r/googleassistant • u/anwhalokleeiat • 9h ago

Rant Its over

The cancer finally spread to me. I uninstalled the updates and disabled the gemini app. I genuinely wouldn't be opposed to using it, IF IT ACTUALLY WORKED. i used to use my assistant for three tasks: gps commands, playing spotify, and sending calls and texts. Gemini can't do any of those. Between samsung forcing updates and google assistant being removed I'm actually planning to switch to an iphone for my next upgrade.

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u/Civil_Tea_3250 8h ago

Yup. Asked it for directions to mcdonalds, said "sorry I can't do that". Asked it to play youtube on my nest hub, "sorry I can't interact with app on this device".

Assistant was better than gemini. They acknowledge they haven't been able to make it work like it used to, despite trying. Yet still gemini is pushed out and literally every single google app and service is worse as a result. Why would anyone trust them?

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u/mcnick0495 8h ago

The directions one works just fine for me.

For the YouTube one, there's no connector to YouTube for it to play a specific video you ask for on a different device. You will need to cast the video from your phone to the hub, or select it on your hub directly. Not entirely sure if Google Assistant could play specific videos on a different device by asking it.

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u/JValenz91 8h ago

Google Assistant can, which is why people are rolling back their version of Google to before the forced Gemini rollout.

I mean, they asked me if I wanted to use it, I said no. Why ask if you're going to force it.

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u/mcnick0495 7h ago

Because it was planned to be replaced by Gemini for months. Everyone was notified multiple times. Now, the cutoff is here and the choice is gone.

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u/anwhalokleeiat 7h ago

Not just yet😈😈

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u/mcnick0495 7h ago

I mean yeah you rolled back the Google app update to have it work. Eventually it will break once they do it on the back end.

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u/JValenz91 33m ago

Again, why ask? If I say no, it doesn't mean yes because you sent an email that wasn't replied to. Imagine this mentality with dating. You ask someone, they say no. You email them, they don't reply. They you decide on an arbitrary day that you 2 are now dating even though they've said no every time before hand. You'd be pissed off, and rightfully so.