Google Makes Gemini Live Camera & Screen Sharing Free On Android

Last week, Google started widely rolling out Gemini Live camera and screen sharing to Advanced subscribers, and the Project Astra-powered capabilities will soon be free for all Android users.

Gemini Live now lets you ask questions about what’s on your screen or camera. Screen sharing can be quickly initiated by launching the Gemini overlay and tapping the new “Share screen with Live” chip. After confirming, you’ll see a count next to the time in your status bar. Google has since rolled out the new phone call-style notification for Live.

You can scroll an app or website, while talking to Gemini Live. There’s a subtle vibration before Gemini Live starts responding. Pull down your notification shade at any time to “Stop sharing.”

To launch the camera, open the fullscreen Gemini Live for the new button at the left (screen sharing can also be initiated from here). A viewfinder then appears, with a button in the bottom-right corner letting you switch to the front-facing lens.

Gemini says: “For better results, capture objects with steady movements.” The display must be active for Gemini Live to capture video.

Camera and screen sharing joins how you can talk to Gemini Live about an image, PDF, or YouTube video.

Gemini Live’s Astra-powered visual sharing was first announced at I/O 2024 last May. It started rolling out in March, with wide availability for Gemini Advanced coming last week.

The company announced today and confirmed to 9to5Google that a subscription will no longer be required, and that it’s rolling out to “all” Android users. This free Gemini Live camera will be fully available “over the coming weeks.”

Google quickly moving to make this available for free users follows Gemini 2.5 Pro (experimental) last month.