Google Gemini Just Hit One Billion Monthly Users in Record Speed
The app for Google’s AI chatbot Gemini just hit 1 billion monthly users, a significant milestone that competitor OpenAI’s ChatGPT only recently hit. Most of the 1 billion monthly users seem to be Android users, since Google announced in a blog post this week that the Gemini app has more than 100 million active users on Apple’s iOS, implying that most of the rest are probably Android users. That pace, of launching in 2022 and hitting 1 billion users only three years later, had made ChatGPT the fastest-growing app ever, beating previous records set by the likes of Google Maps and TikTok.
- ▪The app for Google’s AI chatbot Gemini just hit 1 billion monthly users, a significant milestone that competitor OpenAI’s ChatGPT only recently hit.
- ▪Most of the 1 billion monthly users seem to be Android users, since Google announced in a blog post this week that the Gemini app has more than 100 million active users on Apple’s iOS, implying that most of the rest are probably Android use
- ▪That pace, of launching in 2022 and hitting 1 billion users only three years later, had made ChatGPT the fastest-growing app ever, beating previous records set by the likes of Google Maps and TikTok.
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- ▪ Google Gemini Just Hit One Billion Monthly Users in Record Speed - Gizmodo — Google News
- ▪ Gemini app hits 1 billion monthly users, Google teases what’s next — 9to5Google
- ▪ Google’s Gemini app surges to one billion users — TechCrunch
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The app for Google’s AI chatbot Gemini just hit 1 billion monthly users, a significant milestone that competitor OpenAI’s ChatGPT only recently hit. Most of the 1 billion monthly users seem to be Android users, since Google announced in a blog post this week that the Gemini app has more than 100 million active users on Apple’s iOS, implying that most of the rest are probably Android users. It’s worth noting that Google owns Android and Gemini comes pre-installed in many phones using that operating…
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