Ms Chadha says Southeast Asia is not just keeping up with AI, but is setting the pace, with consumer interest in the region three times higher than the global average.
The number of active users on the Google Gemini app in Southeast Asia has more than doubled in a year, driven by Gen Z and local language capability.Thailand leads the region in lifestyle companion usage, while 87% of prompts are written in Thai.
According to Gemini Report: Southeast Asia 2026, the region has adopted Gemini faster than any other Google app. Gemini is the most searched for artificial intelligence (AI) assistant in Thailand.
"Southeast Asia is not just keeping up with AI, but is setting the pace, with consumer interest in the region three times higher than the global average," said Sapna Chadha of Google Southeast Asia and South Asia Frontier.
Gemini serves more than 900 million users globally across 70 languages.
