Google’s Gemini nears billion-user milestone

Google's AI assistant Gemini has reached over 950 million monthly users by mid-2026, tripling its user base from the previous year and nearing a billion-user milestone. The app has strong adoption on both Android and iOS, with new features like Gemini Spark and Nano Banana image generation driving growth. Gemini's market share among AI assistants rose to 27.7%, challenging ChatGPT's dominance, while Google's AI-enhanced search surpassed 1 billion users.