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I always ask myself why Google's Gemini integration still feels that bad despite the company having full control over Android, the Play Store, and the Pixel har
by mkayokay 2mo ago
I always ask myself why Google's Gemini integration still feels that bad despite the company having full control over Android, the Play Store, and the Pixel hardware stack. If one could fully operate any feature on the phone with Gemini (and combine actions into workflows and tasks), that would at least for me be the next evolutionary step in "smart" phones.
- dgellow 2mo agoWhat would you use that for? That feels very gimmicky to me
- mkayokay 2mo agoMostly when driving or not being able to hold the phone. E.g. things that don't work: open my garage door using an action in an app; yesterday I wanted to send an address stored in Gmaps to a contact via messaging app; using controls currently displayed by Android Auto without having to touch the screen.
- frankacter 2mo agoBecause Android does not just run on Pixel devices, and the level of control you suggest isn't something that can be bolted on at the manufacturer level. They're slowly adding some of that functionality in, but obviously relies on third party adoption for anything more than UI automated control: https://www.androidauthority.com/gemini-automation-control-other-apps-3637733/ https://www.androidauthority.com/gemini-automation-control-o... https://blog.google/innovation-and-ai/products/gemini-app/android-multi-step-tasks/ https://blog.google/innovation-and-ai/products/gemini-app/an...