Alphabet, Google's parent company, revealed during its Q2 2026 earnings call that the monthly active users of its AI assistant Gemini have exceeded 950 million., which is set to join the super-product group with over a billion users, consisting of search, Gmail, Drive, Android, YouTube, and Chrome. Data shows that Gemini's user base has doubled compared to last year (daily active users have tripled), significantly increasing from the previously reported 750 million monthly active users in February 2026, further narrowing the gap with ChatGPT, which reached a billion monthly active users in June.

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This explosive growth is attributed to deep integration within the ecosystem and rapid functional iteration. In addition to the Android ecosystem, Gemini performed impressively on the iOS platform, with over 137 million downloads in the past 12 months. New features such as the Nano Banana image generation model and the Gemini Spark personalized assistant have significantly increased user engagement. According to the latest report from Sensor Tower on the first half of 2026, ChatGPT's market share in the AI assistant sector has fallen below 50% for the first time, while Gemini has risen to 27.7%.

While driving the rapid growth of Gemini, Google's search business, which has been AI-enhanced, also saw its question-and-answer AI mode user base exceed 1 billion this quarter, driving a steady increase in search queries. In response to the cost pressure brought by large-scale reasoning, Google stated that it has successfully reduced the operational costs of the AI mode through hardware engineering methods. Facing the trend of AI assistants replacing traditional search, Google continues to solidify its leading position in the consumer-level AI race by leveraging its vast distribution engine and underlying computing power optimization.