Is Gemini blocked in China?
Yes — Gemini is effectively unavailable in China: Google does not serve China (vendor geo-restriction), on top of network filtering. The domain may still respond at a CDN edge — Voidly measures 3% raw network reachability — but that is not the same as the service working.
The situation
Google services are broadly filtered in mainland China, and Gemini is not officially offered there. Both network and provider layers restrict access.
How to read this verdict
A "blocked" verdict reflects what our probes observe at the network layer. Because Gemini rides on Google infrastructure, its reachability often tracks Google’s broader filtering.
Voidly measures network reachability only — whether the service loads from inside the country. That is distinct from a provider declining sign-ups in a region (a policy layer we do not conflate with network blocking).
What people do about it
- A VPN to a supported region.
- Locally-available models for routine use.
Related
Measured by Voidly's global probe network, cross-referenced with OONI, Censored Planet, and IODA. Network reachability only; verdicts update continuously. CC BY 4.0.