Google dropped the age limit on Gemini in Classroom yesterday — the youngest pupils can now build quizzes from their own lessons
From 10 August, Gemini inside Google Classroom is open to K-12 and higher education students of all ages on the web, with the mobile rollout following on 17 August. Until now it was restricted to higher education students aged 18 and over. Students can select their own course materials and have Gemini turn them into flashcards or practice quizzes tied to that specific class, instead of switching between Classroom and a separate chatbot. The Gemini tab is on by default for teachers and students of all ages, but only where an administrator has already enabled Gemini in Classroom, Gemini and Gemini Notebook; schools can also move younger pupils into a separate organisational unit and switch the features off. A few tools, such as rubric generation, stay limited to users over 18.
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