Overview
- Google says new model updates make Gemini Live’s conversations more adaptive and expressive, now broadly available on Android and iOS.
- Users can tell Gemini to speed up or slow down mid-reply, a control framed as an accessibility feature for clearer comprehension.
- Gemini Live now supports tailored language practice and quizzes, and can help rehearse job interviews or difficult conversations.
- Storytelling gains character-driven narration and optional playful accents such as cowboy or Cockney for more engaging responses.
- Custom speech and accent choices persist only within the current chat and reset for new sessions, with recent reports noting a rollout over recent weeks and some attributing the upgrade to Gemini 2.5 Flash Live native audio without formal confirmation from Google.