Google Tells Advertisers It’ll Bring Ads to Gemini in 2026

Google has advised promoting purchasers in current days that it plans to deliver advertisements to its AI chatbot Gemini, in keeping with company patrons acquainted with the conversations. In separate calls with at the very least two promoting purchasers, Google reps indicated that advert placements in Gemini are focused for a 2026 rollout, although particulars on codecs, pricing, and testing stay unclear, in keeping with one purchaser, who spoke below situation of anonymity as a way to talk about the assembly. This purchaser mentioned the plan is separate from commercials in AI Mode, Google’s AI-powered search expertise launched in March. Each patrons mentioned Google had not shared prototypes or technical specifics about how the advertisements would seem in Gemini.