Google continues to update Gemini with new features and today we have some Gemini-related news. First, a feature addition that will save you some time when you need Gemini to tell you something about an image.
That’s because the latest version of the Gemini app for Android now lets you share an image directly to Gemini by using the Android share sheet. You can then immediately ask him questions about the image you just sent him.
So if you don’t want to tap the Ask for this screen option to have a screenshot taken and sent to Gemini, or manually attach an image in the conversation screen with Twins Live (which recently went live for everyone), this is a different way of doing things, and one that doesn’t require you to download an image first, nor clutter your screenshots folder.
Next, Gemini Nano, the model on the device, is now available to third-party developers. Nano only runs on a very small number of Android devices so far (mainly the Pixel 9 series And Galaxy S24 family), but it goes without saying that it will see massive expansion in the coming months. Nano runs entirely on the device, so it’s fast and private.
Developers can experiment with Gemini Nano by using a tool called the Google AI Edge SDK. Currently, developers in question must have a Pixel 9, but support for more devices will be added soon.
This opens the floodgates for Gemini Nano integration into third-party apps, although Google only allows text-to-text prompts at this time. In the future there will be more and more ways of interaction (for example with images).