We met Google Bard last year, a chatbot in the style of ChatGPT but enhanced with all the features of the search giant. Since then, has not stopped evolvingits latest addition: a considerable step by adding Gemini Pro to the equation, the improved language model that arrives in Europe.
Today, after weeks and weeks of rumors and leaks, the name change is confirmed: Google Bard will be renamed Geminiand this new name is accompanied by more profound changes such as the native application for Android or the arrival of Gemini Advanced (the Gemini Ultra model which will be paid for).
A name change with a lot of juice behind it
Moreover, this also confirms the Google Assistant renaming, which in its version with AI, we did not know if it would be called Bard, Assistant with Bard or Gemini. Today, the search engine company revealed its next steps in the field of artificial intelligence applied to the user.
Indeed, all the information pointed to an imminent name change and that was the case. announced by Google. We say goodbye to Google Bard, a name that, although it illustrates the usefulness of this AI tool, has not received the same care from the community and from Google itself. The decision is made and from now on we will simply call him Gemini.
Our mission with Bard has always been to give you direct access to our AI models, and Gemini represents our most capable family of models. To reflect this, Bard will simply be known as Gemini.
The name Gemini comes from Google Language Models, which consists of three different versions: “Ultra”, the most advanced (and paid) has the trade name “Gemini Advanced”, “Nano” is on devices such as Pixel 8; “Pro” was already present in the late Bard and now in the new “Gemini”.
To understand this jumble of product names and language modelswe summarize everything in a table:
Before |
NOW |
technology behind |
|
---|---|---|---|
Standard AI |
Google Bard |
Gemini |
Gemini Pro Model |
ADVANCED AI (PAID) |
Gemini Ultra (model) |
Advanced Gemini |
Gemini Ultra 1.0 Model |
Now though, Gemini Advanced will be paidas we said previously: you will have to pay 21.99 dollars per month to benefit from the Google One AI Premium subscription, which includes 2 TB of storage for your Google account.
This is not the only thing presented by the Mountain View giant: the The official Gemini native app (formerly Google Bard) for Android. This will allow us to write, speak and even use images to ask the AI assistant for help.
Apart, Gemini will also be our new voice assistant– It will be able to replace the Google Assistant, so pressing and holding the power button will immediately show you our service. Of course, this will also work when you say the magic words “Hey Google”.
From Xataka Android we have covered the news of Google Gemini in different dedicated articles, below we link them in case you are looking more information:
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