Gemini (Google) · sub-product

Gemini app (Gemini 3.1 Pro and 3.5 Flash)

Reach for this when the task involves video, YouTube, deep research with citations, or anything sitting inside your Google account.

Consilix rank 8/10

What it is

The consumer-facing Gemini chat app on web, iOS and Android, now running Gemini 3.1 Pro for reasoning and Gemini 3.5 Flash for fast everyday tasks. Following I/O 2026 it has a new Neural Expressive interface, a unified Tools menu and a Daily Brief agent that prepares a prioritised digest of your day. Sits behind Google AI Plus, Pro and Ultra subscriptions, with a capped free tier.

Key features

Gemini 3.1 Pro for hard reasoning (91.9% GPQA Diamond, 77.1% ARC-AGI-2, 1M token context)
Deep Research with collaborative planning, MCP server integration and File Search
Daily Brief agent that prioritises and suggests next steps each morning (Plus, Pro, Ultra)
Native multimodal input: image, audio, video, YouTube links, screen share
Gemini Spark personal agent on Ultra, running 24/7 on Google Cloud VMs (US only at launch)

Best use cases

Summarise a 90-minute YouTube video into action points before a supplier meeting
Run a Deep Research brief on a target acquisition with traceable citations
Convert a PDF contractor quote and a site photo into a structured comparison table
Use Daily Brief to prep morning standups from calendar plus inbox
Translate and analyse a recorded customer call in any major European language

Weaknesses

Still produces more generic, lightly hedged prose than Claude. Spark agent is US-only for now. Long-context performance is strong on retrieval but weaker on multi-step writing instructions than GPT-5.1.

Pricing

Free tier (capped). Google AI Plus £6.99/month. Google AI Pro £18.99/month. Google AI Ultra £79.99/month (cut from £189.99 in May 2026 for the standard tier; higher allotment tier still available).

Gemini (Google)