Better coding, improved image generation, and integration with Google services make it a compelling consideration

With today’s update, Gemini is able to carry out more complex multimodal tasks. You might ask it to find a dog-friendly Italian restaurant and send it to your friend, or pull up your NFL team’s upcoming games and add them to your calendar, all in a single prompt.

Rolling out to all users this week, the new integration lets you ask the AI bot to turn lights on or off or control other smart devices.