{"id":698687,"date":"2026-05-28T05:32:13","date_gmt":"2026-05-28T05:32:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/698687\/"},"modified":"2026-05-28T05:32:13","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T05:32:13","slug":"new-gemini-live-voices-rolling-out-widget-adds-neural-expressive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/698687\/","title":{"rendered":"New Gemini Live voices rolling out, widget adds Neural Expressive"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t<img width=\"1600\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/gemini-app-4.jpg\" class=\"skip-lazy wp-post-image\" alt=\"\"  decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Following last week\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/9to5google.com\/2026\/05\/19\/gemini-app-google-io-2026\/\" type=\"post\" id=\"714973\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Neural Expressive redesign<\/a>, the Gemini app is rolling out new voices for the main chat experience and Gemini Live.<\/p>\n<p>Go to Gemini Settings &gt; Gemini\u2019s voice for a redesigned voice picker. Instead of a carousel, you get a list. \u201cFlare\u201d and \u201cGlow\u201d are two new additions that replace Nova (Calm \u2022 Mid-range voice) and Lyra (Bright \u2022 Higher voice).<\/p>\n<p>Ursa: Engaged \u2022 Mid-range voice<\/p>\n<p>Vega: Bright \u2022 Higher voice<\/p>\n<p>Pegasus: Engaged \u2022 Deeper voice<\/p>\n<p>Dipper: Engaged \u2022 Deeper voice<\/p>\n<p>Eclipse: Energetic \u2022 Mid-range voice<\/p>\n<p>Capella: British Accent \u2022 Higher voice<\/p>\n<p>Orbit: Energetic \u2022 Deeper voice<\/p>\n<p>Orion: Bright \u2022 Deeper voice<\/p>\n<p>Gemini has removed the voice descriptions with this redesign.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Flare<\/p>\n<p>\tAdvertisement &#8211; scroll for more content<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Glow<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-wp-class--hide=\"state.isContentHidden\" data-wp-class--show=\"state.isContentVisible\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-on--load=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on-window--resize=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\"  alt=\"\" data-height=\"2364\" data-id=\"716169\" data-link=\"https:\/\/9to5google.com\/?attachment_id=716169\" data-url=\"https:\/\/9to5google.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/05\/Gemini-old-voices.jpg?quality=82&amp;strip=all&amp;w=468\" data-width=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Gemini-old-voices.jpg\" data-amp-layout=\"responsive\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" data-wp-class--hide=\"state.isContentHidden\" data-wp-class--show=\"state.isContentVisible\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-on--load=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on-window--resize=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\"  alt=\"\" data-height=\"2364\" data-id=\"716168\" data-link=\"https:\/\/9to5google.com\/?attachment_id=716168\" data-url=\"https:\/\/9to5google.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/05\/Gemini-new-voices.jpg?quality=82&amp;strip=all&amp;w=468\" data-width=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Gemini-new-voices.jpg\" data-amp-layout=\"responsive\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the widget layouts are unchanged from before, but all icons have been refreshed. Neural Expressive makes use of thin outlines for the Microphone, Camera, Gallery, File, Video, Screenshare, and Live. This is rolling out via a server-side update with the latest version (1.0.913571982) of the Gemini <a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.google.android.apps.bard\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">\u201capp\u201d\/homescreen shortcut<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>On a related note, Google app 17.26 this week updates the Drive icon in the \u2018plus\u2019 menu to the latest style.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Old vs. new<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-wp-class--hide=\"state.isContentHidden\" data-wp-class--show=\"state.isContentVisible\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-on--load=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on-window--resize=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\"  alt=\"\" data-height=\"1080\" data-id=\"716166\" data-link=\"https:\/\/9to5google.com\/?attachment_id=716166\" data-url=\"https:\/\/9to5google.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/05\/Gemini-widget-old.jpg?quality=82&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" data-width=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Gemini-widget-old.jpg\" data-amp-layout=\"responsive\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" data-wp-class--hide=\"state.isContentHidden\" data-wp-class--show=\"state.isContentVisible\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-on--load=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on-window--resize=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\"  alt=\"\" data-height=\"1080\" data-id=\"716167\" data-link=\"https:\/\/9to5google.com\/?attachment_id=716167\" data-url=\"https:\/\/9to5google.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/05\/Gemini-widget-Neural-Expressive.jpg?quality=82&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" data-width=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Gemini-widget-Neural-Expressive.jpg\" data-amp-layout=\"responsive\"\/><\/p>\n<p>More on Gemini app:<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/9to5google.com\" aria-label=\"Add 9to5Google as a preferred source on Google\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"google-preferred-source-badge-dark\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1777325120_432_google-preferred-source-badge-dark.png\" alt=\"Add 9to5Google as a preferred source on Google\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"google-preferred-source-badge-light\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/google-preferred-source-badge-light.png\" alt=\"Add 9to5Google as a preferred source on Google\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"disclaimer-affiliate\">FTC: We use income earning auto affiliate links. <a href=\"https:\/\/9to5mac.com\/about\/#affiliate\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">More.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Following last week\u2019s Neural Expressive redesign, the Gemini app is rolling out new voices for the main chat&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":698688,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[49,48,61],"class_list":["post-698687","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/698687","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=698687"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/698687\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/698688"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=698687"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=698687"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=698687"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}