Gemini may very well be lastly getting new voices (APK Teardown)
Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority
TL;DR
- We have now found a brand new voice choice function within the Google app model 15.24.28.29.arm64 beta.
- This function seems to permit customers to pick between two new voices, Ruby and River.
- It’s unsure if these voices will probably be particular to Gemini or shared with Google Assistant.
Because the battle for AI dominance between ChatGPT and Gemini intensifies, the following frontier appears to be about reworking these generative AI fashions into all-knowing voice assistants, very similar to JARVIS from the Marvel Universe. Google’s Gemini has thus far lacked the power to decide on totally different voices for its voice responses, however that might quickly change.
An APK teardown helps predict options that will arrive on a service sooner or later primarily based on work-in-progress code. Nonetheless, it’s doable that such predicted options might not make it to a public launch.
Within the newest beta of the Google app on Android (model 15.24.28.29.arm64 beta), we got here throughout a brand new possibility inside the “Voice” settings referred to as voice choice. The outline of this feature reads, “Select which voice must be most well-liked for speech responses for Search.”
Two new voices, named Ruby and River, are listed as choices inside this setting. Nonetheless, tapping on these voices doesn’t produce any audible output, so we will’t say for certain whether or not these are completely new or renamed variations of current Google Assistant voices.
Notably, the Google app options separate settings for its two digital assistants: Google Assistant and Gemini. Google Assistant’s settings already supply a voice choice possibility with a complete of 12 voices. In distinction, the Gemini settings lack any such possibility at the moment.
This new voice choice function is at present situated beneath the overall settings reasonably than particularly inside the Gemini part. Due to this fact, we will’t say for certain whether or not these new voices are Gemini-specific or characterize a broader simplification of the voice choice course of throughout each assistants.
It’s very seemingly that if Gemini is getting voice choice, it received’t be restricted to 2 voices for lengthy. OpenAI has already showcased ChatGPT 4o’s vocal prowess, even going through controversy when one among its voices bore a placing resemblance to Scarlett Johansson.
