Gemini lands on Mac

Google has released a native Gemini app for Apple Silicon Macs, giving its artificial intelligence assistant a desktop home outside the browser. (blog.google) The app is available free on macOS 15 or later, and Google says users can open it with the keyboard shortcut Option + Space instead of switching tabs. (blog.google) Google’s Mac download page says the app can summarize documents, help with code, sync chat history across devices tied to the same Google account, and work in supported countries and languages for users age 13 and older. (gemini.google) One of the main additions is window sharing: Google says Mac users can share their screen with Gemini so it can answer questions about what is open on the desktop or in local files. (blog.google) That puts Gemini into the same part of the Mac workflow where OpenAI, Anthropic and Perplexity have been pushing desktop assistants that stay visible while people work across apps. (theverge.com) Google has been moving Gemini from a web chatbot toward a broader app platform, with recent updates adding features such as notebooks for projects and Gemini 3 inside the app. The Mac client extends that strategy onto Apple’s desktop hardware. (blog.google (blog.google)) The launch also gives Google a native Mac answer after months of users relying on browser tabs or unofficial app-like shortcuts. Google Help previously pointed Mac users to create a Safari shortcut for a separate Gemini window. (support.google.com) For work and school accounts, Google said the Mac app is governed by the same Gemini controls already set in the Google Workspace Admin console, and the feature is on by default for organizations with Gemini enabled. (workspaceupdates.googleblog.com) Sundar Pichai said on X that the Mac build was created with Antigravity, Google’s internal coding tool, a detail that turns the app into both a product launch and a showcase for Google’s own software-making tools. (x.com)