DUBAI: Google has added Arabic support to the mobile app for Gemini, its multimodal artificial intelligence model. Users worldwide can access it for free through a dedicated app for Android devices, or from within the Google app on iOS.
An Arabic version of its latest conversational AI model, Gemini Advanced, is also now available through the app to subscribers with a Google One AI Premium plan.
“Businesses now have access to our latest Gemini model (Gemini Advanced) in Arabic to help increase their efficiency in complex and collaborative tasks,” Najeeb Jarrar, Google’s regional marketing director for the Middle East and North Africa region, told Arab News.
“With access to Gemini on mobile, we’re excited to see how people will utilize generative AI to enhance their productivity and creativity.”
The app also provides access to Gemini 1.0 Pro, a different AI model, for free, and to Gemini 1.5 Pro with a Google One AI Premium plan. The 1.5 Pro model is more capable at complex tasks such as coding, logical reasoning, following detailed and specific instructions, and collaborating on creative projects, Google said.
Users can access other Google apps and services from within the Gemini app through the use of extensions launched this year. The services provided by these extensions include access to real-time flight and hotel booking information, location-based information from Google Maps, and summaries of content from Google Docs or Gmail.
The Arabic version of Gemini, then called Bard, was launched in July last year. Google described Bard as an “AI experiment,” not a chatbot, and Jarrar said it would allow the company to explore a “new paradigm in computing.”
He told Arab News at the time: “We’re learning together how large language models can be helpful, and how to minimize poor experiences.”
Now, the Arabic capabilities have been added to the Gemini mobile app and Gemini Advanced. The AI is able to understand questions in more than 16 Arabic dialects and provide responses in modern, standard Arabic.
Google announced several new developments in its AI projects during its developer conference Google I/O 2024 this month. Arabic support for these new features is expected to be added soon.
“As we’re seeing more interest from the region, we’re committed to bringing more features in Arabic later this year,” Jarrar added.
