Gemini Desktop to Get Avatars; Gemini 4 Preparation Detected
testingcatalog · x · 2026-08-24
Google is preparing to add avatar support to the Gemini Desktop app, along with a "Customize" tab for discovering apps and plugins. Traces of "Gemini 4" have also been detected in the codebase, suggesting preparation for the next model release has begun, following a similar pattern to last year's Gemini 3 rollout.
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