If you are a fan of Google’s Gemini AI and want to gain quick access to the service from your GNOME desktop, there’s a handy extension that makes this possible.
Gemini is Google’s answer to ChatGPT… but it’s much more than that. Eventually, this bit of AI will replace Assistant on your Android phone. But Gemini isn’t only limited to Android, as you can also use it via your web browser by going to gemini.google.com. And if that wasn’t enough, you can also access it via the GNOME desktop, with the addition of a handy little extension and an API key.
Once added, you can click the top bar icon, ask Gemini a question, and the response will appear in the drop-down. Although Gemini is also capable of creating images, this extension doesn’t exactly handle that feature well enough to be useful (instead, images appear as rows of black lines). Even with that issue, the extension is a very handy means of accessing the Gemini AI service.
Let me show you how to add it to your GNOME desktop environment.
What you’ll need: To add this extension, you’ll need a Linux distribution with the GNOME desktop environment, the Firefox web browser, and an API key from the Google AI Studio (which can be had for free).
