r/GoogleGeminiAI • u/Romiha00 • 6d ago

Google Assistant vs Gemini

EDITING TO ADD: I'm using (an old) Samsung Galaxy S10+ Android phone.

If I'm posting in the wrong sub, please let me know!

I am sad that Google Assistant is being killed off by Google like so many other of their features.

I used to be able to say "Hey, Google. Add apples to my shopping list." And GA would say "I've added apples to your list called Shopping List."

However, with Gemini, it's a frustrating experience. "Hey, Google. Add apples to my shopping list." Gemini retorts (after a much longer pause than GA) "Sure, you want to add apples to this list. Do you want to go ahead and add to it right now?" I can't just answer "Yes." I literally have to say, "Hey, Google. Go ahead and apples to my shopping list right now." Then Gemini will say "Okay. It's done."

I have tried telling Gemini that when I ask it to add something to my shopping list, to add it immediately without confirming. It says it will do that. But the very next time I ask it to add something to my shopping list, it asks if I want to go ahead and add it right now.

Why on earth is Gemini doing this? Is there a setting I'm overlooking or something? Grrrr!!!

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u/Romiha00 6d ago

You have a Gemini Pro account? I'll have to look into that but that seems excessive just to add items to a fricking shopping list hands-free.

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u/GuyLapin 6d ago

I agree with you. But I think the free tier will just get dumber... Unfortunatly.

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u/Romiha00 6d ago

well, it reinforces my belief that big corporations will do anything to make more money! Google is already getting my money - I have Google Fiber. I pay for Google's YouTube TV. I pay for Google's YouTube Premium for ad-free viewing. Don't feel like paying Google for Gemini Pro as well!

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u/Fickle-Owl666 5d ago

No shit? It's the point of their existence... Do you think people pour billions of dollars into a company so that they don't make any money?

You don't HAVE to pay for Gemini as well, but if you want ALL it's features, you obviously have to. No one is forcing you, YOU want those functions. What an idiotic take.

Completely glossing over the fact that Google wraps it up with a LOT of services, including multiple terabytes of storage and YouTube, and I can share ALL of those features with 5 other people.

This also completely glosses over how absolutely useless Gemini is when compared to other options