Tea@programming.dev to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoGoogle says Gemini will replace Google Assistant on Android phones in 2025, except on phones with Android 9 or earlier and that don't have at least 2GB of RAM.blog.googleexternal-linkmessage-square62fedilinkarrow-up1194arrow-down14file-text
arrow-up1190arrow-down1external-linkGoogle says Gemini will replace Google Assistant on Android phones in 2025, except on phones with Android 9 or earlier and that don't have at least 2GB of RAM.blog.googleTea@programming.dev to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square62fedilinkfile-text
We’re upgrading Google Assistant users on mobile to Gemini, offering a new kind of help only possible with the power of AI.
minus-squareFireWire400@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20arrow-down1·edit-223 hours agoGemini is hardly an uprade to Assistant, though. Gemini can’t do any task automation (aka the one thing Google Assistant could do) because it’s a LLM that most likely doesn’t even ‘know’ that it’s being run on a phone…
minus-squareFredthefishlord@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·16 hours agoThey already fucked up assistant so bad that it can’t even set timers anymore… )):
minus-squarecy_narrator@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down2·9 hours agoI am sure they are working on automation with Gemini when they replace assistant
minus-squareɔiƚoxɘup@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·21 hours agoYes. This is why I’ve disabled it repeatedly when it supplants my assistant. If they remove automation, well, that was the one thing standing between me and de-googling.
Gemini is hardly an uprade to Assistant, though. Gemini can’t do any task automation (aka the one thing Google Assistant could do) because it’s a LLM that most likely doesn’t even ‘know’ that it’s being run on a phone…
They already fucked up assistant so bad that it can’t even set timers anymore… )):
I am sure they are working on automation with Gemini when they replace assistant
Yes. This is why I’ve disabled it repeatedly when it supplants my assistant.
If they remove automation, well, that was the one thing standing between me and de-googling.