Google is adding another name to its long list of products, which have more than 1 billion users. That list already includes Search, Gmail, Drive, Android, YouTube, and Chrome. The company said in its Q2 2026 conference call that its AI assistant Gemini now has more than 950 million monthly users.
The company noted that Gemini users have tripled over last year. Prior to this, in February it was announced that the number of monthly active users of the Gemini app exceeded 750 million. This growth will put Google’s Assistant in closer competition with OpenAI’s ChatGPT, which reached 1 billion monthly active users in June.
“Users love new agent features like Daily Brief and Gemini Spark, our personalized agent, which is now available in the U.S. and internationally. We’ve been releasing useful new features like this at an incredible pace,” Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai said on the conference call.
Apart from Android users, the Gemini app has also gained a strong user base on iOS with releases such as the Nano Banana image generation model. According to Appfigures, the app has been downloaded more than 137 million times on iOS in the past 12 months.
In its latest State of AI report, analytics firm Sensor Tower noted that ChatGPT’s market share among AI assistants has fallen below 50% for the first time. The report, which looks ahead to the first half of 2026, also notes that Gemini’s share has increased to 27.7%.
Many people are already using AI assistant apps to replace search. However, Google reported that its search sector is doing well, thanks in part to an AI-focused overhaul. Q&A-style AI mode reached over 1 billion users during the quarter. The company said it was seeing a “gradual increase” in search queries. Google also noted that it has reduced the cost of its AI modes through hardware engineering, even as it introduced new models and features.
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