{"slug": "gemini-app-hits-1-billion-monthly-users-google-teases-whats-next", "title": "Gemini app hits 1 billion monthly users, Google teases what’s next", "summary": "Google announced that its Gemini app has surpassed 1 billion monthly users, making it the company's fastest growing product ever and its 14th to reach that milestone. CEO Sundar Pichai revealed the figure, noting growth from 400 million monthly active users in May 2025 to 900 million a year later, with an additional 50 million by late July. Gemini app vice president Josh Woodward said 63% of users now talk directly to Gemini, 1 in 5 interactions use live camera or screen sharing, and the app generates over 150 million images daily.", "body_md": "Google today [announced](https://blog.google/innovation-and-ai/products/gemini-app/one-billion-monthly-users/) that over 1 billion people are using the Gemini app every month.\n\nCEO Sundar Pichai announced the milestone, with Gemini being Google’s “fastest growing product ever.” It is the company’s 14th product to hit that milestone along with Search, Gmail, Android, Maps, Chrome, Play, and YouTube.\n\nIn May of 2025, Google reported 400 million monthly active users. A year later that figure hit 900 million, and Google noted another 50 million by late July.\n\nMeanwhile, Gemini app vice president Josh Woodward shared what Google has learned “from the first billion, and what’s coming next.”\n\nOver a tenth of those users (100+ million) are on iOS, with power users on the macOS app prompting approximately “2x more frequently than other surfaces.”\n\nAs previewed at I/O 2026 in May, the Gemini app is “rolling out 60+ new regional dialects soon” (timestamped below). Additionally, ”63% of users now talk directly to Gemini,” with the executive noting how there are “more ‘voice only’ users.”\n\nWith Gemini Live, 1 in 5 interactions “go beyond voice” to leverage live camera and screen sharing.\n\nGemini is responsible for generating over 150 million images per day, while the app is adding more study features “over the next few weeks.”\n\nOn the Android front, Google highlighted task automation across 40 apps, with “more updates coming tomorrow” at Made by Google 2026.\n\n## More on Gemini:\n\n[Gemini will create mobile & desktop apps in the future as AI Studio for Android, iOS is canceled](https://9to5google.com/2026/07/31/gemini-ai-studio-app/)[Gemini Spark can now use Chrome to auto browse, AI Pro access goes international](https://9to5google.com/2026/07/30/gemini-spark-chrome-auto-browse/)[Gemini for macOS rolling out voice control and Gboard Rambler-level transcription](https://9to5google.com/2026/07/29/gemini-mac-voice-control/)\n\n*FTC: We use income earning auto affiliate links.* [More.](https://9to5mac.com/about/#affiliate)\n\n[our homepage](http://9to5google.com/)for all the latest news, and follow 9to5Google on\n\n[exclusive stories](https://9to5google.com/feature/exclusive/),\n\n[reviews](https://9to5google.com/guides/reviews/),\n\n[how-tos](https://9to5google.com/guides/how-to/), and\n\n[subscribe to our YouTube channel](https://www.youtube.com/9to5google)", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/gemini-app-hits-1-billion-monthly-users-google-teases-whats-next", "canonical_source": "https://9to5google.com/2026/08/11/gemini-app-1-billion/", "published_at": "2026-08-11 19:21:32+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-08-11 19:24:06.117706+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["artificial-intelligence", "ai-products", "generative-ai"], "entities": ["Google", "Sundar Pichai", "Josh Woodward", "Gemini", "Gemini Live", "iOS", "macOS", "Android"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/gemini-app-hits-1-billion-monthly-users-google-teases-whats-next", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/gemini-app-hits-1-billion-monthly-users-google-teases-whats-next.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/gemini-app-hits-1-billion-monthly-users-google-teases-whats-next.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/gemini-app-hits-1-billion-monthly-users-google-teases-whats-next.jsonld"}}