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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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[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago (6 children)

The AI part runs in the cloud or on the phone?

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago (4 children)

Can you set reminders/timers with it?

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

What is Gemini by default ?

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

The amount of hue shift in that phone display in the photo is hilarious.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

I loved being able to open up Assistant to quickly summarize an article for me, but Gemini requires me to also attach the URL to its context and then type/say "Summarize" and then hit the submit button only to wait longer for the summary.

The only pro I can think about is that I can continue to ask for details about or related to the article.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

Lovely, that's a trick I haven't tried on Andorid.

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