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.
Ew on both accounts
Ill stick to Signal thanks
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.
Who is “they”?
Lizid people
Check out GrapheneOS. Relevant to your concerns.
Didn’t they say that about Google assistant some time ago? And how many people just disable that on their devices?
Knowing about prompt injections, I really don’t like the growing integration of LLM inside real applications
Unless it’s all local I’m staying out of this AI craze.
I agree. Though even if it’s running locally, if you ask it to browse the web for a specific answer it’s still vulnerable
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?
You don’t need a different device, just root it and unlock the bootloader to disable the AI stuff..
a newer Pixel phone with GrapheneOS or CalyxOS installed on it.
If I could keep the good camera with Graphene, I’d be set.
I use Google’s camera app on GrapheneOS. Have been for years. No problems at all, though I wish the camera app included with GrapheneOS wasn’t so annoying to use by comparison
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). https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.GoogleCamera
you should be able to change the camera app launched when double pressing the power button.
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.
I’m on the most recent GrapheneOS with both the Google Camera app and the Graphene camera app installed and enabled, and can confirm the double tap of the power button can be set to open the Google Camera app! Downside is I have no idea how I did it 😅
this is what I get when I double press the power button
On CalyxOS my double press opens the Google Camera. I think because I disabled the default camera app.
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.
Like hell it will, not on my phone
One of the things I initially liked about Pixels was that I could uninstall/disable a lot of the proprietary garbage that would otherwise 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.
Did you at least get a dikpic?
Nah, just the sad message of “Pretty please love me (because we sunk a bunch of money into this).”
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
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.
You sound like a dumb fuck
Please stop
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?
“Shoehorning the culture war into random tech news” speed run any%: successful.
Congratulations!
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.
Rheeeee woke culture hurt America rheeee
Bruh… Nobody is making you do shot. Stop larping alt right shit
Sounds like you don’t know what Gemini is.
Sounds like you don’t know a lot of stuff.
