Sahwa@reddthat.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agoGoogle Gemini is coming to more cars, but some consumers aren’t cheeringwww.techradar.comexternal-linkmessage-square64linkfedilinkarrow-up1187arrow-down11
arrow-up1186arrow-down1external-linkGoogle Gemini is coming to more cars, but some consumers aren’t cheeringwww.techradar.comSahwa@reddthat.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agomessage-square64linkfedilink
minus-squarebandwidthcrisis@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·4 months agoA few days ago, me to Google home: “Hey Google, turn on the light” “Sorry, I can’t control powered devices.” “Hey Google, turn on the light” “Turning on the light.” I had a similar experience getting it to summarize my maps info, it would alternate between correct answers and claiming it had no access to the data.
minus-squareshynoise@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 months agoYou missed “And just so you know here are some new ways I can help you turn on lights…” Etc. etc
minus-squareCorhen@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 months agoIt definitely feels like it needs to start with Assistant, and if it’s outside it’s context, hand off to Gemini.
A few days ago, me to Google home:
“Hey Google, turn on the light”
“Sorry, I can’t control powered devices.”
“Hey Google, turn on the light”
“Turning on the light.”
I had a similar experience getting it to summarize my maps info, it would alternate between correct answers and claiming it had no access to the data.
You missed
“And just so you know here are some new ways I can help you turn on lights…” Etc. etc
It definitely feels like it needs to start with Assistant, and if it’s outside it’s context, hand off to Gemini.