Gemini Users Can Now Share AI Avatars With Friends
Shared avatars let friends appear together in AI-generated videos, though the feature remains unavailable across Europe and the UK.
Updated on Nov. 1, 2026 in Artificial Intelligence
Google has expanded social features for Gemini personal AI avatars, letting users share them with friends. Users can tag friends' shared avatars in text prompts and appear together in AI-generated images and videos. The feature is available now, not research-stage.
Why it matters
The expansion moves personal AI avatars from a solo creation tool toward shared, identity-linked social use inside a mainstream assistant. It raises the stakes on consent controls, since avatars are built from a user's own face and voice.
The feature is documented in the company announcement, which gives eligibility rules and access controls but no performance or adoption figures. Usage numbers and moderation outcomes have not been disclosed.
The players
Alphabet's search and cloud company, which builds the Gemini assistant and its personal avatar features.
The details
Gemini avatars are created from recordings of a user's face and voice, and users can share them with friends from the Avatar section in Settings by entering a recipient's Gmail address. Once shared, a friend can be tagged in a text prompt by typing the @ symbol followed by a Google Account username, and both people can appear together in AI-generated images and videos. Users keep control over who can use their avatar and can grant or revoke that access at any time.
Timeline
Google announced the expansion of Gemini avatar social features on November 1, 2026.
The Tech Race
The expansion places Gemini's avatar features in direct view of the broader push by AI assistants to add personalized, identity-based media. The source does not name a specific competing product or roadmap to compare it against.
Users aged 18 and older with a personal Google Account in English can share avatars with friends and tag them in prompts and generated media now. The feature is unavailable in the European Economic Area, Switzerland and the United Kingdom, and the source gives no timeline for those regions.
The takeaway
Personal AI avatars are moving from private creation into shared, identity-linked use, which makes consent controls a central design question. Watch whether the feature expands to the excluded regions and whether Google publishes adoption or moderation data.
Further reading
For broader context on how these assistants are evolving, see the Artificial Intelligence section.
