Google’s Gemini multimodal AI is available for MacOS and Windows. CNET’s Stephen Beacham demonstrates how to download and install it on a Mac, and walks you through every button and feature in the app.
Read more about the Gemini App for MacOS on CNET.com
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Timecode Chapters:
0:00 Introduction to Google’s Gemini App for macOS
0:23 How to Download and Install Gemini for Mac
1:03 Testing the “Speak to Window” and FN Key Dictation Features
2:08 Testing Gemini’s Reasoning Feature to Summarize Highlighted Text
2:41 Overview of the Gemini App Interface for macOS
3:07 Choosing Flash Models and Managing Chat Preferences
4:22 Using the Camera, Attachments, and Exploring Multimodal AI
5:13 Sharing App Windows with Gemini for Real-Time Assistance
6:05 Using the Lasso Tool for Screen Analysis
6:33 Exploring Deep Research, Image/Video Generation, and Personal Intelligence
7:33 Gemini App walkthrough outro
Video Credits:
Producer Editor: Stephen Beacham
Thumbnail Designer: Zain bin Awais
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@LwinAungMoe-m5s
October 31, 2026 at 9:03 am
Thanks
@CNET
October 31, 2026 at 10:42 am
You’re welcome! 👍
@matonmacs
October 31, 2026 at 10:30 am
The Gemini app sucked for a long time: slow, laggy, etc compared to a browser chat. Something happened though in the last version or so. It’s much, much better now and works as quickly as the browser and iOS version for the first time.
@CNET
October 31, 2026 at 11:31 am
Google kept updating it during the production of this video so hopefully it still has a similar functionality 😅
@KeithBarnett
October 31, 2026 at 1:33 pm
Thanks for keep setting off my Google Home speaker. I had to stop watching this.😂
@Oldaker
October 31, 2026 at 1:38 pm
I’m making perwonal apps for Mac with chatgpt and i think ios will die soon. Plus plan feels subsidized in that sense. Closed OS/platforms reprecent everything wrong with the world since 2006. Think Linux would be even better but Mac Mini used to be affordable
@RuntimeWire
October 31, 2026 at 4:11 pm
The macOS app is the part I am most curious about, since a native shortcut to Gemini could change how often people reach for it over a browser tab.
@xHawgRyderxo
October 31, 2026 at 8:19 pm
Gemini basically replaced the web browser. I rarely use Safari any more. Gemini can create an image 10 times faster than Playground. My iPad doesn’t need an AI chip to use AI.
@StotanEly
October 31, 2026 at 11:03 pm
I dont see Shared Windows as an option
@Spiderjin
November 1, 2026 at 5:13 am
Sharing the Premiere Pro window and having it read the playhead timecode was the most useful demo here. Curious though: the model picker only showed 3.5 Flash Lite, 3.6 Flash and 3.1 Pro. Does Argon show up in the Mac app for Pro/Ultra accounts? From what I read it started rolling out to subscribers mid-October.
@CNET
November 1, 2026 at 7:29 am
Yes. That’s the new model that is available in the app now.