Your Android Phones Aren’t ‘Google’ Anymore, They’re All ‘Gemini’
Your Android Phones Aren’t ‘Google’ Anymore, They’re All ‘Gemini’
You may soon be able to activate the Android assistant with 'Hey Gemini,' potentially signaling the end for 'Hey Google.'
Mine ain't.
GrapheneOS is go brrrr
We have to enjoy it while we still can
Let's face it, unfortunately the GrapheneOS developer team depending exclusively on Google hardware is a terrible thing in the long run, I bet that overnight Google will close the siege with the Pixels or possibly even abandon them so the whole community will have no alternative
Google may also abandon Android, and there is no guarantee that another major company would keep it. I have real concerns about the Android model
PS: I know the hardware requirements that GrapheneOS has to support a device
Cool, I still won't "hey" anything since all these voice things are janky and privacy nightmares anyways.
I'll consider using it when I can rename it as "asshole"
"Don't call that dog "lifesaver;" call him "shithead.""
'Hey Asshole!'
beep
Old Man's War reference?
I’m ready for Linux Phone. No more of this big tech bullshit.
Yes, please this. Current phones like the PinePhone just need a bit of polish and then I'm ready to go.
Its never coming to mass market in a user friendly package
Personally it doesn't need to be user friendly for me to use it, just have decent specs. Like at least a flagship phone from 2019 kind of specs. All the Linux phones are unbearably slow and have crap cameras and battery life.
I don't think I've found a single use for Gemini it either refuses any questions I ask or just can't do the task. I think everytime I've tried something I've resorted to using a different llm. Google has really lost its tech edge imo.
I only use Google Assistant to set timers and alarms. I tried it on Gemini and it said it couldn't do that.
I asked it a question about PETG settings for a 3d printer and it told me to RTFM, but way wordier
The best features of my phone are AI... in that they are already installed and now called something new. Google on tap is now some AI bullshit.
Come on AI bubble burst already
Not to be confused with the gemini protocol.
I've never gotten 'Hey Google" to work properly when the phone is locked. And my phone is always locked except when I'm already using it, in which case it's just easier and less awkward to hold down the activation button.
It's funny because I remember early on devices like the OG Moto X had mid-tier specs but they made sure the OK Google worked with screen off. That was like 10 years ago now wtf
If I had know the level of shit from google when I retired my previous 8 year old phone, I would have picked degoogled version of Fairphone.
That is what I have! And loving it. Admittedly the Fairphone 3 was quite slow and annoying when I got it, but with LineageOS and some changed settings I've actually never had a better phone, or felt better about my phone.