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Google has replaced the Google Assistant app on Android with Gemini by default (www.androidauthority.com)

submitted 8 months ago by Squire1039@lemm.ee to c/technology@lemmy.world

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This means:

Downloading or updating the Assistant app now gives you Gemini instead.
You can switch back to Assistant in the Gemini app settings.
This might be Google's first step towards replacing Assistant completely with Gemini.
Some users are unaware of the switch and see two Gemini apps on their phones.

Overall, this may suggest Google is phasing out Assistant and transitioning users to the newer Gemini AI technology.

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[–] GroundedGator@lemmy.world 11 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Gemini doesn't work like Google assistant.

It doesn't seem to be able to actually take actions.

Things I used to do with assistant that do not work with Gemini

play something
Play "song title"
Play artist

I don't know about other things like seeing timers or running routines, I shut off Gemini as soon as I realized it couldn't handle my most used requests.

[–] vox@sopuli.xyz 5 points 8 months ago

well it IS able to call to assistant (this is the only way to interaft with the phone atm) but it seems like it reverse-hallucinates sometimes and forgets that assistant CAN in fact do these things

[–] Wizard_Pope@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I know gemini does not. But what I gathered was to replace assistant with Mistral. Unless I misunderstood the comment.

[–] le_saucisson_masquay@sh.itjust.works 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

No i meant instead of Google ai there are better and open source alternative. It's rare enough to have open source alternative better than a product companies invested hundreds of millions in.

[–] Wizard_Pope@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago

Well yes but the original comment states to uninstall the google stuff and get yourself open source ai. With the post itself being about assistant getting replaced I think it's not an unreasonable assumption.