This new Gemini is not the Siri we need

I felt something when I watched Google’s Android AI presentation this week. My colleague Andrew Lanxon You summed up the issue perfectly: All of Google’s AI use case examples revolve around spending large amounts of money on shopping and travel, making the presentation, in his words, “a tribute to rampant capitalism.”

But this mistake committed by Google is not limited to the problem of Android users, as Gemini could affect the future of Siri. Apple has partnered with Google to build a better Siriand whatever Apple shows up next They will be built with the help of Gemini modeling and programming. So, in this week’s episode of One More Thing, embedded below, I’ll examine the pros and cons of the new Gemini Intelligence, and how it might match up with what we want from Apple Intelligence.

Unless you like ordering food, spin lessons, and concert tickets using AI, not much of what’s new from Gemini will excite you. (There were also some voice commands I could actually perform from my iPhone with ease, like finding pizzerias late at night.) However, I will admit that there are a couple of new Android features that could give iPhone owners a little Android envy.

Spoiler: Booking coffee and chocolate tours in Costa Rica for a party of six wasn’t one of them.

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