Google makes good on Gemini Live promise a year later with real-time Astra

Gemini has been Google's starchild for the past couple of years, with new capabilities added almost every week. What started as a chatbot has now taken over Assistant's role, permeated into Google Workspace, and also rivals other Search tools like Lens and Circle to Search. With so many overlapping tools existing concurrently, it's no surprise Google just added one more to the mix — live video AI features for Gemini resembling Project Astra.