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
.
- 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 iOS 17 or up.
- You’ve downloaded the Gemini app.
Add the Gemini widget to your home screen
- On your iPhone or iPad, touch and hold the home screen.
- At the top left, tap Edit
Add widget.
- Search for the Gemini app
and tap it.
- Choose your widget options and tap Add widget.
- Place the widget on your home screen.
- At the top right, tap Done.
Customize your Gemini widget
- On your iPhone or iPad, touch and hold Gemini
.
- Tap Edit widget.
- Choose the actions to display on your widget.
- Tap Close
Done.
- To exit customization mode, tap the lock screen.
Start chats with Gemini from your lock screen
To add Gemini as a lock screen widget:
- From the lock screen of your iPhone or iPad, press and hold an empty area on screen
- At the bottom, tap Customize
Customize Current Wallpaper
Add widgets.
- Scroll to select Gemini, then choose the option you want to add.
- From the lock screen of your iPhone or iPad, press and hold an empty area on screen
- At the bottom, tap Customize
Customize Current Wallpaper.
- Choose a current control icon to remove, then tap Add
.
- Scroll to find Gemini, then choose the option you want to add.
- On your iPhone or iPad, swipe down from the top right edge of the screen.
- Press and hold in the empty space below your Control Center icons.
- At the bottom, tap Add a Control
.
- Scroll to select Gemini, then choose the option you want to add.