Google Gemini users can now access the AI chatbot directly from the iPhones lock screen, thanks to an update released on Monday first spotted by 9to5Google. Users can now call up Gemini Live, Googles relatively real-time voice feature for its AI chatbot, before they unlock their phone by adding a Gemini widget to their lock screen.Talk with Gemini Live from the iphones lock screen.Image Credits:Maxwell Zeff / TechCrunchAs Apples version of an AI-enabled Siri reportedly faces delays until 2027, competitors in the AI space are stepping in to supply iPhone users with AI assistants of their own. These features may give iPhone users a sense of whats possible with LLMs and voice assistants, though Apples version of an LLM-powered Siri may be far more integrated with the iPhones other functions when it ultimately ships.ChatGPTs iOS app also lets users call up OpenAIs near real-time voice feature, Advanced Voice Mode, from the lock screen.Besides Gemini Live, the updated Gemini app also includes several other lock screen widgets, including one for taking pictures using the iPhone camera and uploading them to Gemini; one for setting reminders and calendar events; or another that lets users jump straight to a text chat with Gemini.Google also announced on Monday that later in March, it would allow Gemini users on Android to ask its AI chatbot questions about video and onscreen content, and get answers in real time. These features were first unveiled as part of Project Astra, Google DeepMinds multimodal AI project that is slowly making its way into the Gemini app. To start, these features will be available for subscribers to Googles $20-a-month Gemini Advanced plan.