Google Google announced Wednesday that it is removing its model from the Google app on iOS, meaning that Apple users will need to download the dedicated Gemini app in order to use it. When Google first introduced its Gemini AI to the Apple product ecosystem,

Google is pulling its Gemini assistant from the main Google app on iOS, in a bid to encourage users to download the dedicated Gemini app.

Google really wants you to download its Gemini app. The tech giant is pulling the AI tool from its iOS search app — you know, the Google app — in an apparent effort to push you to the Gemini app. The tech giant alerted customers to the change in an email.

Last fall, Google introduced a standalone Gemini app for iOS. At the same time, the AI assistant remained in the standalone Google app. That’s now changing. As 9to5Google first noted, Google is informing iOS users that it will remove Gemini support from the Google app. In doing so, it wants you to rely solely on the Gemini app.

Google’s thoughtful AI research partner, Deep Research, is now available to Google Workspace users, Google said Thursday. And that’s not all: Google Workspace users who sign up for Gemini Advanced can try other,