Android and iPhones: Gemini live with camera and screen release is distributed

Google’s Gemini app got eyes on many Android smartphones and iPhones as well as on iPad’s eyes. The Group has unlocked the Gemini live function after the announcement on the I/O 2025 free of charge.

Gemini Live: Camera and screen approval for everyone

In April, Google announced the camera and screen sharing for Gemini Live, with which users can talk about content and have things explained using AI. The function was free of charge for users of a Pixel 9 and Galaxy S25. Owners of other Android devices could only access the function with payment subscription. Shortly afterwards, the group opened the AI ​​function for “great feedback” for other Android devices and made the function free of charge.

In the course of Google I/O 2025, the group again confirmed the broad availability for all Gemini users and added that iPhone users should also receive access to the new Gemini live functions. A Tweet from May 30th Confirmed the comprehensive rollout of the function for Android and iOS users would only have to update the current version of the Gemini app.

Gemini Live sees the environment or the homescreen

Gemini can be activated live on the iPhone and Android devices by opening the Gemini app and the subsequent grip on the Gemini live icon. In addition to the pause and stop button, the app view can be found two more buttons for camera and screen release with which the new functions can be activated.

During the use of the camera function, you can switch between the front and main camera. In addition, the camera stream is interrupted as soon as the app is left or the screen is blocked. Furthermore, the screen transmission can end the symbol in the lower corner at any time, while the conversation can be continued with the AI.

Gemini Live should help with the camera approval, for example, with a blocked drain or give tips for a defective record player in order to be able to prepare things yourself. To get Gemini advice, the user simply holds the smartphone camera on the object and asks the AI ​​what the problem could be.

Gemini Live is part of Google’s “Project Astra”

Gemini Live together with the camera and screen release emerged from Google’s “Project Astra”, which is developed by Deepmind. The aim of the project is to deliver a universal AI that users can take tasks in the long term using agents. In the course of the Google I/O 2025, the group gave an insight into future possibilities of AI: The tasks and functions that should be possible at some point range from support for bicycle repairs to purchasing to school tutoring.

The current generation of Gemini is obviously only the beginning. Openaai also has similar plans for chatt: the company wants to create an “intuitive AI super assistant”.