Google Renames ‘Gemini Extensions’ To Just ‘apps’
Amid this morning’s big Live announcement, Google is renaming “Gemini Extensions” to “apps.” There’s also a small tweak to the model picker on the homepage.
With the latest beta (version 16.8) of the Google app, the “Extensions” branding has been phased out across Gemini. This includes in the account menu and the full page for enabling and disabling each tool.
| Old | New |
| Gemini Extensions help you bring it all together | Bring it all together with Gemini and your favorite apps |
| Turn Gemini Extensions on or off anytime | Manage which apps Gemini connects to |
| One conversation, many extensions | One conversation, many apps |
They are now called “apps” — not capitalized — in a change that does not appear to have any functional impacts. The logo in the account menu has not been updated and is still a generic extension icon.
The change makes sense for Workspace, Messages, Google Home, YouTube, etc., but not that much for Utilities that lets you access phone functionality. Extensions was a well-suited name for that.
While the concept of extensions (thanks to browsers) are well known, apps are arguably more familiar to end users. This update is not yet live on gemini.google.com/extensions.
On the homepage, a small tweak places the current model you’re using in a tiny pill that now includes the downward-facing chevron. (The old UI that had the triangle next to the Gemini tier was centered annoyingly.)
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