Overview
- Google has begun invite-only external testing of a native Gemini client for macOS, internally codenamed Janus, according to Bloomberg reporting and test materials.
- Testers were told the build is an early version with only critical features and not full parity with other Gemini clients.
- Current capabilities include web search, analysis of uploaded documents, persistent conversation history, and content generation for images, video, music, tables, and charts.
- In-app wording describes a Desktop Intelligence feature that can view on-screen content and draw from other Mac apps only while Gemini is in use.
- No public release timeline has been announced as Google works to reach desktop parity with rivals that already offer macOS apps such as ChatGPT and Claude.