Google’s Gemini AI has steadily made its way to the best of its software suite, from native Android integrations to interoperability with Workspace apps such as Gmail and Docs. However, some of the most advanced Gemini features have remained locked behind a subscription paywall.

The Google Gemini app gained new AI features like Deep Research and the experimental 2.0 Flash Thinking model. In December 2024, the search engine company released Gemini 2.0 Flash, which supports multimodal inputs and outputs.

Gemini, Google ’s generative AI assistant and rival to ChatGPT, has become integral to high-end Android phones over the past year, gradually superseding the more basic Google Assistant. Now Google has outlined plans to sunset its original smart assistant entirely, starting with Android phones.