Man this type of shit is why I’m getting rid of google Assistant and going to a FOSS home assistant setup. I don’t want chat gpt. I want to add things to my calendar, my shopping list, turn off lights and open/close blinds. I want to mute speakers at a certain time with a routine that isn’t broken every five minutes. I want timers that work reliably. I want to be able to make an announcement when Amazon is at the door. Why are they making this so difficult?

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What about… Neither?

How can it replace Google assistant if there is no Google assistant on my phone. (I removed it)

I’ll be able to. But I most certainly won’t do it. No thanks.

I just want to be able to consistently make searches using what’s on my phone screen. Is that too much to ask? The screen search button disappears every other month and I’m sick of it. I don’t invoke the Assistant for any other reason.

Update: it’s back again after another month long hiatus! Who knows when it’ll be taken from me next!

Digital assistants are good for timers, turning on smart lights, and sometimes playing music. None of those things require a large language model to spit random text back at me.

Can’t see it being that useful if it remains restricted to info 2+ years old.

You wouldn’t be able to ask it the weather or anything of the sort.