{"slug": "gemini-for-macos-gets-new-voice-and-screen-awareness-features", "title": "Gemini for MacOS Gets New Voice and ‘Screen Awareness’ Features", "summary": "Google announced Wednesday that its Gemini app for MacOS is adding intelligent dictation and a Screen Awareness mode, allowing the AI to see active windows and execute tasks like turning highlighted notes into an executive summary. The new voice features are rolling out globally in English, with more languages planned later this year.", "body_md": "[Gemini](https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/gemini-pro-review-my-go-to-ai-chatbot-costs-20-per-month/) users on [MacOS](https://www.cnet.com/tech/computing/best-macbook/) are getting new voice capabilities, [Google announced Wednesday](https://blog.google/innovation-and-ai/products/gemini-app/speak-naturally-gemini-app-mac-os/). The app was released earlier this year and the tech giant has consistently added new features since its launch. The latest release will give you new ways to interact with Gemini using just your voice and a new screen awareness mode.\n\nThe Gemini app for MacOS is fairly feature-rich considering it’s only a couple of months old, and Google is continuing the feature push with the latest release. Pro and Ultra models have access to [Gemini Spark](https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/gemini-spark-too-much-data-access-commentary/), which can clean up your folders or reorganize things autonomously. You can also use them to create images or videos with just a couple of clicks.\n\nOne of the two new features in this release is intelligent dictation, which will transcribe words into polished text wherever your mouse cursor is and automatically remove your “ums” and “ahs.” The feature isn’t unlike what we saw with [Android 17](https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/android-17-preview/)’s Rambler feature, which will automatically clean up text on the fly as you speak. Text dictation isn’t anything new at this point, but now there’s a Gemini AI-powered option that may make it more useful than ever.\n\nThe other new feature rolling out is a new Screen Awareness mode. This opt-in feature will allow Gemini to get a better understanding of what you’re working on by “seeing” what’s on your screen and active windows on your computer, so it can execute tasks on your behalf. Google gives the example of highlighting text inside a document and telling Gemini, “Turn these notes into an executive summary.” Gemini will then replace the highlighted text with the requested output.\n\nThe new voice capabilities are rolling out globally to all users of the Gemini app in English, with more languages to become available later this year.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/gemini-for-macos-gets-new-voice-and-screen-awareness-features", "canonical_source": "https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/gemini-for-macos-get-new-voice-and-screen-awareness-features/", "published_at": "2026-07-29 15:08:00+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-07-29 16:06:38.213706+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["artificial-intelligence", "ai-products", "natural-language-processing", "ai-agents"], "entities": ["Google", "Gemini", "MacOS", "Gemini Spark", "Android 17"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/gemini-for-macos-gets-new-voice-and-screen-awareness-features", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/gemini-for-macos-gets-new-voice-and-screen-awareness-features.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/gemini-for-macos-gets-new-voice-and-screen-awareness-features.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/gemini-for-macos-gets-new-voice-and-screen-awareness-features.jsonld"}}