NewsGoogle’s iOS app will use AI to simplify jargonThe new Simplify feature makes complex online text easier to understand without losing key details.The new Simplify feature makes complex online text easier to understand without losing key details.by Jess WeatherbedMay 6, 2025, 4:00 PM UTCLinkFacebookThreadsImage: Cath Virginia / The VergeJess Weatherbed is a news writer focused on creative industries, computing, and internet culture. Jess started her career at TechRadar, covering news and hardware reviews.Google has a new AI tool that can help iPhone users to better grasp complicated or confusing writing online. The Simplify feature, rolling out in the Google app on iOS starting today, generates a simpler, more digestible version of any highlighted text without leaving the current web page.Simplify is built on Google’s Gemini AI model, and was developed by Google Research to make technical jargon easier for anyone to understand without losing key details. For example, Simplify can break down medical terms like “emphysema” (a condition that damages the air sacs in lungs) and “fibrosis” (dense connective tissue or scarring that develops in response to damage) in reports and journals, preventing readers from needing to reference terminology on a separate web page.The simplified version of selected text will appear in a pop-up window that can be dismissed when it’s no longer required. GIF: GoogleGoogle says that people found the simplified versions to be “significantly more helpful than the original complex text” in its testing, but acknowledged the study “has limitations” and that “ongoing vigilance” is required to monitor errors.The feature can be found in the iOS Google app by highlighting any text on a website, and tapping the Simplify icon from the menu options that appear. When asked if Simplify will be made available for Android and desktop Chrome users, Google spokesperson Jennifer Kutz told The Verge that “we don’t have anything to announce yet, but we’re always looking to bring useful features to more of our products.”See More: AIAppleGoogleiOSNewsTechMost PopularMost PopularGoogle just leaked Android’s new design languageMicrosoft announces a Gears of War remaster – and it’s coming to PlayStation, tooRIP Skype — you were right about almost everythingOpenAI abandons plan to become a for-profit companyMeta’s AI app is a nightmarish social feedInstallerA weekly newsletter by David Pierce designed to tell you everything you need to download, watch, read, listen to, and explore that fits in The Verge’s universe.Email (required)Sign UpBy submitting your email, you agree to our Terms and Privacy Notice. This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.Advertiser Content FromThis is the title for the native ad
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