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Google Gemini might soon handle your WhatsApp calls, notifications, and more (APK teardown)

Google is on a determined mission to make Gemini an indispensable part of our daily routines. With deeper integrations into popular apps like Spotify and the Pixel 9 series shipping with Gemini as the default assistant, it’s clear that Google has ambitious plans for its AI model.

The tech giant has been strategically enhancing Gemini’s functionality with new extensions. After adding extensions for Google apps like Keep, Tasks, and Calendar, along with YouTube and YouTube Music, recent findings suggest even more exciting additions are on the horizon.

An APK teardown helps predict features that may arrive on a service in the future based on work-in-progress code. However, it is possible that such predicted features may not make it to a public release.

In the Google app version 15.34.32.29.arm64 beta, we could enable the toggles for new Gemini extensions for WhatsApp, Google Messages, and Android system notifications. While they aren’t working just yet, their official descriptions provide a glimpse into what they might offer.

_sideffect ,

Like hell it will, not on my phone

No_Ones_Slick_Like_Gaston ,

Oh yeah the same “ai” that can’t tell who factually won the 2020 election.

Nice try big data.

CaptainSpaceman ,

Ew on both accounts

Ill stick to Signal thanks

WhatAmLemmy ,

They control the OS that’s storing your encryption key and decrypting your signal messages. You still have to trust one of the leaders in surveillance capitalism to not “accidentally” capture all the data they assure you they aren’t capturing.

CaptainSpaceman ,

Who is “they”?

BenVimes , (edited )

One of the things I initially liked about Pixels was that I could uninstall/disable a lot of the proprietary garbage that would be mandatory on other phones. But now it looks like Google is abandoning that flexibility in favour of shoehorning Gemini into everything.

My only interaction with Gemini so far was telling it to kick rocks when it sent me an unsolicited text message. I also barely use Assistant to begin with. So once my current phone dies, I guess I’ll have to find something new.

variants ,

Don’t worry in a year or two they’ll have a competing Ai assistant and break any functionality of Gemini and leave everything half baked on the new one

tja ,
@tja@sh.itjust.works avatar

I switched back to assistant, because Gemini still can’t do everything I am using the assistant for

dhtseany ,

I do not want this on my device at all. What are my options for my next phone that will replace my aging pixel 6 that won’t include Gemini?

noodlejetski ,

a newer Pixel phone with GrapheneOS or CalyxOS installed on it.

Hule ,

If I could keep the good camera with Graphene, I’d be set.

rovingnothing29 ,
@rovingnothing29@lemmy.world avatar

The camera app is just called Google camera on the play store. It works on Calyx with no internet permission so I assume it works on graphene.

ililiililiililiilili ,

You can still install the Google camera app alongside the GrapheneOS camera app. Double tapping power button still takes you to the built in camera (but you at least have the option of either app). play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.…

noodlejetski ,

you should be able to change the camera app launched when double pressing the power button.

ililiililiililiilili ,

I agree that you should be able to change which app opens with double tap. But AFAICT you cannot on GrapheneOS build 2024082200. Someone please enlighten me, if you know a way.

cabbage ,
@cabbage@piefed.social avatar

A Fairphone with /e/OS would do.

I don't currently run /e/OS on mine - for now I've just disabled the Google app instead. But it's a solid option, and last time I used it my banking apps and everything worked with no problem.

Albbi ,

You don’t need a different device, just root it and unlock the bootloader to disable the AI stuff..

VintageGenious ,

Knowing about prompt injections, I really don't like the growing integration of LLM inside real applications

paf0 , (edited )

Seems like a cool idea but, so far with Gemini on my Pixel, I hate that I can’t tell what’s on device and what’s in the cloud and I ended up uninstalling it. I’m not sure Google needs to know more about me than they already do.

Supposedly the phone can run local models but I’ve only seen it in the recorder app, which isn’t really that useful, especially after all of the hype around Tensor, AICore and Gemini Nano.

cabbage ,
@cabbage@piefed.social avatar

Well, it's expensive technology to develop, and there's no other business model behind it than surveillance. So I think it's fair to expect the surveillance part of it to be difficult to neutralise.

variants ,

I’m not sure Google needs to know more about me than they already do.

But then why would they want to give you Gemini if not for your data

paf0 ,

They sold me a device and want me to buy another.

mods_mum ,

Well, knowing what gemini is about I fully expect the assistant to enforce using custom pronouns and “inclusive” language or else you will be cut off the service.

BatrickPateman ,

“Shoehorning the culture war into random tech news” speed run any%: successful.

Congratulations!

RageAgainstTheRich ,

Ah yes. Google is at the forefront of progressiveness.

Dumbass… please go back to shitter.

LainTrain ,

You’re already cut off from your family, friends and society because you choose to die on this hill over and over, so what’s another service?

wizardbeard ,

Yes, because they totally are enforing that hare-brained move on the other platforms they own, like on Youtube and sites returned in the search 🙄.

They don’t give a singular shit about your politics, or about inclusivity. They care about money. They only care about avoiding bad PR if it gets bad enough to impact their money.

You all keep complaining about this shit, but the most I’ve seen any of these companies do is toss an incredibly lazy word filter up on posting stuff publicly, and on rare occasions taking manual action after enough reports or against celebrities.

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