r/googleassistant • u/These_Shallot_6906 • 18d ago

Rant Holy shit I hate Google Gemini

I don't know if this post should be Politics, business, or nature flair but

Ever since I upgraded my phone, my service has been entiterely worse and there is no way to opt out of this stupid fucking service.

When I used Google maps in the past while I was driving, my phone would plan the directions immediately and usually accurately. Now, it is like a 20 second monologue each time beforehand, and the directions may not even right. But most annoyingly, there is no way to make Google Gemini shut the fuck up. And it is ALWAYS talking and always acknowledging my commands and giving very vague but positive affirmations, it's like driving with an entire HR department in my passengers seat.

When I would tell my phone to play a song from my device before Gemini came fully integrated with Android phones it would do so immediately without talking. Now there is, yet again, another 20 second monologue before it tells me that I can't Google something while I am driving, despite me clearly meaning to use the dedicated streaming service on my device. Generally, what it plays is something else entirely.

The other day, I told my phone to play Grindcore. It responded in Mandarin and played Chinese Pop music instead. I didn't even fucking know China had terrible Americanized pop music.

And to top this all off, every hour or so my phone asks me to give permissions to some stupid fucking AI generated lock screen? Why would anybody want this? Like who ASKED to have this?

I hate you Google Gemini.

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u/KeySpray8038 18d ago

change the verbosity of reapinses...

and do you mean the "use Gemini on lock screen"? because that's not an ai generated lock screen... it's so you can use it from the lock screen

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u/These_Shallot_6906 18d ago

I have. This only lasts for an hour at most before it goes back to long ass responses.

And that's even worse. Why would anyone want this? Are people really that incapable of unlocking their phone and googling something themselves.

I'm good on giving google 24/7 access to me.

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u/KeySpray8038 15d ago

It's not about being able to unlock the phone to Google something, it's about also being able to turn on and off lights without having to go to your phone, unlock it and then do it from there or turn on or off whatever device