Gemini App Updates: Personalized Images, Cross-App Actions, and macOS Voice Mode
GeminiApp · x · 2026-08-01
Google officially summarized the recent 'Gemini Drops' updates for the Gemini app, focusing heavily on personalized creation and cross-platform agent capabilities:
- Personalized Image Generation: Available to all US users, Gemini can now generate deeply personalized images based on unique interests and preferences, including adding custom avatars into images.
- Global Gemini Spark: The automated agent feature is now globally available, capable of getting things done 24/7 even when the user's laptop is closed.
- Cross-App Actions & macOS Voice Mode: Users can link their favorite apps to Gemini to execute tasks via a single prompt. Additionally, a new voice-led interaction mode has been introduced for the Gemini app on macOS.
Related event: Gemini App Updates: New 3.6 Flash Model and Multimodal Features(2 posts)→
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