Google is officially upgrading Gemini to the 15 Flash AI model It will be able to process prompts more quickly and process more content in the same amount of time

Google said in a blog post that it will roll out 15 Flash to the free web and mobile versions of Gemini starting today

Amar Subramanya, Google's vice president of engineering for Gemini Experiences, said the company is “upgrading the free version of Experiences to Gemini 15 Flash”

Gemini 15 Flash, you will notice an overall improvement in quality and latency, with particularly noticeable improvements in reasoning and image comprehension

Google has also significantly extended Gemini's context window to 32K tokens This means that longer back-and-forth conversations are now possible and more complex questions can be asked in Gemini”

Google, going head-to-head with ChatGPT and its GPT-4o, announced that a feature previously hidden in the paid version of Gemini Advanced, a larger context window for uploading files via Google Drive or directly from the device The company announced that the feature will be available The company cites the example of uploading an economics study guide and having Gemini create an exercise for you

The new 15 Flash model is being rolled out in over 40 languages and 230 countries and regions

In other Gemini news, Google said it will gradually roll out Google Messages' AI capabilities to users in the European Economic Area, the UK, and Switzerland

Google also revealed that it will begin showing links to relevant content for fact-finding prompts in Gemini Subramanya explained in a blog post, “If a Gemini response references information found using the Gmail extension, it will also show an inline link to the relevant email”

Finally, Google said it will expand access to Gemini to teenagers around the world in more than 40 languages within the next week This will help them better understand school subjects, prepare for college, and get help with creative projects