Geminiโs big upgrade: Faster responses with 1.5 Flash, expanded access; Amar Subramanya, VP of Engineering, Gemini writes on this and more:
Key Highlights:
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Gemini 1.5 Flash for Everyone: The free version of Gemini is now powered by the 1.5 Flash model, delivering quicker and more helpful responses, improved reasoning, and a larger context window.
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Related Content: Gemini will now display links to related content for fact-seeking prompts, making it easier to explore topics and reducing hallucinations.
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Expanded Access: Gemini is rolling out to Google Messages in more countries and languages, and the Gemini mobile app is expanding its reach globally.
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Gemini for Teens: Teenagers globally will soon be able to access Gemini with additional safety measures and educational resources.
Every day, we learn about how people are usingย Geminiย to be more productive, creative and curious. And with todayโs update, Gemini is getting better at helping you accomplish those tasks in ways that work best for you.
You can now access 1.5 Flash in the unpaid version of Gemini for faster and more helpful responses. Plus, weโre introducing a new feature to further address hallucinations, and expanding our Gemini for Teens experience and mobile app to more places.ย
Faster, smarter responses with 1.5 Flash
Weโve heard that one of the main reasons people enjoy using Gemini is because it saves time. Whether youโre using Gemini to write a compelling email or debug tricky code, itโs important to get fast, high-quality responses.
Today weโre upgrading our free-tier experience toย Gemini 1.5 Flashย for quicker and more helpful responses. With Gemini 1.5 Flash, youโll noticeย across-the-board improvementsย in quality and latency, with especially noticeable improvements in reasoning and image understanding. And just like we greatlyย expandedย the context window of Gemini Advanced, weโre quadrupling Geminiโs to 32K tokens. That means you can have longer back-and-forth conversations and ask Gemini more complex questions โ all free of charge.
To get the most out of the larger context window, weโll soon add the ability to upload files via Google Drive or directly from your device, which has been available in Gemini Advanced.
That means youโll be able to do things like upload your economics study guide and ask Gemini to create practice questions. Gemini will also soon be able to analyze data files for you, allowing you to uncover insights and visualize them through charts and graphics.
Gemini 1.5 Flash is now available to all Gemini users on both web and mobile, inย 40 languages and over 230 countries and territories.
Related content within Geminiโs responses
Weโve also heard that people enjoy exploring new topics with Gemini as their go-to research partner. So weโre now displaying links to related content for fact-seeking prompts in Gemini โ continuing our work to reduce hallucinations and making it easier to explore websites that help you learn more.
Starting today for English language prompts in certain countries, you can access this additional information on topics directly within Geminiโs responses.
Just click on the chip at the end of a paragraph to see websites where you can dive deeper on a certain topic. This isnโt limited to websites: If Geminiโs response references information found using theย Gmail extension, you’ll also see inline links to relevant emails.
This also builds on our work to combat hallucinations. In addition to related content links, Geminiโsย double-check featureย verifies responses by using Google Search to highlight which statements are corroborated or contradicted on the web. For information that is contradicted, you can easily dive deeper to verify the information yourself.
Gemini features in more places
Earlier this year, we introduced the ability to chat withย Gemini directly in Google Messagesย on select Android devices. Starting today, weโre gradually rolling out Gemini in Google Messages to the European Economic Area (EEA), UK and Switzerland, with the ability to chat inย newly added languagesย like French, Polish and Spanish. Click the “Start chat” button in Messages and select Gemini to start brainstorming ideas, plan trips and more โ all without leaving the Google Messages app.
Weโre also rolling out the Gemini mobile app toย more countries, so more people around the world can get help from Gemini on the go.
Expanded access to Gemini for teens
In the coming week, weโll expandย Gemini access to teenagersย globally, in overย 40 languages. Teens who meet theย minimum age requirementย to manage their own Google Account will be able toย access Geminiย to do things like better understand school subjects, prepare for university or get help with creative projects.
We want to create opportunities for teens to benefit from all generative AI has to offer and prepare them for a future where AI will play an even more central role โ all while prioritizing safety and meeting their developmental needs.
To help them navigate Gemini confidently and safely, weโve put additional policies and safeguards in place, introduced a teen-specific onboarding process, and included an AI literacy guideย to help teens use AI responsibly. Weโve also partnered with child safety and development experts, including MediaSmarts (CA), Miudos Seguros na Net (PT), and Fad Juventud (ES), who continue to provide expertise on meeting the unique needs of teens and families.
How we responsibly design Geminiย
Geminiโs development has always been guided by a commitment to responsibility and user safety. As itย continues to evolve, weโre sharing more about how we design Gemini and intend for it to respond.
You can now read aboutย our approach to Gemini, plus more details about ourย policy guidelinesย to better understand how weโre navigating complex and sensitive topics, including responses to topics related to public interest issues, and political, religious or moral beliefs.
These guidelines, grounded in ourย AI Principles, reflect our ongoing commitment to developing this technology responsibly and transparently.
Look out for more Gemini news coming atย Made by Google. In the meantime, startย chatting with Gemini todayย to try out these updates.ย