Gemini Live redesign now works with more ‘Connected Apps’ on Android - 9to5Google
Google just quietly expanded Gemini Live's Connected Apps on Android—deeper thinking, more integrations, less manual prompting.
Why it matters
Google is pushing Gemini deeper into the Android ecosystem via product features and app integrations. This is a meaningful competitive move against Claude's native integrations and OpenAI's Canvas ecosystem—it shows where Google sees the battle for user lock-in happening: not in raw model capability, but in seamless product experience.
The key facts
5 to knowGemini Live redesign ships with expanded Connected Apps support on Android
Users can now control 'cognitive load' (model reasoning depth) themselves
Deeper thinking feature expanded across more integrated apps
iOS and Android feature parity improving with new capabilities
Product-level differentiation around thinking and multi-app workflows
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Publisher excerpt: Gemini Live redesign now works with more ‘Connected Apps’ on Android 9to5Google I tried Gemini's redesigned Android app. Here's what Google got wrong Android Authority Gemini expands app features with deeper thinking mashable.com Users Will Soon Be Able to Control Gemini’s Cognitive Load Themselves…