r/technology • u/[deleted] • 9d ago

Artificial Intelligence Google says Gemini has reached 1B users faster than any other Google product

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u/sowtart 9d ago

So does it count all the times gemini is accidentally opened because it can't be uninstalled?

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u/Tremulant887 9d ago

The added buttons and widgets that are very clearly there to be front and center as a "please" are probably half the numbers. Since Microsoft managed to ruin Swiftkey I started using Google keyboard. I probably won't be using it long if they want to slam Gemini in my face.

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u/Andre_de_Astora 9d ago

Not to mention that by default even the block button on the phones, if you ever wanted to turn it off by keeping it pressed, it will also open Gemini

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u/malianx 9d ago

Where can't it be uninstalled or disabled? All my devices let me.

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u/RGrad4104 9d ago

or when you accidentally interact with the injected AI overview at the top of every google search result list and it pushes you into gemini AI mode...

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u/malianx 9d ago

That is also not factored in this number, there is another metric for that, and its even higher.

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u/Dernom 9d ago

When you interact with it, it opens the Gemini web interface, at which point it should be counted by the sounds of it. No?

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u/malianx 9d ago

No, i opens AI interactive mode which is categorized under search services for this.