Google fixes the biggest hurdle to using Gemini as your Android’s Assistant،
Google recently released Gemini for Android and the web, implying that it could be the eventual successor to Assistant on your smartphones. As with any major release, users put it through its paces and quickly noticed that it didn't have all the features and capabilities that the Google Assistant currently has. While we know that Gemini will evolve and gain more features over time, there is at least one feature that was recently released that brings it closer to that goal.
Before the update, manually enabling Gemini on Android required pressing the send button (bottom right of the Gemini overlay panel) after each voice command. This meant you had to be careful and make sure you hit that button once you were done telling Gemini what you wanted, otherwise its mic indicator would spin until you told it you were done.
While it might not seem like a big deal, it's one of those things that
Google Assistant users have gotten used to: having a more natural back-and-forth without needing to do too much manual input. Fortunately, as noted
9to5Google, Google quickly fixed this problem by releasing an update this weekend (version 1.0.606412536) that gives Gemini the ability to automatically process orders without having to press the submit button. It works when you use it by holding down the power button, swiping your finger in a corner, or using the “Hey, Google” command.
It's surprising that Google initially released Gemini without this very basic feature. However, we already know that Gemini is still under development and is unfortunately still missing other basic Assistant features, such as continuing conversations and the ability to handle multiple requests in a row. It's unclear when Google plans to completely migrate us to Gemini in favor of the tried-and-true Assistant, but it's clear there's still a lot to fix before reaching that point.
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