Google adds a student hub and new study features to Gemini

In short: Google is rolling out a new student hub in Gemini to help students organize studying, and it is adding new research and homework help features.

What happened

Google is adding a dedicated student hub inside Gemini, its AI assistant. The company says it is meant to be a one-stop place for schoolwork, like keeping research in a study notebook, making flashcards, and taking practice quizzes.

Google is also updating these study notebooks so they can include graphs and images. Gemini can also pull test dates and deadlines from a class syllabus and add them to Google Calendar.

Separately, Google is adding “Deep Research” to Gemini Live. Deep Research is a feature that can create longer research reports, and Gemini Live is the version you can talk to out loud, like a phone call. Google says you can start a report, lock your phone, and get a notification when it is done.

In the coming weeks, Google will also roll out a new Google Lens feature in the Google mobile app. Lens is Google’s tool that uses your camera to understand what you are looking at. With this update, you can take a photo of a worksheet and get explanations, help with hard topics, or feedback if you made a mistake.

Google also says eligible students in the US can get one year of Google AI Pro for free. It includes 5TB of storage and higher Gemini usage limits. Students outside the US are offered Google AI Plus instead, with 400GB of storage and lower Gemini usage limits.

Why it matters

For students, this is Google trying to put common study tasks in one place, more like a digital binder that can also answer questions. It also raises familiar questions for schools and families about when AI help is useful tutoring, and when it could cross into doing the work for you.

Source: The Verge AI