You can use Google Gemini AI on your iPhone without installing an app

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Google gave its generative AI products a big upgrade a few days ago by rebranding almost everything as Gemini. Virtually all of Google’s AI products and services rely on the Gemini model, from AI search to AI features in Google’s productivity apps. You can choose between the free Gemini option and the Gemini Advanced subscription.

Google Gemini is also available on mobile, with Android being the natural home. You can set Gemini to power your Google Assistant experience and invoke it with a voice command or gesture. Google’s best alternative to ChatGPT is also available on iOS, and I have already shown you how easy it is to get Google Gemini on iPhone.

But it turns out that there’s an even simpler way to get Gemini on iPhone, and you won’t even have to install a separate app to get it up and running.

As I explained, you must install the Google app and sign into it with your Google account to use Gemini on iPhone. Once that’s done, simply open the app to start talking to the chatbot. It supports text, voice, and images.

Gemini Chat will appear in your list of Shortcuts on iPhone after you install it.
Gemini Chat will appear in your list of Shortcuts on iPhone after you install it. Image source: Zach Epstein, BGR

I also told you that iPhone 15 Pro users might have it even easier than that. They’d simply have to create an Action shortcut for the Google app to get access to Gemini faster.