More Gemini Coming To Google Meet And Chat For Workspace

With Gemini now available in Workspace Business and Enterprise, Google Chat and Meet are picking up a slew of new features.

Gemini in Google Meet will let you “generate unique and bespoke meeting backgrounds.” Last week, Google upgraded the image generation model to “significantly improve the visual appeal and quality of generated backgrounds, while also better representing user requests.” You also have several presets: Professional office, Bookshelf, Stylish living room, Cozy living room, Tropical beach, Fantasy castle, and Sci-fi spaceship.

Meanwhile, there’s the trio of machine learning-powered Studio look and lighting, as well as sound:

Studio look: “…detect and enhance (if necessary) the quality of your portrait by reducing noise and increasing sharpness, bringing you into focus so you can look your best in meetings.”
Studio lighting: “…simulate studio-quality lighting and adjust light position and brightness in your video feed, so you’re perfectly lit for your meeting.” There are some browser and professor requirements.
Studio sound: “…recreate and balance missing or distorted frequencies helping to make your voice come through crisp and clear.” Automatically enabled when joining via phone and when noise cancellation (on the web) is enabled.

In Google Chat, Gemini will “detect and translate over 120 languages to a user’s preferred language while keeping the original message available for review”: Settings > Automatic Translation > select the box for “Translate messages to your preferred language.”