Google’s announcement confirms weeks of rumors that Bard was being renamed. The company unveiled the Gemini AI large language model, a direct competitor to OpenAI’s GPT LLMs, in December, and it is now changing Bard’s name to fall into the same Gemini branding.
Google also announced a new Gemini app on Android and on the Google app on iOS (no dedicated app for Apple’s OS). The app can set Gemini as a user’s default assistant on Android devices, replacing Google Assistant, which Google has recently been pushing further down its priority list.
