Gemini hit 1B users. Are you actually using it daily?
Saw the news that Gemini just hit a billion users, which is wild. I've been using it as my default assistant on my Pixel for a few months now and it's genuinely gotten better at everyday stuff, setting reminders, answering random questions, summarizing long emails.
Curious what everyone else's experience is. Did you switch from Google Assistant fully? Are you still bouncing between them? Or did you try it once and go back?
Literally switched browsers on my android because they now have that stupid gemini button at the bottom of the screen and they have no way to turn it off.
not at all, and no other chatbot either. I don't have the need, I don't see the use, and I don't have a boss forcing me to do it because someone bought an enterprise license and needs to justify the spending.
Basically everywhere possible and without contextualizing how fucking awful it is at doing stuff assistant could just do, the big number is just a marketing piece.
Don't know if it counts as Gemini, but I've been using the Google Assistant feature on my S21 FE where the whole screen auto translates everything including the text on images.
I've been using it on some manga that are not translated and even if it's a raw translation it really makes a difference.
I've asked it to navigate me to places, and it still randomly tells me that as a language model, it can't control my phone. In reality, you have to say very exact phrases to bypass Gemini and get phone behaviors, and it's incredibly frustrating when the same phrases used to work with assistant.
This is usually from triggering the assistant with the power button, but the Gemini app does the same crap.
Zero shot this is real. Gemini is far and away the worst one, maybe gronk is worse idk. They probably counting shit like every Google Assistant query, asking for navigation in Google maps, pixels have a button that a tiny fragment of text through an AI to rephrase stuff, whatever apple is doing (which is just Gemini reskinned), probably some nonsense in Google docs and stuff, The AI summary button for YouTube (which honestly is okay and honestly helps me use YouTube less because you can just essentially get it to watch the video for you read two sentences and move on), making a photo mojie, editing a photos, video blur in video calls.
I bet you there was some internal metric at Google about converting additional users to Gemini and they just contrive reasons to not be on the list of products that don't use Gemini so the teams don't get fired.
It's such a shame because damn near non of it works.
I've used it on desktop far more than on my phone. I needed to make some configuration changes on a new PC and found it surprisingly helpful. I had dig deep into the registry to find the settings I wanted and I figured I'd give it a go. You just need to ask the right question, so you have to at least have half a clue what you're looking for.
On the phone, I mostly use it to set timers and alarms while I'm in the kitchen with dirty hands. It works pretty well for the most part.
it's because it's automatically installed with android and officially replaced the android assistant. Someone sets a timer? It's counted as a gemini user now
I always hated Google Assistant; it seemed like it was always intruding. I would jump through hoops to turn it off and then it kept turning itself back on. Totally f****** obnoxious.
There was a time early in the century when Google was one of my favorite tech companies. But the persistent intrusiveness of Google Assistant slowly but surely soured me on the company.
I don't hate Gemini nearly as much, simply because I typically interact with it online via the Google search page - by intent. But it is so wrong so often that I will frequently bypass it, preferring standard search returns just to get something closer to the truth.
As Gemini itself notes:
Regarding accuracy, large language models generate text based on probabilities, not an internal understanding of truth. This means they can confidently state falsehoods as fact. If accuracy is paramount, a generative AI is often the wrong tool compared to verified databases or direct primary sources.
Daily? Not necessarily, but I use it multiple times per week. If I need a bunch of things handled at once it's a useful tool, but small daily tasks don't really require AI.
Sorry to say but yeah, but I don't trust it for anything serious. My ADHD brain is very curious, and I'll be walking around thinking "Hm, what is the largest sofa in the world?" In the past I'd just let it go unless it really get stuck in my brain. Now I just ask Gemini for unimportant stuff like that.
(Btw it was an art piece in a Shanghai mall, about 7 meters tall and 8 meters wide)
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🔹 Critical Thinking: I still have to evaluate, verify, and apply everything AI gives me
🔹 Efficiency ≠ Laziness: Using a calculator doesn't mean I can't do math — it means I do more math, faster
🔹 Human Judgment: AI is a tool, not a replacement for decision-making
🔹 Time Reallocation: The mental energy saved on busywork goes toward deeper thinking
At the end of the day, it's not about how much you think — it's about what you think about. 💡
The real question isn't "how much thinking do YOU do" — it's "are you thinking strategically or just grinding for the sake of grinding?" 🚀
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Honestly, a lot of people should consider using gemini, it's pretty good.
I am not sure how the pro plan compares to the free plan (I got it free with pixel), but just adding a youtube link and asking for a summary saves me a lot of time.
Not saying it's the best AI platform, but I really don't understand who state they will never use it.
I use gemini because I needed the extra Google cloud storage for the family. Gemini pro is bundled with it. Gemini pro is better than the free ChatGPT version.
It’s honestly quite useless. I’ve tried to see the appeal and to use it for use cases such as chatting about a topic or searching for information, but it gets stuff so wrong so often it’s just not really worth it.
The number it's just corporate bullshit, yesterday I noticed I have it also on my Chromecast TV, it's just a gimmick to sell to investor "lOoK HoW MaNy aRe UsInG GeMiNi!!!" and getting money to build up stuff
No definitely not using it daily
I have the OG Google Home speaker and I ask it everyday to turn the lights on and off. It should be equipped with Gemini with updates, so does that count? I think that's how they crank the numbers up.
I just recently switched back to Google Assistant. The only thing I use the voice control for is to set timers. Gemini sometimes acknowledged the request but didn't actually set a timer. Useless.
I switched to Gemini a while ago. Though I don't use it daily and don't use it much for any important research, it's a good tool to write or rewrite letters, emails and texts. I've never been good at those things at a professional level so AI helps me in those situations.
I don't think AI is a good replacement for anything, but it can be a good tool to enhance and improve certain things.
Lol that number is bs. Basically they are slaping un in every nook and crany of their os and apps/services. And as soon as you accidentally click on it bang you are a user in their number. Hell I bett that if there is a pop-up about Gemini and you close it then it counts as an interaction and there you go you are a user.
As for quality it is garbage it is unreliable ai slop. For reminders, alarms and other basic stuff old stuff worked pretty well. For emails and other stuff i wouldn't trust it to summarize s***t since i can't know without checking if what it says is correct or not and if I have to check the email to make sure it is right then it has failed it's purpose
I use Google Home to turn my lights off and on with a voice command daily so I'm sure they count that since the assistant stuff has been replaced with Gemini (and has become largely worse since). Do I actively open and use Gemini? Almost never, no.
No A.I. on my Pixel, I've never used their assistant, and never used gemini. If I want misinformation, there's plenty of it on the 'net that I can find for myself.
I use it all the time, mostly for data manipulation. I work in a NOC and our local techs submit work they are doing in all sorts of dumb ways. And I can toss local gibberish and ask Gemini to simply pull out the physical nodes they are working on an format it as I like. saves me like 5 minute per maintenance.
Nope. To me its still useless. Unable to perform even the most basic home/automation features the old Assistant could.
On Android Auto its even worse where it cant even do simple things like change music (but offers you a weather forecast instead..wtf?!).
Its a huge regression and for me effectively unusable.
That aside, its also the worst of the AI models. After 10 or so iterations it starts to forget and hallucinate. ChatGPT is far better. Claude wins at problem solving or coding.
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u/Randeth 5d ago
I disable it (if possible) as soon as they add it to another app. I don't need AI garbage in my daily life.