There are Assistant options that you won’t be able to use.
These are all Google Assistant features that are not available in the Gemini app for Android phones.
Before we wrap up 2023 and prepare a new course for 2024 dedicated to AI and its applications, Google introduced Gemini with all the honors of its most advanced multimodal model, a powerful AI that promised a lot and delivered, for example, one of its first tasks: the early retirement of Bard.
We can now try Gemini for free for two months, integrated into subscription bonus from Google OneA success for me from the Mountain View giant, this tie-up comes as its official Android apps – only compatible with Pixel phones for now – and access to new chatbot from more countries and other languages, fortunately, including Spain and Spanish.
In any case, here we cannot yet get the most out of Google’s new artificial intelligence, which in the United States can be achieved with experts are already showing us the capabilities of Geminiwhich, as colleagues from 9to5Google confirmed a few days ago yes you can call Google Assistantbut it does not have all its capabilities and functionality.
With the help of Google Support, we’ll help you find out what it is. all the Assistant features you can and can’t use from Geminiat least for now while Google builds stable and final versions of its new AI.
Gemini can’t do everything, so it keeps calling Google Assistant for some things.
Well, yes, it is quite interesting that such an advanced multimodal AI is not capable of executing many commands on its own, but Google has managed to integrate its services so that some key functions of Google Assistant continue to work, routing the requested task.
Google explains it itselfshowing us that “some familiar quick voice control features” if necessary, they are moved to the Assistant. This includes all of the followingalthough we are far from a complete list:
- Create and modify alarms and timers.
- Make phone calls, send SMS/RCS messages, or read incoming messages and notifications.
- Control your device: turn on the flashlight, turn off Bluetooth or open apps…
- Check gadgets connected home: turn on the lights, turn off the heating…
- Send voice messages to connected home devices such as cameras.
- Read web pages out loud.
It is obvious that at the moment, since Gemini is only compatible with Pixel phones. We don’t know if some features are exclusive, e.g. “reading aloud” it was one of the most popular Assistant features does not work on some devices (9to5Google tested this on Pixel 8).
Here’s how Gemini calls Assistant in the Android app
Which Assistant options do not work on Gemini?
Well, all of these functions that Assistant can do without issue are currently not available from Gemini, no matter how much you know how to call them:
- Running customized routines on an Android mobile device is not supported.
- You can’t set reminders or tasks.
- In addition to the above, you also cannot create events in Google Calendar.
- Cannot access third-party media service providers: You cannot launch podcasts, radios, or news stations from third-party services.
- He “translator mode” This doesn’t work either.
Of course, all these features They are still available if we open the Assistant app and ask it to do so.although it’s interesting that Gemini can’t yet handle some key options like these. We understand that Google will resolve this issue soon.about the main section of the calendar and tasks.
Additionally, Google Assistant itself will still be the protagonist in the following use cases and applications that Gemini is not yet ready for:
- Requesting information and updates using ‘Let’s take a look’.
- When speaking into the microphone in the Google Maps search bar, or when activating Assistant while navigating to a destination by pressing the microphone or speaking. “Hey Google”.
- When you open Android Auto Assistant, you can ask for tasks with your voice.
- Command Assistant also always opens from the Waze app.
- On Gboard keyboard, if we use voice input, it will be Assistant who performs the action.
- When reading notifications from Android, the task remains with Google Assistant.
In fact, Mountain View confirmed that Assistant will not be left to the mercy of fate and will focus on Geminibut will become an important part of the evolution of multimodal AI and will continue to be improved with much more functionality in the coming months.
On your first steps Gemini will actually only be on smartphonesMeanwhile he The assistant will continue to be integrated into countless devices. such as Nest smart screens and speakers, Android TV or Google TV, Android Auto and Android Automotive cars, smartwatches, compatible wireless headphones, and more. gadgets additional.
And artificial intelligence is developing quickly, but not so fast…!
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