Google's Gemini app has just made a notable shift in its general availability. From the start, a Google account was mandatory for using Gemini's chat feature, but that's no longer the case for basic interactions.

Gemini has long required a Google account for access, but it's now following the footsteps of ChatGPT by dropping that requirement on the web.

All you need to do is head over to the Gemini website, and you can start talking to the chatbot immediately. That puts Google’s AI on the same level as ChatGPT, which has been openly available for some time now. That said, both chatbots do offer a slightly different.