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It's crazy to me that there's no screenshots on the blog post. And when you click through to download it there's a bunch of aspirational pictures, but only one

It's crazy to me that there's no screenshots on the blog post. And when you click through to download it there's a bunch of aspirational pictures, but only one short clip showing what it actually looks like. Why? Is it too hard to show a screenshot?

holowoodman 20d ago
Maybe the marketing-slop-AI is forbidden from using the "execute and screenshot" skill?
iAMkenough 20d ago
Marketing said "let's make it evergreen" since they can't count on the Product and Legal team keeping it consistent for the next few months or so.
Sam6late 20d ago
It is just an 11.8 MB poor alternative to the browser, it is offering keyboard shortcuts and the ability to read your screen, you still need internet connection and manually authorizing access.
- zahlman 20d ago
  > you still need internet connection Well, yes? Did you expect a local model?
  - sekh60 20d ago
    Someone needs to make a download more VRAM site.
throwaw12 20d ago
Because app design can change, if you are showing it in the website, everytime app design changes you need to update website screenshots as well to stay consistent
- ChrisRR 20d ago
  I'm sure given all of their devs at google, they can task someone with taking screenshots. Or can gemini generate a script to automatically update the screenshots when updated?
  - throwaw12 20d ago
    question would be, is it necessary to introduce another point of failure? of course it is possible, but is this the right time to engineer that solution and make automated screenshot uploads, or connect it to gemini to upload screenshots from time to time?
- hulitu 19d ago
  > Because app design can change One expects more than CADT from Google.
dude250711 20d ago
To me as an outsider, it seems that anything Google employees do is for internal promotion; as such, no screenshots are needed, the fact that something new had been delivered is enough.
- AbbeFaria 20d ago
  As the old saying at MSFT goes, “Shipping is a feature”.
EDM115 20d ago
yeah, only preview we have is on their socials : https://x.com/GeminiApp/status/2098080062570721619 https://x.com/GeminiApp/status/2098080062570721619
hulitu 19d ago
Taking into account how Google apps look like, maybe they are ashamed.

holowoodman 20d ago

Maybe the marketing-slop-AI is forbidden from using the "execute and screenshot" skill?

iAMkenough 20d ago

Marketing said "let's make it evergreen" since they can't count on the Product and Legal team keeping it consistent for the next few months or so.

Sam6late 20d ago

It is just an 11.8 MB poor alternative to the browser, it is offering keyboard shortcuts and the ability to read your screen, you still need internet connection and manually authorizing access.

zahlman 20d ago
> you still need internet connection Well, yes? Did you expect a local model?
- sekh60 20d ago
  Someone needs to make a download more VRAM site.

throwaw12 20d ago

Because app design can change, if you are showing it in the website, everytime app design changes you need to update website screenshots as well to stay consistent

ChrisRR 20d ago
I'm sure given all of their devs at google, they can task someone with taking screenshots. Or can gemini generate a script to automatically update the screenshots when updated?
- throwaw12 20d ago
  question would be, is it necessary to introduce another point of failure? of course it is possible, but is this the right time to engineer that solution and make automated screenshot uploads, or connect it to gemini to upload screenshots from time to time?
hulitu 19d ago
> Because app design can change One expects more than CADT from Google.

dude250711 20d ago

To me as an outsider, it seems that anything Google employees do is for internal promotion; as such, no screenshots are needed, the fact that something new had been delivered is enough.

AbbeFaria 20d ago
As the old saying at MSFT goes, “Shipping is a feature”.

EDM115 20d ago

yeah, only preview we have is on their socials : https://x.com/GeminiApp/status/2098080062570721619 https://x.com/GeminiApp/status/2098080062570721619

hulitu 19d ago

Taking into account how Google apps look like, maybe they are ashamed.