Talking to Gemini Live, With Yee Peng Tan

AI Sharing #6 ran on 23 January 2025. Ricky Soo hosted, with guest Yee Peng Tan, and the subject was Gemini - in particular Gemini Live.

Typing at an AI is now ordinary. Talking to one that can also see through your camera is a different experience, and it is hard to convey second-hand. You have to watch someone point a phone at a thing and ask about it.

That shift matters most for the people who find typing a barrier. Anyone who is not a fast typist, anyone more comfortable in spoken Malay or Mandarin than written English, anyone whose hands are busy. A voice interface is not a convenience for them - it is the difference between using the tool and not.

The other thing a live demonstration settles is expectations. It gets some things wrong, in front of everyone, which is more useful than a polished video where it never does.

The Google tools are covered properly in the Google AI Program, including Gemini, NotebookLM and Google AI Studio. AI Sharing dates are on the events page.