We’re upgrading Google Assistant users on mobile to Gemini, offering a new kind of help only possible with the power of AI.

  • shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit@sh.itjust.works
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    22 hours ago

    I use Google Assistant a lot. I tried the Gemini Assistant on my phone and it was an exercise in frustration.

    Me: (after pausing the tv) “Resume TV”

    Google: (resumes playback on TV)

    Gemini: “TV not recognised. Please say the device name” or even worse… “A resume is essential when you’re looking for a job in television. Your resume should blah blah…”


    Me: (with phone locked) “set a timer for xxx”

    Google: “setting a timer for xxx, starting now”

    Gemini: “I’m unable to set timers, please unlock your phone, open xxx and (lengthy step by step instructions)”, or “setting a timer for yyy” (completely wrong time).

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      22 hours ago

      They activated Gemini at work to auto-complete stuff in emails. I work in IT, and I was not aware of that. I was typing the sentence “we will need some help” and was about to add “in the project blah blah” but Gemini came with its amazing auto-completion and added something like “in the street where they sell sausages”.

      AI was a mistake, and I didn’t use it since that day. Waste of time, waste of everything.