Google Gemini on iPhone Lock Screen: AI Chatbot Access Without Unlocking

Google Gemini now offers iPhone users lock screen access to its AI chatbot, including voice features, challenging Apple's Siri.
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Google Gemini on iPhone Lock Screen: AI Chatbot Access Without Unlocking
Google Gemini users can now access the AI chatbot directly from the iPhone’s lock screen, thanks to an update released on Monday first spotted by 9to5Google. Users can now call up Gemini Live, Google’s relatively real-time voice feature for its AI chatbot, before they unlock their phone by adding a Gemini widget to their lock screen. Image Credits:Thomas Fuller/SOPA Images/LightRocket / Getty Images Talk with Gemini Live from the iphone’s lock screen. As Apple’s version of an AI-enabled Siri reportedly faces delays until 2027, competitors in the AI space are stepping in to supply iPhone users with AI assistants of their own. These features may give iPhone users a sense of what’s possible with LLMs and voice assistants, though Apple’s version of an LLM-powered Siri may be far more integrated with the iPhone’s other functions when it ultimately ships. ChatGPT’s iOS app also lets users call up OpenAI’s near real-time voice feature, Advanced Voice Mode, from the lock screen. Besides Gemini Li…