Re: Gemini for iOS is Now my Favorite Tool for Household and Document Recognition

[Mary Otten]

Hi Mark, Well, I installed it. I don’t see a widget. I see a whole lot of stuff about things I don’t care about when I go into the help thing. All the release notes starting from the most recent and going back in time. But no widget. It also wanted me to login, and the only choice I got was a Google account I haven’t used in years. It didn’t even want the one I actually still do use. And certainly wouldn’t let me login using my Apple account. so I’m really confused about this thing. What you described sounded good. This has a whole lot of other stuff I don’t care about. Did you pay for it? Or did you just use the free version. Mary Sent from my iPhone On May 23, 2026, at 4:08 PM, VIPhone <viphone@googlegroups.com> wrote: Hello Everyone, Since installing Google Gemini on my iPhone, in addition to enjoying real-time voice interaction, via Gemini’s “Live Mode”, I recently discovered that Gemini is amazing when it comes to discussing and or describing anything at which my phone camera is pointing. For example, the other day, I wanted to know how much time was left on my microwave cooking timer and I asked Gemini and it instantly told me that there were 3 minutes and fifteen seconds remaining. When I receive hardcopy mail, including flyers, I can ask Gemini to either read the document or describe the document, such as a huge political flyer that is mostly photos. Another example:  Since there is quite a bit of distance from my front door to where I place my trash cans to be emptied by the trash service, I asked Gemini if the cans have been emptied.  Its response is something like, “given that the lids to both containers are open, I suggest that they have been emptied.”   I could go on and on but I’m hoping that you will give Gemini a try and let us know what you think. The following steps should get you started: 1. Install Gemini on your iOS device. 2. Configure the Gemini Talk Live widget on your Today screen. 3. Launch Gemini, talk live mode, via the Today Screen widget. 4. Converse with Gemini. 5. If you want Gemini to describe something for you in real-time, activate the video streaming button located near the bottom left corner of the display to toggle it on. 6. Point your phone at something and then ask Gemini a question about it and be prepared to be dazzled. Oh!  One more thing:  Gemini is wonderful at reading preparation instructions for food that may be frozen or in cans, etc. I hope you will give it a try. Mark -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list.   If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself.   Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: mk...@ucla.edu. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com   The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/viphone/f3814ac0-00a0-45b2-af18-81ed4670de39n%40googlegroups.com. -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list.   If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself.   Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: mk...@ucla.edu. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com   The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/viphone/59F74E72-0A25-4568-A892-6655E6D15CB8%40gmail.com.