You can start chats with Gemini faster with shortcuts on your home screen or lock screen. With a Gemini widget, you can:
- Open Gemini with
- Open directly to Gemini live with
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- Open Gemini and the microphone so you can say your prompt
- Open the camera in Gemini to take a picture
- Open Files to upload a file in Gemini
- Open your images to upload a photo
What you need
To use Gemini widgets, make sure:
- Your device has Android 10 or up.
- You’ve downloaded the Gemini app from the Google Play Store.
Add the Gemini widget to your home screen
- On your Android device, touch and hold the home screen.
- Tap Widgets.
- Search for the Gemini app
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- Add the Gemini widget to your home screen.
Customize your Gemini widget
- On your Android device, touch and hold the Gemini widget.
- Drag your widget to change its size or placement.
- To resize your widget, drag the edge.
- To change the widget’s placement on your home screen, drag the widget.
- To remove the widget from your home screen, drag it to Remove.