Gemini becomes the definitive AI assistant with its new version

Gemini has had an important presence during the launch of the new Samsung Galaxy S25, S25+ and S25 Ultra. Google took the opportunity to announce several very interesting new features that make it the definitive virtual assistant.

Although Gemini is now the native assistant of the Galaxy S25, its new features will not be exclusive to said phones. Some of these functions will be launched first on Samsung smartphones and the most modern Pixels, while others will immediately arrive on other Android phones, the iPhone and the web version of the tool powered by artificial intelligence.

Gemini’s first big addition is the ability to perform several actions at the same time in different applications. This means you can ask the AI ​​to find information about a particular place on Google Maps—a restaurant or hotel, for example—and write a summary with details and essential information to send through the Messages app.

In this way, Gemini can carry out more than one activity from a single prompt or request. This function can be used from today both in the assistant applications for iOS and Android, as well as in the web version. Likewise, Google has announced the implementation of new extensions that allow its artificial intelligence to connect and interact with Samsung apps, such as calendar, notes and reminders.

Gemini Live goes multimodal, and Circle to Search adds improvements

Another notable feature that was announced at the Samsung event is the introduction of multimodality in Gemini Live. From now on, the conversational assistant Google allows users to include links to YouTube videos, as well as photos and files, in chat. According to Mountain View, the goal is for the tool to better understand the context of the queries and offer more personalized responses.

Likewise, the Californians plan to add more functions inherited from Gemini to Gemini. Project Astrathe technology that in the future will promote mixed reality helmets and augmented reality glasses with Android XR. Among them, the option to share screen and live video transmission. Both the Gemini Live improvements and the upcoming Project Astra-based tools will arrive first on the Galaxy S25 and Pixel 9.

In addition to Gemini, Circle to Search (Circle to search) will be incorporating new capabilities. Among them, the expanded AI summarieswhich will allow you to find out more information about anything that appears on your screen by drawing a circle around it. This tool will be launched only in English at first, and in those countries where it already AI works Overview that Google shows on its results page.

But that’s not all, because Circle to Search now too detects phone numbers, email addresses and more important data on the screen. This allows you to interact with this information quickly and with a single touch, displaying quick icons to make calls or write emails, among other options.