Remember when Google made their assistant worse and we all predicted they were planning on bringing the same features back but using AI bullshit?

wise_pancake , 4 months ago

And only for the US too.

GolfNovemberUniform , 4 months ago

History always comes back at some point

kib48 , 4 months ago

except the AI has even less features

FartsWithAnAccent , 4 months ago

Also, how does it work? Is it even as good?

Jz5678910 , 4 months ago

It’s not, basic functionality has been lost, and instead of completing your requests, it initiates a search/conversation.

A few commands did work and it routed it through Assistant, but after failing my daily tasks I promptly uninstalled.

FartsWithAnAccent , 4 months ago

Classic Google!

wise_pancake , 4 months ago

Don’t you have to install the Gemini app for all the features now? The app that specifically states it’s “experimental”

Jz5678910 , 4 months ago

When you asked the answer was yes, but, then after a day or two they actually force enabled WITHOUT the app being installed. At least for me and a few others online.

wise_pancake , 4 months ago

Have you found it better than it used to be? I guess I’m not surprised, but Gemini also does not seem super well tested

Jz5678910 , 4 months ago

It was better than the first day when I tried it, but still not fully functional, I’ve moved back to Google Assistant again. It doesn’t do all of the “Home” commands and it struggles with setting up calendar events and reminders.

somegadgetguy , 4 months ago (edited 18 days ago)

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entropicdrift , 4 months ago

Nah, this is Google’s version of ChatGPT with speech to text and text to speech. Unlike Siri, it can hold a real conversation, the problem is that it’s worse as an actual assistant for the moment.

lolcatnip , 4 months ago

In particular, it can’t control media devices.