Tea@programming.dev to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 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-square40fedilinkarrow-up1176arrow-down15file-text
arrow-up1171arrow-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 · 4 days agomessage-square40fedilinkfile-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-up25arrow-down1·edit-23 days 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-up7·3 days agoThey already fucked up assistant so bad that it can’t even set timers anymore… )):
minus-squareɔiƚoxɘup@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·3 days 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… )):
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.