{"id":142209,"date":"2025-09-08T18:24:10","date_gmt":"2025-09-08T18:24:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/142209\/"},"modified":"2025-09-08T18:24:10","modified_gmt":"2025-09-08T18:24:10","slug":"you-can-now-upload-audio-files-to-the-gemini-app","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/142209\/","title":{"rendered":"You can now upload audio files to the Gemini app"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t<img width=\"1600\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/1757355847_590_pixel-10-pro-xl-review-20-gemini.jpg\" class=\"skip-lazy wp-post-image\" alt=\"\"  decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The Gemini app finally supports audio uploads on Android, iOS, and the web for expanded file analysis options.<\/p>\n<p>Open Gemini\u2019s \u2018plus\u2019 menu for \u201cFiles\u201d (mobile) or \u201cUpload files\u201d (web) and select any audio file: MP3, M4A, WAV, etc.<\/p>\n<p>Google <a href=\"https:\/\/support.google.com\/gemini\/answer\/14903178\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">says<\/a> \u201ctotal audio length can be up to 10 minutes\u201d for free users, while it\u2019s 3 hours for Google AI Pro or Google AI Ultra subscribers.<\/p>\n<p>This can be useful for transcribing audio, with video previously supported. It\u2019s a great quality-of-life improvement, with Google <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/joshwoodward\/status\/1965057589718499756?s=19\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">noting today<\/a> how this has been a #1 request.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\tAdvertisement &#8211; scroll for more content<\/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-async--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-on-async--load=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on-async-window--resize=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\"  alt=\"Gemini audio upload\" data-height=\"700\" data-id=\"688539\" data-link=\"https:\/\/9to5google.com\/?attachment_id=688539\" data-url=\"https:\/\/9to5google.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/09\/Gemini-app-audio-upload-1.jpg?quality=82&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" data-width=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Gemini-app-audio-upload-1.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-async--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-on-async--load=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on-async-window--resize=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\"  alt=\"Gemini audio upload\" data-height=\"810\" data-id=\"688540\" data-link=\"https:\/\/9to5google.com\/?attachment_id=688540\" data-url=\"https:\/\/9to5google.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/09\/Gemini-app-audio-upload-2.jpg?quality=82&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" data-width=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Gemini-app-audio-upload-2.jpg\" data-amp-layout=\"responsive\"\/><\/p>\n<p>This joins video, which can be up to 5 minutes (free) or 1 hour (paid) and up to 2 GB in size, with \u201call other supported file types can be up to 100 MB.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Additionally:<\/p>\n<p>One code folder, or one GitHub repository, with up to 5,000 files and a maximum size of 100 MB, can be added to a chat.<\/p>\n<p>ZIP files can contain up to 10 files.<\/p>\n<p>In all, you can upload up to 10 files of any format.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>More on Gemini:<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/9to5google.com\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"google-preferred-source-badge-dark\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/1757184007_541_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\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/1757184008_365_google-preferred-source-badge-light.png\" alt=\"Add 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