Google’s Gemini App Introduces Interactive ‘Canvas’ and Podcast-Style Audio Overviews

Gemini App Updates: Audio Overviews and Canvas

Audio Overviews:

• New feature in the Gemini app allowing users to generate podcast-style discussions from uploaded documents or Deep Research reports.
• Summarizes material, draws connections, and provides unique perspectives.
• Available on the Gemini app and gemini.google.com, with sharing and downloading capabilities.
• Rolling out globally for free and Advanced users in English, with more languages coming soon.

Canvas:

• Interactive space for creating and editing text documents with real-time changes.
• Available on desktop with a dual-pane UI and on mobile in the coming weeks.
• Generates high-quality first drafts that can be edited with different lengths and tones.
• Supports basic text editing and advanced use cases like speeches, essays, blog posts, and reports.
• Can export content to Google Docs.
• Also supports coding, allowing users to generate HTML/React code and preview web app prototypes within the Gemini app.
• Enables real-time previews of code changes and sharing via URLs.