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title: "Gemini 2.0: Multimodal - How to Use"
slug: gemini-2-0-multimodal-how-to-use
date_published: 2025-01-19T13:40:34.870Z
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# Gemini 2.0: Google Knocks It Out of the Park

**Quick Take:** Next-level tech with real-time multimodal power

*Note: These are early impressions based on a few hours of testing-Gemini 2.0 launched just yesterday. This is not a detailed evaluation.*

Explored AI Studio, tinkered with the React starter app with its full API access to real-time vision, video, and audio. Came in with low expectations. Left genuinely astounded.

## What Stood Out

- **Real-Time vision, video, and audio** are remarkable
- **Toolkit for Devs & Analysts**: Full API access, React starter kit, and Python SDK
- **Generous Free Tier**: 10 RPM, 4M TPM, and 1,500 requests/day-great for prototyping and testing

## What's in it for You?

- **AI Studio**: Realtime multimodal power. For developers as well as non-technical users
- **Build Multimodal AI Apps**: Solid set of developer resources and affordable pricing (assumed, if free tier is anything to go by)

## Any Minuses?

Still early days. Some latency and breaks were noticeable, but it's Day 0-plenty of time to optimize.

## Up Next

Integrating real-time voice with REX, my open-source decision intelligence app for natural language querying and database integration. Testing alternatives to OpenAI Realtime API-starting with Eleven Labs, Hume and now Gemini 2.0. Planning to share learnings, working apps, and source code soon.

**Try REX for free:** [rex.tigzig.com](https://rex.tigzig.com)

**Full Breakdown:** [Releasing REX-2: AI Decision Intelligence](https://www.tigzig.com/post/releasing-rex2-ai-decision-intelligence)

## Links

- **AI Studio**: [aistudio.google.com](https://aistudio.google.com)
- **Open Source**: Source code on app site

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Tools: [Voice DB - ElevenLabs](https://www.tigzig.com/realtime-voice-elevenlabs), [Voice DB - OpenAI Realtime](https://www.tigzig.com/realtime-voice-webrtc), [DATS-4 Database AI Suite](https://www.tigzig.com/analyzer)

Explore: [Browse all apps](https://www.tigzig.com/browse-apps), [Database AI Apps](https://www.tigzig.com/database-landing), [APIs and MCP](https://www.tigzig.com/apis)

More posts: [Google Gemini 2.0 Flash — solid API performance, great quality, and cheaper than GPT-4-mini. The new workhorse?](https://www.tigzig.com/post/google-gemini-2-0-flash-api-performance-quality-cheaper-gpt-4o-mini), [Realtime voice AI - OpenAI WebRTC Implementation. Live app. Open source.](https://www.tigzig.com/post/realtime-voice-ai-openai-webrtc-implementation-live-app-open-source), [Meet REX-1: Your Realtime AI Analytics Agent System (Web Version)](https://www.tigzig.com/post/rex1-your-realtime-ai-analytics-agent-system-web-version)

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Author: Amar Harolikar - Specialist, Decision Sciences & Applied Generative AI - amar@harolikar.com - https://www.linkedin.com/in/amarharolikar
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