I have used Assistant for 3 things, setting timers, sending email reminders to myself, and navigation. Since refusing Gemini on my phone Google has made email reminders worse because you have to tap Send manually, and navigation by voice doesn’t work at all. “navigate to sams club in asheville north carolina” now results in “I don’t understand” so I’ve got to type in destinations like a caveman. And it’s much less safe while driving.
I’m not using Gemini, today’s AI has no respect for boundaries or privacy. In September if my phone doesn’t allow me to disable Gemini and just do things manually (which is still a loss of functionality over a year or 2 ago) then I will buy an old Pixel and finally switch to GrapheneOS. Not going to iOS.
I have used Assistant for 3 things, setting timers, sending email reminders to myself, and navigation. Since refusing Gemini on my phone Google has made email reminders worse because you have to tap Send manually, and navigation by voice doesn’t work at all. “navigate to sams club in asheville north carolina” now results in “I don’t understand” so I’ve got to type in destinations like a caveman. And it’s much less safe while driving.
I’m not using Gemini, today’s AI has no respect for boundaries or privacy. In September if my phone doesn’t allow me to disable Gemini and just do things manually (which is still a loss of functionality over a year or 2 ago) then I will buy an old Pixel and finally switch to GrapheneOS. Not going to iOS.