Google’s Gemini app surges to one billion users

In a important milestone for Google, CEO Sundar Pichai announced via X that the Gemini app has go 1 of the company’s fastest-growing products, precocious surpassing 1 cardinal monthly progressive users. Pichai besides noted it was the 14th Google merchandise to deed the 1 cardinal mark.

With this accelerated growth, Gemini is keeping gait with OpenAI’s ChatGPT, which deed 1 cardinal monthly progressive users back successful June. 

The institution has been steadily integrating Gemini crossed its products, from Search and Workspace to Android and its standalone app. Google’s AI Mode successful Search, successful particular, has achieved a batch of success, with implicit 1 cardinal monthly progressive users globally. But today’s fig refers specifically to the Gemini app, and does not see AI users from different channels.

The institution besides continued rolling retired caller models and features, including Gemini 3.5 Flash, which Google says is designed to amended coding and autonomous AI-agent tasks.

Google besides shared numbers astatine however radical are really utilizing the chatbot, with 63% of Gemini users talking straight to the adjunct utilizing the dependable feature. Plus, Gemini present generates much than 150 cardinal images each day, according to Google. 

And Gemini’s maturation isn’t constricted to Google’s ain products. The institution says it present has much than 100 cardinal progressive users connected iOS. 

The milestone comes close aft its Q2 2026 net call, wherever the institution celebrated having over 950 cardinal monthly users, with regular progressive users tripling this past year. The announcement besides comes up of its Made by Google event, wherever it’s expected to person much Gemini-powered features launching crossed Pixel devices.