Gemini Apps can interact with other services and apps to provide more helpful responses to your prompts. For example, Gemini Apps can help you:
- Get real-time flight and hotel booking info for customized travel planning from Google Flights and Hotels.
- Create a template to write a best man speech and find YouTube videos of funny ones for inspiration
- Get location-based information from Google Maps
With your permission, Gemini Apps can also help you connect your personal information and content in other apps. For example you can:
- Connect Google Workspace apps so Gemini can help you get things done with Google Workspace, like summarize your emails, adding items to lists, or creating Calendar events. Learn how to connect Google Workspace to Gemini Apps.
- Connect YouTube Music to access your YouTube Music playlists and play music. Learn how to connect YouTube Music to Gemini Apps.
Important for users with a work or school account: The info below is for users who access Gemini Apps with a personal account. If you’re using a work or school account, learn how to use apps connected to Gemini with a work and school Google Account.
How to connect to apps in Gemini
- Make sure you're signed in. You must be signed in to use apps. Learn how to sign in to Gemini Apps.
- Review your Gemini Apps Activity setting.
- Tip: If this setting is turned off, only the Utilities, Phone, Messages, and WhatsApp apps are available. Learn how to turn off the Utilities, Phone, Messages or WhatsApp apps.
- Visit gemini.google.com/apps to choose which apps you want to connect to Gemini.
Important:
- Some apps aren’t available if the Gemini Apps Activity setting is off. Utilities, Phone, Messages, and WhatsApp are also available when this setting is off. Learn how to turn off the Utilities, Phone, Messages or WhatsApp apps.
- Apps are not available on smart watches when the Gemini Apps Activity is off.
- If you’re under 18, Google Workspace and Maps apps currently only work with English prompts in Gemini
How to use apps in Gemini
Important: Some apps are designed to automatically work with Gemini. You can turn off apps at any time on your Apps page in Gemini settings.
- On your computer, go to gemini.google.com.
- In the text box at the bottom, enter your question or prompt.
- To specify an app for Gemini to use, enter
@and select the app. If the app you select is disabled, it’ll either be enabled or Gemini will ask for your permission to enable it.
- To specify an app for Gemini to use, enter
- Click Submit
. If an app is available, Gemini automatically uses it.
- If needed, to give Gemini permission to use the app, click Continue and follow the on-screen instructions.
Examples
- Find videos of how to quickly get grape juice out of a wool rug.
- How long is the drive from Atlanta to Orlando and give me some ideas for how to keep 3 kids entertained in the car.
- Find flights to Miami for New Years. What's the usual temperature then?
- Find hotels for a 4-day trip to San Francisco for New Years Eve.
Gemini can’t perform certain actions in other apps for you, like:
- Book a flight or hotel
- Make a YouTube playlist
- Add a review to a place in Google Maps
Browse available apps
Important: The available apps vary by region.
- On your computer, go to gemini.google.com.
- At the bottom, click Settings & help
Apps
.
Control your connected app settings
Important: If you turn off an app, it doesn't delete your activity related to that app from your Gemini Apps Activity, or any data shared with and stored by other services. Learn more about how your data works with connected apps.
- On your computer, go to gemini.google.com.
- At the bottom, click Settings & help
- Find the app and turn the app off
or or on
.
- Follow any on-screen instructions.
Learn more about connected apps
Important: Availability of apps vary by location, language, device, and Gemini app. For details, review the articles below.
You can learn about the tools and services that Gemini Apps can interact with below.
You can ask Gemini Apps to interact with a number of apps and services through the Google Workspace app, including:
On specific OnePlus mobile devices, you can ask the Gemini mobile app to interact with OnePlus productivity apps, including:
On specific OPPO mobile devices, you can ask the Gemini mobile app to interact with OPPO productivity apps, including:
On specific Samsung mobile devices, you can ask the Gemini mobile app to interact with Samsung productivity apps, including:
On specific TECNO mobile devices, you can ask the Gemini mobile app to interact with TECNO productivity apps, including:
On specific Vivo mobile devices, you can ask the Gemini mobile app to interact with Vivo Notes.
On specific Xiaomi mobile devices, you can ask the Gemini mobile app to interact with Xiaomi productivity apps, including:
In the Gemini web app on a computer, you can also import a GitHub repository to your chat and ask Gemini about its code with the GitHub app.
You can ask Gemini Apps to play media and more from:
- Spotify
- Youtube Music
- Youtube
On Android phones and tablets, you can ask the Gemini mobile app to search for photos in Google Photos.
On Android phones and tablets, you can ask the Gemini mobile app to make calls and send messages with:
- Your default calling app with the Phone app
- Your default messaging app with the Messages app
Important: These apps and the Utilities app can be used when the Gemini App Activity setting is turned off.
To turn any of these apps off or on:
- On your phone or tablet, open the Gemini app
.
- At the top, tap your Profile picture or initial
- Find the app and disable the app
- Follow any on-screen instructions.
You can ask some Gemini Apps to control your:
- Smart home devices with the Google Home app
- Android mobile device with the Utilities app, including actions like:
- Set & manage alarms & timers in your clock app
- Open websites, apps, and settings
- Check and control device features
How connected apps work in Gemini
- Gemini only connects to apps that are on in your Apps page in Gemini settings. This includes apps you turn on when you specify them in your prompt with an "@" mention.
- Some apps are designed to automatically work with Gemini apps.
- When you ask Gemini for help, Gemini checks for connected apps that can help it generate a more helpful response for you. If Gemini finds a connected app that can help with your request, it automatically sends information from your conversation and other relevant information to that app. For example, Gemini will send your location data to Google Maps if you ask for coffee shops near you and the Google Maps app is on in your Apps page in Gemini settings.
- If you directly interact with another Google service in Gemini Apps, your activity might be saved by that other service. For example, if you watch a YouTube video in a Gemini app, YouTube may:
- Collect your personal information.
- Store and use that information according to YouTube’s terms of service.
- Store your watch history in your YouTube History. Learn how to manage your YouTube watch history.
- Gemini Apps can connect with third-party apps and services. When they do, Gemini Apps share information with those apps and services to fulfill your requests. That information is then used by those third-party apps and services according to their own developers' privacy policies.
- If you disable the YouTube app, you can still talk Live about a video you’re viewing in the YouTube app.
Learn more about how connected apps work with your personal data.