Google’s artificial intelligence-powered Gemini app has surpassed 1 billion monthly users, becoming the company’s fastest-growing service to reach the milestone, CEO Sundar Pichai said.
Pichai announced the milestone in a post on X, formerly known as Twitter. He said Gemini is now the 14th Google service to surpass 1 billion users.
The achievement makes Gemini the second-most popular AI assistant after OpenAI’s ChatGPT, which reached the 1 billion-user milestone in June 2026.
Google launched Gemini in early 2024, meaning the AI assistant reached the milestone in about two and a half years. Its rapid growth has likely been helped by Google’s Android operating system, where Gemini is available as the default AI assistant on a range of smartphones.
Pichai also hinted at further updates for Gemini, saying Google has more developments planned that will be announced soon.
Despite Gemini’s rapid growth, Google continues to face strong competition in the AI market from OpenAI and Anthropic as companies compete to expand their AI assistants and services.
More read, Google Gemini glitch triggers complaints from users worldwide
Earlier, Users of Google’s AI chatbot Gemini reported widespread service disruptions on Wednesday, with many encountering error messages and difficulties accessing the platform.
According to outage-tracking website Downdetector, reports of problems surged at approximately 6:11 a.m. ET in the United States and 11:11 a.m. GMT in the United Kingdom. At one point, more than 480 users in the US and 440 users in the UK had reported issues.
Users said they were receiving “error 1706” and “error 1099” messages while attempting to use the chatbot, with some reporting that the service failed to load properly.
