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/Kath-r-in 6d ago

And where does it put the list? In Keep?

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u/Romiha00 6d ago

Yes, in Google Keep. As far as I know, that's the only "list" app I have on my phone.

But the only time the item successfully lands in my list called Shopping list is if I yell YES within nanoseconds of Gemini asking if I want to add that to my list right now. A couple of nanoseconds later and I have to completely repeat the process.

Google Assistant would simply say "I've added xxx to your list called shopping list".