Original story title: “Gemini is replacing Google Assistant on Pixel phones, and it’s a train wreck”

  • batsforpeace [any, any]@hexbear.net
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    3 months ago

    One new feature of Gemini is a mode called “Gemini Live,” which allows for back-and-forth conversation and requires a $20 per month Google One AI Premium subscription.

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  • Feinsteins_Ghost [he/him]@hexbear.net
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    3 months ago

    enshittifying their assistant until is as useless as Siri.

    I switched from google to apple a few years ago and one of the things I had a hard time giving up was the voice assistant. I a spend a lot of time on the road locally for service work and I leaned pretty heavily on voice assistant for texting, calling, directions, scheduling appts etc. It wasn’t the best, but it worked for what I need.

    Now I have to repeat instructions, only to be told ‘I can’t do that’ or ‘I can’t do that while driving’ or some other bullshit. I spend more time cursing at Siri than getting anything useful from it. Compared to Siri, Google Assitant was wonderful.

    At least now it’ll suck equally.