▲ 45 ▼ Google just fired a warning shot in the AI subscription price wars (techcrunch.com) submitted 5 months ago by sanitation@lemmy.today to c/technology@lemmy.world 28 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[+] Holytimes@sh.itjust.works 5 points 5 months ago (3 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] whaleross@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago And Google Assistant was even better once upon a time before Google decided to make it worse to force people over to Gemeni despite it having no functionality more than a subpar chatbot with a search engine. It could not even tell the time out loud and even less set a timer or alarm. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Squizzy@lemmy.world 1 point 4 months ago (1 child) Google Assisstant was good, it had the android auto mostly perfect. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Jrockwar@feddit.uk 2 points 4 months ago It was at the beginning, but lately it's been hot garbage. I think they've nerfed it on purpose so that the migration to gemini is an easier sell. For me, I'm happy it now understands "hey Google, how's my timer?" As equivalent of "how long is left on my timer" and no longer answers that question with "it's seven fifty two pm" 😡 permalink fedilink source parent
[–] whaleross@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago And Google Assistant was even better once upon a time before Google decided to make it worse to force people over to Gemeni despite it having no functionality more than a subpar chatbot with a search engine. It could not even tell the time out loud and even less set a timer or alarm. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Squizzy@lemmy.world 1 point 4 months ago (1 child) Google Assisstant was good, it had the android auto mostly perfect. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Jrockwar@feddit.uk 2 points 4 months ago It was at the beginning, but lately it's been hot garbage. I think they've nerfed it on purpose so that the migration to gemini is an easier sell. For me, I'm happy it now understands "hey Google, how's my timer?" As equivalent of "how long is left on my timer" and no longer answers that question with "it's seven fifty two pm" 😡 permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Jrockwar@feddit.uk 2 points 4 months ago It was at the beginning, but lately it's been hot garbage. I think they've nerfed it on purpose so that the migration to gemini is an easier sell. For me, I'm happy it now understands "hey Google, how's my timer?" As equivalent of "how long is left on my timer" and no longer answers that question with "it's seven fifty two pm" 😡 permalink fedilink source parent