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Summary: Google has rolled out the Gemini Live AI assistant’s real-time camera and screen-sharing features. They allow you to point your phone’s camera at the objects around you and ask questions in real-time. Google has started rolling out Gemini Live’s real-time camera and screen-sharing features to select Android flagship phones, so here’s how to use it.
After last week’s announcement, Google has finally started rolling out Gemini Live’s new camera and screen sharing features to select Android flagships. If you are an owner of Google’s Pixel 9 series and Samsung’s Galaxy S25 series, then you’ll now have a much more intuitive way to interact with Google’s AI assistant. Here’s how to use Gemini Live’s real-time camera and screen-sharing capabilities.
How to use Gemini Live’s real-time camera and screen-sharing features
The update brings a new camcorder button in the Gemini Live interface. Tapping this feature will activate a live video mode, allowing you to point your phone’s camera at the objects around you and ask questions in real-time. Similarly, a new “share screen with Live” button will appear in the Gemini overlay. It’ll allow the AI assistant to see your phone’s screen so you can ask it questions about whatever you’re looking at.
Notably, there’s a new call-style notification that appears to show a live count next to the time in the status bar. Clicking on this notification opens the full-screen Gemini Live experience. Furthermore, there’s a subtle vibration that notifies you before the AI-powered assistant starts responding to your questions.
It’s worth adding that you might need to force stop the Gemini app or the main Google app to get the new features on your eligible smartphone. You can do this by navigating to Settings > Apps > Gemini (or Google) > Force Stop. Doing this will stop the app’s background processes, and after a few moments, it’ll relaunch Gemini Live, and these new features should appear.
Google has outlined some compelling use cases for new Gemini Live features
Google has also outlined a few compelling use cases of the real-time camera and screen-sharing features while launching them. As per the search giant, you can organize your space by aiming your phone’s camera at a messy drawer. You can brainstorm out loud with Gemini, showing your images to the Gemini Live assistant by sharing your device’s screen.
If you have trouble with a squeaky chair, you can ask the Gemini Live assistant what your phone’s camera is seeing and provide suggestions to fix it. Furthermore, you can get personal shopping advice by sharing what’s on your device’s screen. Google also mentioned that you can develop your skills and get feedback from the AI assistant using the new features.
That said, Samsung’s Galaxy S25 smartphone users have started receiving these new Gemini Live users for free. Google is also rolling out the same functionalities for the Pixel 9 owners. The features, powered by Google’s Project Astra, are gradually rolling out to all Android devices that have a Gemini Advanced subscription.