Google closes in on another billion user product with Gemini
Google's Gemini AI assistant has reached 950 million monthly users, positioning it to compete directly with OpenAI's ChatGPT. Google also reported that its AI-integrated search mode has surpassed 1 billion users.
Why it matters
The rapid adoption of Gemini and AI-integrated search signals a major shift in how users interact with the internet and search engines.
Google is about to add another name to its long list of products with more than a billion users, a list that already includes Search, Gmail, Drive, Android, YouTube, and Chrome. The company said during its Q2 2026 call that the AI assistant Gemini now has over 950 million monthly users.
The company noted that Gemini users have tripled from last year. Earlier in February, it said that the Gemini app crossed 750 million monthly active users . With this growth, Google’s assistant is in line to compete more closely with OpenAI’s ChatGPT, which hit 1 billion monthly active users in June .
“Users love new agentic features like Daily Brief and our personalized agent, Gemini Spark, which is now available in the U.S. and internationally. We’ve been shipping helpful new features like this at an incredible pace,” Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai said during the call.
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