Google's Gemini AI just hit 1 billion monthly users.
And in the same week, Google gave it 13 new powers.
That's the story today.
Google's Gemini AI just crossed 1 billion people
using it every month.
Sundar Pichai announced it himself.
He called it the fastest growing product
in Google's 28 year history.
Not the fastest AI product, the fastest product, period.
Faster than search, faster than Gmail, faster than YouTube.
Here's how fast.
In May last year, Gemini had 400 million users.
By this May, it hit 900 million.
Then in July, it was at 950 million.
And in less than a month after that, it crossed 1 billion.
That last stretch from 950 million to 1 billion
took Gemini about two weeks.
Two weeks to add 50 million people.
A year ago, an AI app crossing 400 million users felt huge.
Now, Google is adding tens of millions of users
in a matter of days.
That's the curve we're on.
It's not slowing down, it's speeding up.
And Google isn't just celebrating the number.
They use that same week to roll out two big changes
to what Gemini can actually do for you.
The first change is inside Gemini Notebook.
If you don't know Gemini Notebook,
think of it as a folder where you dump all your research,
documents and notes,
and the AI reads through everything for you.
It used to be called Notebook LM.
Google renamed it back in July.
Now, here's the new part.
As of August 12th, you can copy someone else's entire notebook,
not just their notes, their sources too.
And any documents, guides, or summaries
that AI already built for them.
Think about what that actually means.
Before this, if a colleague built a great research notebook,
you could look at it,
but you couldn't easily make it your own
and build on top of it.
Now, you click one button,
and their whole notebook, sources, documents,
everything becomes yours to edit.
Here's a one-sentence example.
Inside the AI Profit Boardroom,
if one of our coaches builds a notebook
packed with proven prompts
and case studies for automating client outreach,
any member can now copy that entire notebook
in one click and start customizing it
for their own business the same day.
That's the shift.
A notebook isn't just something you read anymore.
It's something you can duplicate,
like a template, and make your own.
Now, if you're watching this and thinking,
I don't even know where to start
with tools like Gemini Notebook,
that's exactly why we built the AI Profit Boardroom.
It's a community built around
learning to use tools like this the right way,
so you save real time in your business
instead of wasting hours figuring it out alone.
If you want to walk through on copying
and customizing an AI notebook for your own business,
specifically how to set it up
so it saves you hours on research and content planning,
that's inside the AI Profit Boardroom right now.
Links in the comments and description.
Okay, back to the second big change.
This one is bigger.
Google is connecting Gemini to 13 outside apps,
not next year, over the next few weeks.
Google announced this on August 12th
at their Made by Google event.
Here's the full list, broken into four groups.
For work, Gemini connects to Granola, Otter, Dot AI, and Wix.
For booking things, it connects to Fever,
Get Your Guide, Localizer, Open Table, and Ticketmaster.
For music, it connects to iHeartRadio and Pandora.
And for everyday life, it connects to Angie,
Thumbtack, and ZocDoc.
Let me explain why this matters,
because on its own, that list just sounds like logos.
Right now, if you want concert tickets,
you open Gemini, ask a question, then leave Gemini,
open a browser, search Ticketmaster,
find the show, and buy the ticket.
That's five steps across two apps.
Once this rolls out, you'll be able to just ask Gemini directly.
Find me a concert this weekend under a certain price.
And Gemini can pull real Ticketmaster listings
without you leaving the conversation.
Same idea with OpenTable for booking a table,
ZocDoc for booking a doctor,
and Wix for editing a website.
Here's a one-sentence example.
Say the AI Profit Boardroom wanted a new landing page.
With Wix connected to Gemini,
our team could simply tell Gemini
to update the homepage headline
to highlight our weekly automation coaching calls,
and it edits the actual site.
That's a real shift from an AI you talk to
into an AI that can act on your behalf
inside tools you already use.
Now, one honest caveat,
because I don't want to overhype this,
Ticketmaster's OpenTable connection
is UK only for now,
and Google's own documentation
says availability changes
depending on your country,
your device, and your account.
So don't expect every one of these 13 apps
to work for you on day one.
Some will roll out slower depending on where you live.
There's also a bigger reason Google is doing this.
It's not random.
Google has a separate project called Gemini Spark.
Spark is built to work in the background for you,
using tools like Gmail, Docs,
and now these connected apps,
without you having to ask for every single step.
Spark can even use something called MCP,
which just means it can plug into other tools
that weren't built by Google at all.
Put those two things together,
one billion users,
and an AI that can now act inside real apps,
and you can see where this is heading.
Gemini isn't trying to be the smartest chatbot anymore.
It's trying to become the one place
you go to get anything done.
Let's talk about who this actually helps,
because that's more important than the tech itself.
If you're a student,
imagine your professor shares one master notebook
with every lecture, every reading,
and a study guide already built.
You copy the whole thing in one click
and build your own study plan around it that night.
If you run a small business,
imagine connecting Gemini to Granola
so every client call gets summarized automatically
with the action items ready before your next meeting.
If you're planning your weekend,
you can just tell Gemini what kind of evening you want,
and it can check real event listings
and real restaurant openings
without you juggling four different apps.
None of this needs you to know how to code.
None of it needs a technical background.
That's actually the point of connected apps.
Google built this for regular people, not developers.
Now, here's the bigger picture,
because I think this is the part people miss.
For years, AI meant one thing.
You type a question.
It gives you an answer.
That was it.
Now we're watching AI move from just answering questions
to actually doing tasks inside the apps you already use,
booking, editing, summarizing, all from one conversation.
And Google didn't get here by accident.
They got here because Gemini already has
one billion people using it every month.
That's the distribution most companies would need
years to build.
Google already had it.
So when they add a new connected app,
it doesn't launch to a small test group.
It launches to a huge chunk of the world at once.
If you're a business owner watching this,
here's the honest takeaway.
The businesses that figure out how to use tools
like Gemini early are going to move faster
than the ones who wait and see.
Not because the tool is magic,
but because every week you're not using it,
someone else in your space already is.
So what should you actually do with this?
If you're just getting started with AI,
open Gemini Notebook this week
and try copying a public notebook
on a topic you care about
just to feel how the copy feature works.
If you already use Gemini regularly,
check your connected app settings
over the next few weeks
as these 13 integrations roll out
and turn on the ones that match tools
you already use daily.
If you run a business,
start thinking about which one of these connected apps
could remove a repetitive task from your week,
meeting notes, bookings, website edits,
pick one and test it.
And if you manage a team,
this is worth a five minute conversation
in your next meeting.
Not because everyone needs to become an AI expert,
but because the tools your team uses every day
are quietly getting more capable
and it's worth knowing what's available
before someone on your team
stumbles onto it by accident.
If you want help figuring out
exactly how to use tools like Gemini Notebook
and connected apps to save time
and grow your business,
that's what we do every week
inside the AI Profit Boardroom.
We're already building a walkthrough
on setting up Gemini's connected apps
specifically for lead generation and client bookings.
So you're not guessing
when it rolls out to your account.
Four coaching calls every week,
daily step-by-step tutorials,
the moment new AI features like this launch,
a prompt library built for real business use,
not generic examples,
and a member map so you can connect
with other business owners near you
who are testing the same tools.
Link is in the comments and description
or head to AIprofitboardroom.com.
And if you just want to start smaller,
free, no pressure,
join the AI Success Lab.
It's our free community.
And if you want the full process,
the SOPs and over 100 AI use cases
like the ones I covered today,
that's exactly what's inside.
You'll get all the notes from this video there,
plus access to a community of 75,000 members
who are already using tools like Gemini to get ahead.
Links in the comments and description.
Gemini just crossed 1 billion users
and it's only getting more capable from here.
The question isn't whether tools like this
become part of how you run your day,
it's whether you start using them now
or catch up later.