The Google Gemini app has been around for a while now. Although this AI-powered chatbot is far from perfect at the moment, Google is slowly but surely ensuring that it becomes a more integral part of the Android experience. With this in mind, a new update to the Google app is in development, aimed at giving users another entry point to try out Gemini on their Android smartphones.

Although Google has evidently made big strides in improving the Gemini experience, some key Assistant features are still not available on the chatbot. We've learned that Google is already trying to bridge the feature gap between Gemini and Assistant — particularly in terms of routines — but it's far from perfect right now.

A quick look at the Gemini support page reveals some of the Assistant features that are still absent from Gemini, including interpreter mode, and the aforementioned routines. Similarly, you cannot ask Gemini to open a playlist from a third-party streaming service provider like Spotify or Apple Music. However, the chatbot is well on its way to enabling support for YouTube Music via extensions.