Google announces new Assistant voices, Gemini-powered improvements for Google Home

06 August 2024
All of these are coming "later this year" to a very small subset of users.

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  • 07 Aug 2024

I ask gemini to play a specific song in spotify but,I says it is still learning to interact with apps. It can open spotify though. Hopefully,it will integrate better in time.

    potato4k, 07 Aug 2024How good is Gemini? Can it now do the basic things that Ass... moreIt either answers with Gemini, or tries to do in Google assistant, but can't mix for the same response yet

      "Gemini will be used to analyze your Nest's camera feed"

      Stopped reading.

        potato4k, 07 Aug 2024How good is Gemini? Can it now do the basic things that Ass... moreAlthough I must add that the logical reasoning skills are very poor, even in the Pro model. You can test it by asking questions like this:

        Alice has four brothers and she also has a sister. How many sisters does Alice's brother have?

        Gemini 1.5 (either Flash, Pro or Experiment) will answer that Alice's brother has one sister. Claude or ChatGPT will give you the right answer.

          potato4k, 07 Aug 2024How good is Gemini? Can it now do the basic things that Ass... moreGemini can perform tasks like setting timers and making calls, but for things like creating reminders or controlling smart home devices, you will still need Google Assistant, so it's quite inconsistent. As an AI language model, the paid version Pro 1.5 is comparable to other top models. It's also integrated into Gmail and other Google apps so it's quite useful.

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            potato4k, 07 Aug 2024How good is Gemini? Can it now do the basic things that Ass... moreNo, it's so bad... I switched instantly to the default one.

              How good is Gemini? Can it now do the basic things that Assistant can already do?

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