Google is pulling its Gemini assistant from the main Google app on iOS, in a bid to encourage users to download the dedicated Gemini app.

Google Google announced Wednesday that it is removing its model from the Google app on iOS, meaning that Apple users will need to download the dedicated Gemini app in order to use it. When Google first introduced its Gemini AI to the Apple product ecosystem,

Google is now directing iOS users to download and use the dedicated Gemini app from the App Store, discontinuing its integration within the main Google app.

Built on Google’s Gemini AI assistant, the tool promises to make research faster and more efficient. But the company acknowledges the need for safeguards against misuse.

The company describes the tool as an AI co-scientist. It’s powered by Gemini 2.0, the latest iteration of Google’s flagship large language model family. The LLMs in the series can process multimodal data and have a tool use feature, which allows them to perform actions in external systems such as databases.

Google has developed an AI tool to act as a virtual collaborator for biomedical scientists, the U.S. blue chip said on Wednesday. The new tool, tested by scientists at Stanford University in the U.S.