The Gemini app has had a collection of interactive explorations since October 28, 2026, called "immersive explorations" in the original. Google's examples include the trade routes of the Silk Road and the inside of a jet engine. Google has placed access in the app's learning area, the Student Hub; Google does not require a subscription in its announcement.
You still have to be signed in, though: without a Google account, the link ends up at the sign-in page.
How do the explorations work?
Each scene builds a topic up in layers, from the whole planet down to molecules and atoms. If you tap a label, you move down one layer; a spoken explanation for each layer is due to be added soon. You can currently open the collection via gemini.google.com/students and the entry "Try immersive explorations", which is what it is called in Google's announcement. The explorations are also supposed to appear soon directly in the chat with Gemini; a date has yet to be announced.
How to start an exploration
Since October 28, 2026 in the Gemini app, in English even with a German interface
- Sign into Gemini with your Google account
- Open the learning areago to gemini.google.com/students
- Open the collectionclick the entry "Try immersive explorations"
- Go deepertap labels, from the planet down to the atom
The explorations are supposed to appear directly in the chat soon, a date has yet to be announced
Sources: Google Blog, Google Blog Deutschland
Who gets the explorations, and in which language?
Google has made the explorations available to all users, but German is not one of the six languages Google is launching with: English, Indonesian, Hindi, Brazilian Portuguese, French, and Simplified Chinese. In all other languages, Gemini shows the English version, even with a German interface. More languages are to follow; Google has not published a schedule.
Since October, schools and universities with Google Workspace for Education have also been able to use the learning area itself, for accounts of all age groups and, since October 19, also in the European Economic Area. Whether student accounts can access Gemini is determined by the school IT in the admin console under the settings for generative AI.
How does this fit with Gemini's existing learning features?
The explorations complement the interactive visualizations that Gemini has been generating on request since September, such as a rotatable 3D model of DNA. Instead of requesting each visualization via a prompt, you now choose from a collection of guided scenes. Learning notebooks, in which Gemini builds a study plan from your course materials, have been available there since September, as have flashcards and practice quizzes.
Such explanations are already in demand: in the Hessian student survey 2026, 64 percent of the nearly 16,000 respondents from grade 5 onwards have AI explain the class material to them again.
What this means for you
For a first overview of a scientific or technical topic, it is worth a try, even in English, because the scenes explain mainly through images and short labels. It is best to try a topic you are currently learning or teaching and compare the presentation with your textbook.
As a teacher, before using it in class, it is best to check with the school IT whether the Gemini app is enabled for student accounts. For younger classes that do not yet understand English labels, you are better off waiting for the German version.
How you can use Gemini beyond this for research, texts, and office tasks is shown in the Gemini crash course on TutKit.
Google presented the explorations on the Google blog on October 28, 2026.
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