Get ready to have a friendly chat with right from the convenience of your iPhone's lock screen! A recent update, discovered by 9to5Google team on Monday, has made this possible. Simply add the Gemini widget to your lock screen and you'll be able to enjoy an engaging conversation with Gemini Live, Google's simulated real-time voice feature for its AI chatbot, without even unlocking your phone.

While Apple's AI-empowered Siri reportedly sees a postponement reaching up to 2027, Apple users can take solace in AI pioneers like Google stepping in with their own versions of AI assistants. Who knows, iPhone loyalists might just get a taste of the potential that lies within state-of-the-art voice assistants while they wait for Apple's LLM-powered Siri.

OpenAI has also embraced this change by allowing ChatGPT iOS app users to access its almost real-time voice feature, Advanced Voice Mode, straight from the lock screen.

Apart from Gemini Live, the refined Gemini app includes a selection of lock screen widgets! Capture photos with your iPhone's camera and swiftly upload them to Gemini, set reminders and calendar events, or jump directly into a text chat with Gemini itself.

Google also gave us another exciting piece of news on Monday - later in March, Geminin Android users can receive real-time responses. These impressive features, initially introduced as part of Project Astra by Google DeepMind, are gradually being incorporated into the Gemini app. At the onset, these features will be accessible for Gemini Advanced plan subscribers at $20 per month.