Google launched Guided Vision in Gemini Live on October 1, 2026, for compatible Android devices. The camera-based feature gives spoken descriptions of what the phone sees, answers follow-up questions and offers verbal cues to adjust the camera view.
What Guided Vision can do with the camera
During a Gemini Live session, a user shares the phone's camera and can ask about visible details such as colors, patterns and shapes. Google also lists reading small print—including nutrition labels, appliance controls and printed menus—and locating household objects among the feature's intended uses.
If an object is not clearly in view, Guided Vision can give spoken prompts to pan, tilt or step back. Google presents the feature as visual assistance developed with input from blind and low-vision communities, with potential uses in everyday tasks for other people, too.
Google says more than 1,000 members of the Aira Trusted Tester network helped stress-test and refine the model. The company also describes tens of thousands of hours of visual interpretation in its development work.
Android requirements and ways to open it
Google specifies Android 9 or later, an updated Gemini app and updated Android system software. Guided Vision is available in regions and languages where Gemini Live is supported.
Google lists three ways to open it: the Guided Vision setting in the Gemini app, Android Accessibility shortcuts, and the TalkBack menu. Accessibility shortcuts can be assigned to the floating accessibility button, a two-finger swipe or both volume keys. TalkBack users can open its menu with a three-finger tap.
The safety limits Google sets
Guided Vision can make mistakes. Google says it is not intended for navigation, safe-travel guidance or obstacle detection, and is not a replacement for a cane or another mobility aid.
