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How to use Gemini
Pick what you want to do. Each guide gives the steps, prompts you can copy into Gemini, an example of a good result, and the mistakes that waste your time.
Gemini how-tos
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How to Use Gemini: A Beginner's Guide to Google's AI Assistant
How to use Google Gemini for the first time: open gemini.google.com or the app, sign in with your Google account, ask clearly, add files, connect Google apps and check answers.
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How to Use Gemini in Gmail: Summaries, Help Me Write and Replies
How to use Gemini in Gmail: summarize long threads with one click, draft and polish emails with Help me write, pick a suggested reply, and know which features need a paid plan.
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How to Use Gemini for Free (and When Google AI Plus or Pro Pays Off)
How to get the most from Gemini's free plan: what's included, how usage limits reset, how to stretch them, and what Google AI Plus, Pro and Ultra add, with US prices checked.
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How to Create and Edit Images with Gemini (Nano Banana)
How to create and edit images with Gemini's Nano Banana: write a clear image prompt, edit a photo you upload, keep a character consistent, add text, and download the result.
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How to Use Gemini Deep Research for In-Depth Reports
How to use Deep Research in Gemini: write a focused question, edit the research plan, add Gmail or Drive as sources, then turn the cited report into a Doc or Audio Overview.
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How to Use Gemini Live: Talk to Gemini, Show It Your Camera
How to use Gemini Live on your phone: start a voice conversation, interrupt naturally, share your camera or screen, change the voice, turn on captions and review the transcript.
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How to Use Gemini on Android Instead of Google Assistant
How to make Gemini your assistant on Android: switch from Google Assistant, set up Hey Google, ask about what's on your screen, and know what changes on watches and speakers.
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How to Summarize a YouTube Video with Gemini
How to summarize a YouTube video with Gemini: paste the link or ask Gemini to find a video, then ask for key points, steps or a study guide. Keep Activity must be on.
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How to Use Gemini in Google Docs to Write and Edit
How to use Gemini in Google Docs: edit a whole document with one prompt, refine selected text, pull facts from your Drive files with @, match a writing style, and review each change.
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How to Use Gemini in Google Sheets: Formulas, Charts and Analysis
How to use Gemini in Google Sheets: write formulas from a sentence, fix formula errors, build tables and charts, and ask questions about your data, with prompts to copy.
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How to Make Slides with Gemini (in the App or Google Slides)
How to make a presentation with Gemini: build a deck in Canvas and export it to Google Slides, or use Help me create a slide inside Slides with your Drive files and theme.
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How to Create Skills in Gemini (Gems Are Becoming Skills)
How to create a skill in Gemini, the reusable instructions that replace Gems: build one from Customize > Skills, call it with /, and what happens to your Gems from November 2026.
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How to Keep Your Data Private in Gemini: Activity and Temporary Chats
How to keep your data private in Gemini: check the Keep Activity setting, set auto-delete, use temporary chats, control memory and connected apps, and know what human reviewers see.
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How to Upload Files to Gemini: PDFs, Spreadsheets, Video and Drive
How to upload files to Gemini: add PDFs, spreadsheets, photos, audio, video or Drive files, what the size and length limits are, and how to get accurate answers about long documents.
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How to Use Gemini Canvas to Draft Documents and Build Simple Apps
How to use Canvas in Gemini: draft and edit a document side by side, change tone and length, build a small web app, then export to Google Docs or Slides or share a link.
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How to Study with Gemini: Guided Learning, Quizzes and Flashcards
How to study with Gemini: use Guided Learning so it teaches instead of answering, make quizzes, flashcards and practice tests from your notes, and set up a study notebook.
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How to Plan a Trip with Gemini Using Google Flights, Hotels and Maps
How to plan a trip with Gemini: search real flights and hotels, get directions and opening hours from Google Maps, build a day-by-day plan, and save a packing list to Keep.
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How to Connect Gemini to Gmail, Drive and Calendar
How to connect Gemini to your Gmail, Drive, Docs, Calendar, Keep and Tasks: turn on the Google Workspace app, ask with @, check the sources, and fix it when it won't connect.
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How to Schedule Actions in Gemini for Daily Briefings and Reminders
How to schedule actions in Gemini: set up a daily inbox digest, a weekly news roundup or a practice quiz, then pause, edit or delete schedules from the Scheduled page.
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How to Write Better Gemini Prompts Using Its Own Tools
How to write better prompts for Gemini: give the task, context and format, call your Google apps with @, set standing Instructions for Gemini, pick a thinking level and edit, not retype.
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