminating such information.
With more people using it and sharing their feedback, Gemini Live will continue to improve and evolve into an even easier-to-use tool.
Use Cases and Future Outlook: How Gemini Live will change our future
Examples of use in everyday life
Gemini Live has the potential to be useful in many aspects of our daily lives.
- Hands-free information searchYou can get answers to simple questions like, "What's the weather today?" or "How do I get to XX?" just by using your voice, even while you're cooking or driving.
- Schedule management and reminders: You can easily manage tasks using voice commands such as "Wake me up at 7am tomorrow" or "Remind me to buy milk."
- Learning support: It will be a reliable partner for children and adults when learning new things, such as "What is a black hole?" and "What does this English word mean?" It may explain complex concepts in an easy-to-understand manner in a dialogue format. Google Search also seems to be testing an AI-generated audio overview feature (as of June 2025).
- Bounce off ideas and engage in creative activities: When coming up with ideas for a new project or thinking up a story outline, talking with Gemini Live may help broaden your ideas.
- real-time translation: It could be useful as a real-time voice translation assistant when traveling abroad or communicating with foreigners.
- Visual problem solvingBy using the camera sharing function, the AI can watch the video and give advice on questions such as, "What's the name of this plant?" or "This home appliance isn't working properly, where should I look?"
Examples of use at work
In business situations, Gemini Live can also contribute to improving work efficiency and productivity.
- Meeting minutes preparation support: It may be able to convert conversations into text in real time and help you create summaries (although the specific functionality remains to be seen).
- Drafting emails and reports:You might even be able to draft an email or outline a report using just your voice commands.
- Programming assistance: As an assistant that answers questions about code and generates simple code. At Google I/O, related technologies such as "Canvas," which helps with live document editing, were also introduced.
- Improving research efficiency: Useful for gathering information on a particular topic or summarizing related material.
Future possibilities: How far will AI evolve?
The future looks very bright for Gemini Live and AI voice technology.
- Full integration with the Google ecosystem: It has the potential to become more deeply integrated with Google services such as the Chrome browser, Android OS, and Google Workspace (Gmail, Docs, Spreadsheets, etc.), supporting every aspect of our digital lives.
- More advanced multimodal interaction: It may be possible to communicate in a more human-like way, by understanding not only voice but also facial expressions and gestures.
- A true personal AI assistantAI assistants may appear that learn about our preferences, habits, and past conversation history and are optimized for each individual, acting like a secretary or a best friend.
- Transforming the search experience: Traditional keyword search is likely to be replaced by "conversational search," in which users can arrive at the information and answers they need through dialogue with AI.
- Applications in education and medicineIt is also expected to be used as an individually optimized learning program and a tool to facilitate communication between patients and medical professionals.
The future we see in science fiction movies is slowly becoming a reality.
Comparison with competitors: Where does Gemini Live stand?
Gemini Live vs ChatGPT Voice
Speaking of AI voice assistants, OpenAI's "ChatGPT" also has a voice dialogue function. So, what is the difference between the voice functions of Gemini Live and ChatGPT? (Based on information as of June 2025)
An article on MSN.com (dated June 2025, 6) compared Gemini Live and ChatGPT Voice & Vision in five voice challenges and reported that there was a "clear winner." Specific comparison points include the following:
- Gemini Live's Strengths :
- Real-time and natural conversation: It is sometimes appreciated that it allows speech to be more stable and at a tempo closer to that of human conversation.
- Length and depth of contextual understanding: Google's powerful AI model makes it easier to maintain context even in longer conversations.
- Camera and screen sharing functions:Interaction using visual information is currently a major advantage of Gemini Live.
- Potential for integration with Google services:High compatibility with the Google ecosystem is a strength for the future.
- Advantages of ChatGPT Voice :
- Conversational creativity and diverse responses:GPT models are well known for their creative text generation and ability to handle a wide variety of topics.
- Plugin Ecosystem: ChatGPT Plus users can use plugins that can be integrated with various external services, which may lead to greater functionality expansion (voice function support needs to be checked).
- Achievements as a pioneer: It is widely used and we are making improvements based on a lot of feedback.
The AI voice assistant field is becoming increasingly competitive, with companies competing to develop their own voice assistants, such as Anthropic's Claude, which has also launched a voice mode (The AI Journal, undated report). For users, this is a good situation as more options and better services emerge.
Gemini Live's Overall Strengths
To summarize the strengths of Gemini Live, they are as follows:
- Google's cutting-edge AI technology: Based on the high-performance Gemini model.
- A "Live" experience: Real-time, natural voice interaction.
- Multimodal compatibleIn addition to audio, visual information from cameras and screens can also be used.
- Free of charge: Many people can easily start using it.
- Future: Further development is expected through deeper collaboration with the Google ecosystem.
Risks and Cautions: How to Deal Wisely with AI
Gemini Live is a very convenient and attractive technology, but there are some risks and precautions you should be aware of when using it.
Accuracy of Information: Beware of "Hallucination"
Large-scale language models (LLMs) are sometimes referred to asHallucinationThis phenomenon is called "AI is generating information that is not based on facts or plausible lies as if they were true information. Please do not accept the information you get from Gemini Live at face value, and be careful about especially important information.Always check with other sourcesLet's do it.
Privacy considerations
Using voice dialogue, camera and screen sharing functions means providing AI with your voice, surroundings, and screen information. Google claims to be committed to protecting privacy, but it is unclear what data is collected and how it is used.Check the privacy policy and settings carefullyIt is important to be especially careful when dealing with highly confidential information.
Potential for Exploitation
Unfortunately, advanced AI technology also carries the risk of being misused. For example, there is a possibility that it could be used to create fake voices that imitate other people's voices, or as a tool to spread misinformation. Society as a whole needs to think about the ethical use of AI technology.
Technical limitations and over-reliance
Gemini Live continues to evolve, but it is not perfect yet. It may not be able to answer questions that are too complicated or give ambiguous instructions. It is also important to be careful not to rely too much on AI and let your own thinking and problem-solving abilities decline. AI should be used wisely as a useful "tool". And remember that you will often need a stable Internet connection to use it.
Expert Opinion and Analysis: Expectations and Evaluation of Gemini Live
Gemini Live and related Google AI technologies have attracted the attention of many technology media outlets and experts, who are analyzing them.
- PCMag Review (May 2025, 5)describes Google Gemini as a "capable AI chatbot," citing its capabilities in text and voice interaction, document analysis, and question answering.
- Tom's Guide (dated June 2025, 6)"The new Gemini is very high performance," he said. Although he said that image generation capabilities may be slightly inferior to ChatGPT, he believes that it is superior in many other areas.
- The Verge (June 2025, 6)In his article, “From ChatGPT to Gemini: How AI is Rewriting the Internet,” he points out that conversational AI is fundamentally changing the way we search for information.
- As mentioned in the MSN.com article, in direct comparisons with ChatGPT Voice, evaluations vary depending on the test content, but Gemini Live's real-time nature and multi-modal conversational capabilities tend to be highly praised.
Overall, experts say Gemini Live is a very promising technology that has the potential to set a new standard in AI assistant technology. Of course, it is still a developing technology, and there are high expectations for its future evolution.
Latest News and Roadmap Highlights
Things are moving fast in Gemini Live and related AI technology, so it's important to keep up to date. Let's take a look back at some of the major news and announcements we've seen recently.
- Around May 2025, 5:Google announced that it will add interactive AI features to its search engine, suggesting that AI will usher in a new era of search (New York Times report).
- 2025/5/21 : Gemini Live now available for free to everyone on Android and iOSScreen and camera sharing functionality is also now available for iPhones (MSN.com reports).
- 2025/5/21Google announced that it will integrate its advanced AI model, Gemini, into its Chrome browser to improve browsing experience (reported by opentools.ai).
- Around May 2025, 6Google is reportedly testing AI-powered Audio Overviews to help users understand search results (Android Central), one of Gemini's attempts to provide information in a more conversational way.
These are just a few examples, and AI technology is literally evolving day by day. At developer events like Google I/O, further roadmaps and new features are sometimes announced, so keep an eye on them.
FAQ section: Frequently asked questions about Gemini Live
- Q1: Is Gemini Live free?
- A1: Yes, from May 2025, Android and iOS users will be able to use the basic Gemini Live features.FreeFor those who want more advanced features, there is also a paid plan called "Gemini Advanced."
- Q2: How does Gemini Live work?
- A2: Gemini Live is a high-performanceGemini, a large-scale language model (LLM)It is based on the user's voice.Voice Recognition TechnologyThe LLM then understands the meaning and generates a response.Speech synthesis technologyBy converting the voice into natural speaking voice, real-time voice dialogue is possible.Multimodal FeaturesAnother feature is that...
- Q3: What is the main difference with ChatGPT's voice function?
- A3: Both are excellent AI voice assistants, but Gemini Live is especiallySmooth conversation with high real-time quality, the ability to understand context over long periods of time, andCollaboration with visual information through cameras and screen sharingIt is said that its strengths lie in its ability to communicate with various Google services in the future. In addition, future collaboration with various Google services is expected. Meanwhile, ChatGPT's voice function is also attractive for the creativity and high conversational ability of the underlying GPT model.
- Q4: What do I need to use Gemini Live?
- A4: Android smartphone or iOS device (iPhone, etc.)And Google provides"Gemini" appPlease download and install from the app store. A stable internet connection is also recommended for smooth voice interaction.
- Q5: What is the “AI GPT Journal” mentioned in this article?
- A5: "AI GPT Journal" is a blog where I, John, explain in an easy-to-understand manner the latest information on AI and GPT technology (a type of technology used in generative AI), how to use it, and its potential.Name of our blog mediaIn the article, we also use the term "AI GPT Journal" to refer to the way we recommend interacting with AI and the concept of using your conversations and learning with AI as a personal "journal (record)." We will provide useful information so that we can be a good companion in your AI exploration!
Summary: Experience the future of communication with Gemini Live!
This time, we have introduced in detail Google's latest AI voice technology "Gemini Live", from its basic information to its technical mechanism, specific use cases, and future possibilities. Gemini Live is not just a convenient tool, but has the potential to change the way we gather information, learn, and communicate.
Now that you can try it out for free and easily, why not try out Gemini Live and enjoy interacting with the AI assistant of the future? We hope you will record the discoveries and impressions you have gained from it in the "AI GPT Journal" style, and use them to further your knowledge and creativity.
The world of AI will continue to evolve at an astonishing speed. We at AI GPT Journal will continue to bring you the latest information, so please stay tuned!
Related links collection
- Google DeepMind Gemini official information (English)
- Official Google blog Gemini-related information (English)
- AI GPT Journal (Top page of this blog)
- Reference article: Gemini Live vs ChatGPT voice feature comparison (MSN.com – English)
Disclaimer: This article is for informational purposes only and does not recommend investment in any particular technology or service. Please verify the information and make your own judgment when using AI technology. The information in this article is current as of the time of writing (June 2025) and may differ from the latest information.