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Google rebrands Bard to Gemini, now available for the first time in mobile

Farewell Bard, meet Gemini.

Now, with the rebranding exercise, the chatbot's name reflects the LLM that powers it -- and that dual use of the Gemini brand has the potential to cause confusion. It looks like Google is taking a page out of Microsoft's book, which rebranded Bing Chat to Copilot, and that chatbot now comes in multiple flavors. Many of the Google Assitant features you know and love, such as setting timers, making calls, and controlling smart home devices, will be available within the Gemini app as well, according to the release.

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