What you need to know
- Google has announced the deployment of an update for Android and iOS which provides access to “key actions” in Gemini on your home screen.
- Users will find widgets for their camera, file sharing / image and the possibility of launching a conversation with Gemini.
- Android and iOS have received updates of locking screen widgets in recent months, providing faster access to public services, calls and SMS.
- Google recently teased that E / S 2025 will develop on the “new possibilities” that Gemini will bring.
Google is deploying a few tools that provide faster access to Gemini users to their favorite features.
In a press release, Google indicates the Gemini application on Android and iOS is starting to receive an update that brings home screen widgets. The company indicates that these widgets allow users to invoke “key actions” without needing to dive into the full application. On Android, the message indicates that users can soon press and maintain their home screen and press “widgets” to find the new selection of the Gemini application.
Google says that Android users will find widgets that will help them easily access their camera, file sharing / image, etc. In addition, the message adds that a remarkable aspect of these new widgets is the possibility for users to launch “new cats with Gemini directly from the widget of the home screen”.
After choosing, users can personalize / resize these new widgets on their phone or remove them by throwing them into the “Delete” option at the top.
These widgets began to take place on April 30 for devices with Android 10 and more.
The development of continuous gemini applications
IOS users can press and maintain their home screen and press “Modify” to find their widgets. In addition, Google says that iPhone users can “customize widgets” by “pressing long widgets and select actions in the menu”. The update has also started to deploy on iPhones with iOS 17 and more. Google smartphones will declare will see a progressive deployment; However, it should especially be complete by “at the beginning of next week”.
You may remember an update for iOS devices in March which brought Gemini’s widgets to its locking screen. The tools provided include the type prompt, Talk Live, Open MIC, use the camera, share the image and share the file. Access to these users allows iOS users to jump directly in the Gemini without having to open the application, similar to what is happening with the update of the home screen.
In addition, it is not as if Android users have been excluded from the loop because an update of the key lock screen has arrived in December. This patch allowed users to use Gemini intelligences directly from their locking screen, without unlocking their phones, to make calls and send messages.
There is more on the horizon for Gemini, according to a recent teaser in the Google newsletter. The company declares that users can expect more gemini during its 2025 E / S event (from May 20 at 10 am PT), involving updates to “productivity” and “interaction”.
