Gemini Live could give you more control over what it hears with push-to-talk mode

• Gemini Live currently offers back-and-forth conversations while continually listening for your input.
• Instead of that, the app is now working on an optional push-to-talk mode.
• Users would have to hold down a microphone button when they wanted Gemini Live to take their voice input.

Mobile phone users of a certain age may remember fondly (or not so fondly) the days of the push-to-talk (PTT) Sprint Nextel iDEN network. Instead of the sort of full-duplex, everybody-talking-at-once experience we’re used to, these phones were able to work more like walkie talkies: You’d press and hold a button as you spoke, and release when you were done. If you’re still carrying a torch for that kind of half-duplex nostalgia, we’ve got an upcoming Gemini Live feature to tell you about that sounds right up your alley.

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