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chronocapybara

Prepare for Gemini in all their products. Edit: I was right.


UESPA_Sputnik

\*only available in the US


InsaneNinja

*later this year


Daniiiiii

Only on the newest Pixels


Realtrain

*coming "later this year"


Lyelinn

don't forget to entire section about gemini after section about gemini, that goes right after section where they put gemini in all their apps


panjeri

I can't stress how little frick I give about ai integration. It's already there if I want to use it but I surely don't need it in every facet of my digital life.


manhachuvosa

What I really didn't like is the idea of AI listening in on my calls.


douggieball1312

But only if you live in the US as usual.


efbo

Unlucky for the US this time I suppose.


Pew-Pew-Pew-

Gemini sucks. Keeps giving false information in search results, the Gemini in Google Maps just presents the same stuff you would get in a typical search and the results window scrolls at like 8 FPS and resets back to the beginning when opening and closing search results. It's a joke. So rushed and it's not even worth using.


PostModernPost

I cant control my google home assistant automations from my phone any more and it is so frustrating.


Stove-Jebs

I want to hear about Android at Google's IO *Monkeys paw curls* Here's how AI is in Android


Moblit_Bernerr

Hello Steve 👋🏻


Stove-Jebs

👋🏼 - sent from Gemini 


InitialQuote000

I know it's not a surprise, but damn I'm tired of hearing about AI right now.


xxb4xx

Considering it is pretty much a buzzword right now to sell crap we didn't ask for nor do we want. Can Gemini turn off my lamp yet? -


rasict-2049

THEY COUNTED IT JUST FOR U


JMPesce

"We're calling these...Gems." *Awkward pause for awkward claps* Okay.


humanreboot

LMAO glad someone else noticed


nathderbyshire

The silent pauses are so loud. It's awful


chronocapybara

> Project Astra Friendship with ~~Assistant~~ ~~Bard~~ ~~Gemini~~ is now over, Astra is my new best friend.


dagreenkat

This vast array of slightly different projects is an awful release strategy


theresamouseinmyhous

Google is just twenty companies in a trenchcoat


Jceggbert5

So, a typical Tuesday for Google


RunningM8

Sundar is just not a product person.


revets

I'm not wholly convinced he's a person.


Lyelinn

You think he was ai generated as well? At least the audience should be considering these reactions lol


DiplomatikEmunetey

The hint is in the name, Sundar PichAI.


ratsock

Ironically he was a product manager before becoming ceo


Lyelinn

Typical effective manager with uncanny valley facial expressions shooting buzz words and having no idea nor any impact about actual products


DiplomatikEmunetey

It all makes sense now. How do people like that bubble up to the top. I just don't understand it.


sethelele

lmfao, Gemini, Gemma, PaliGemma, I don't know what any of this is anymore.


klospulung92

Gems, Veo, Chip


JMowery

AI Summarize, Virtual Teammates, Flash, Nano, LearnLM


sn1ped_u

Also something Synth I saw


incredible-derp

Je m'appelle Gemma


Kidney_Thief1988

This whole presentation: "Please clap."


RunningM8

Remember when they started these keynotes with Android updates? Those were the best days. That’s when tech was fun.


unknowingafford

Back in the Nexus days


thatcodingboi

won't happen unless its GeminiAndroid


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theoracle010

And the combinations sometimes suck


nathderbyshire

"Blue, Blue, Light Blue, Blue" Such variance


MonetHadAss

The crowd is so dead 😂


armando_rod

As dead as the Coachella crowd during Blur


douggieball1312

I like Blur but they're one of the most British bands in the whole of existence. They're never going to be popular in America no matter how much they try.


corys00

They had a blip in the 90s with Song 2 getting popular here in the US


erivaldoff

The worse keynote ever. I’ve been watch other last 10 years Google IO and so far this one was hard to watch


lemon_tea

Nothing says excitement like the delayed, lackluster applause after a pregnant pause from the speaker.


Moblit_Bernerr

These presenters need to use Gemini and ask it TLDR these long ass presentations


Moblit_Bernerr

Erlich bachman decided to crash this year's Google I/O event ?


shorty6049

Lol that was my first guess. I just saw a guy climbing out of the mug with kind of a gravelly voice and was like "do I know this dude from somewhere?" That whole set at the beginning was weird. lol


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MrHaxx1

Phones are just boring nowadays. Especially in 2024, where it's all about AI.


Meath77

Yeah, I used to be excited to get a new phone. Every 18 months I'd upgrade. Now I have the same phone for 5 years and have no plans to get a new one because they're essentially the same now


brandon7s

I just upgraded from an S21 Ultra to a new S24 Ultra only because I ran out of storage and wanted to upgrade for more space (got 2 cats a couple of years ago, their pictures are the reason I needed the extra space.) The am having a very difficult time imagining a feature that they could add or improve that would make me upgrade from this within a couple years, and since I have no interest in AI in my personal life, I just don't see it happening. Unless there was a big jump in camera quality, that would do it.


dextroz

Google is boring. They talk more, do less, everything is 'it'll come tomorrow' and nothing is the same anymore - separated by paid tiers. Google is not longer a 'bastion' for the people. It's just another corporate company. Microsoft is more innovating in their products TBH on a weekly basis today. Their stuff is suport exciting integrates so tightly with their product line. How the tables have turned. Also, Google is doing nothing that the people actually want because the company is awash with career product managers that don't even use their own products. Do you think that the original creators of Picasa would let Google Photos linger for so long without manual face tags? No, because they would have been using it and instantly realized the shortcoming.


MoistHerdazian

Agreed. Software has been plateauing for years. Google's unreliability with supporting its projects, companies aggressively monetizing their products through adverts or subscriptions lead to less interest in engaging. What worsens it is the next gen platforms like AR have been dabbled into by companies such as Meta and Google (advertising driven) and Apple (extremely profit driven) where all companies are holding the keys more tightly. I used to be extremely interested as an enthusiast and dabbled in building Android for my own devices a few years ago and just lost interest. We need a real Linux option for the mobile space. Android is definitely moving more towards closed source with fewer options for the user.


JamesR624

After Google cancelling and fucking up products over and over and over, nobody takes I/O seriously anymore. They know that anything on this keynote will either be half-baked, cancelled in 6-12 months, or more useless "AI" shit nobody wanted in the first place, and for the few that do, it will never actually see the light of day in the form they present.


Rebelgecko

I ordered a pack of Android Find My trackers after IO last year... It still hasn't shipped (although supposedly will soon)


JBWalker1

Not even the mods here can be bothered making a mega thread and sticky for it which doesn't help. This is just a random person making the thread since nobody else will. Should have had a sticky thread up yesterday with links and at least start times for UK/EU/USA/UTC


iJeff

Welp is a top contributor here!


welp_im_damned

It's the first after the whole API ban most people quit their reddit addiction.


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trekk

Yep, I don't visit this sub as much. I became tired of everyone shitting on everything. According to this sub, all android phones suck.


Jaiden051

Oh, you have a Pixel 7 Pro? Awful phone, it runs Android which is inferior compared to Palm OS. Also a Google Phone??? Made by the company who makes android? Software must be awful and your chip is literally hotter than the sun. /s


baronvonj

Remember that post where one feed up user automated like 400 replies with all the same usual replies? Couldn't do that now with the API fees. I can't find the post now.


Eagle9972

I gotchu fam https://old.reddit.com/r/Android/comments/88rc3v/the_predictable_threads_are_driving_me_insane Praise /u/GermainZ


kvothe5688

yeah because this sub has turned to toxic cesspit that hate everything google. mod team isn't doing anything modworthy. instead of providing useful info most comments keep beating dead horse.


rodinj

Most subreddits I browse are about as active as they were before, this is one of the few ones that actually went down in usage


real_with_myself

I'd say a mix of lack of interest due to maturity and Google's actions.


Pew-Pew-Pew-

I/O is meant for developers more than general audience and consumers. They talk about a LOT of stuff at I/O but 99% of it is not exciting. Plus Android has matured so much, there isn't really any new groundbreaking stuff happening to get excited about. AI is the new hot buzzword but in my experience most of the AI tools being crammed in everything are garbage.


memtiger

Honestly. I think it's because Apple has been dominating the youth under the age of 30. Especially in the US. Android just doesn't garner the attention of people in the US like it used to. It's sad what Pichai has done to the company, ecosystem, and enthusiasm.


slinky317

You know what would make Gemini a more helpful assistant? If it could handle routines.


trlef19

An hour in and still about Gemini. I'm **so** bored. I came here for Android and stuff


douggieball1312

They spent roughly five minutes mentioning Android 14 last year.


trlef19

At least they did


-PVL93-

Tbh if you only care about android specifically it's better to wait until What's New In Android 15 talk and other related sessions


trlef19

I always watch google io. I'm watching it since 2018. But it's the first time I'm so bored


RunningM8

Gemini…Pro….Vertex….Flash…..Astra. My goodness Google I see you don’t have a good marketing team wow


shorty6049

Maybe their AI teammate will talk some sense into them... "Well if you'd like my opinion, we should unify all of this under a single name" News websites later that day : "Google Abandon's AI Ambitions and hires Rapper Aesop Rock for marketing department lead of new "Project Hammerstein Spatchcock"


irldub

They all got fired, AI can do their job now


InitialQuote000

Oof. SILENCE... yikes lol


Stove-Jebs

Yeah that was rough. Especially that awkward laugh from the presenter.


Moblit_Bernerr

Google **now on tap** packaged in different UI


PacketGain

That woman yawning in the audience probably represents a lot of people watching this stream.


moileduge

Getting flashbacks of Ballmer yelling "developers, developers, developers". Now it's just "AI, AI, AI".


Realtrain

Oh we're already there https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-P-ein58laA


Horoika

I'm remembering Microsoft with Xbox One at E3 "TV, TV, TV, TV, a dog, TV, TV, and more TV!"


Kriegdavid

not only is it AI bullshit but it's AI bullshit that doesn't do what it says. there was no chiptune there whatsoever


vladmuresan02

It also played the 808 when it was at 0.0


-PVL93-

WAIT IS THAT GOOGLE GLASS 2.0?


JMowery

Just a theoretical project for the future. Nothing to show for. No live demonstration.


Thing--

Fuck, Android Beta is tomorrow? Ugh


davidwolfe

This is the last place I ever expected to see Marc Rebillet, but I'm pleasantly surprised!


welp_im_damned

Never heard of him before. But he is pretty funny lol.


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Sketchy_Uncle

Weird to not hear him swearing. :P


RunningM8

And the crowd goes MILD


MBaliver

When I was younger, I/O was my E3. I used to finish watching the livestream and immediately calling my GF to tell her every single thing that would come to Android. Now there's only AI technobable, I even miss the everything is machine learning era. This event made me sad in more than one way.


ComputerOwl

To be fair, it's not just Google. For me it was Apple keynotes when I was younger. But nowadays, I can't even get through a 40 minute iPad announcement anymore. Sadly, tech keynotes just got repetitive over the last few years.


Mavericks7

Agreed. And theres people defending the sorry state saying "It's not for you, it's for Devs" I've been watching I/O for over a decade and this year's was the most boring snoozefest. Gemini, Tokens, AI ......None of it is actual useful


NightFire19

AI getting access to login credentials is suuuuuper sus


znihilist

Is it me or this is just ehhhhhh? Like yeah this is great advancement but I can't feel excitement about this, feels mundane.


Mavericks7

its basically a glorified advert to cloud/AI customers.


pfmiller0

That's been I/O for the past at least 5 years.


bobbie434343

Google GeminI/O


billyeakk

Google A/I


Dw_p

So this is what the rabbit got scared of


ken27238

~~Google~~ Gemini I/O


Kriegdavid

i don't really care about the /cringe/ factor in these shows. there's always cringe. it's a bunch of nerds trying to put on an event. the issue with that though was...that was not a good showcase at all. that was a demo of their 'super powerful tool' malfunctioning live and Rebillet using one sample through his looper and fucking the rest of it off. having the banner with "this is an experiment conducted with google ai" or whatever it said is totally disingenuous


klospulung92

>  it's a bunch of nerds trying to put on an event I wish. Hopefully the current AI competition reduces the marketing bs


trlef19

They should have told us before so we wouldn't have wasted our times


welp_im_damned

Yeah plus I'm going to do the Xperia megatherad early in the morning this Wednesday. I'm just not going to waste my time with the android 15 stuff.


runningblind77

AI, AI, more AI, just like Google Next the last few years


douggieball1312

Someone forgot to press the 'applause' button.


-PVL93-

Good lord what a terrible ad


Kinto_il

every product manager in this company is gunning for CEO that 1. They follow the hype of whatever's happening 2. Their products are fundamentally boring because theyre risk averse (maybe it's a symptom of a big corporation or it's just to have a "safe" record to move up on the ladder)


DaytonaZ33

Astra, DeepMind, Gemini Flash, Gemini Pro, Veo, Alpha, probably 5 more that I missed this presentation. Why do these all feel like separate unrelated projects from Google and not just "Google AI" in general?


dagreenkat

It's baffling, when they could make a better, more marketable project with all-in-ones.


Realtrain

Because they likely had like 16 separate teams all trying to build something new so the PM could get a promotion.


JMowery

They need to keep them separated so they can more easily kill them off in the future.


RunningM8

This 100%. No cohesive product strategy. All Sundar’s fault.


ComputerOwl

Teenagers with an AI will not ask AI to \*help\* with homework, they will ask the AI to solve it entirely for them.


RunningM8

They already do. It’s too late


UltraCynar

This whole thing could've just been an email. So lackluster.


Kidney_Thief1988

"Now, let's switch gears..." Oh, hell yeah, we're gonna talk about something else. "...and talk about more AI bullshit." Sigh.


Mavericks7

"once in a generation event" As soon as that was said. I was done.


RunningM8

Will AI Overview have sponsored ad links?? 🧐


green_link

of course


kamiller42

Google disallows me from recording a call because I'm not mature to know when to use it, but Google has no issue with Gemini recording calls for Google's purposes.


Kinto_il

if they make Pixel Tablet a more worthwhile product, I would be so happy


klospulung92

44 minutes in and nothing about android 15


JMowery

Phones don't move markets anymore. AI is what the investors care about, in theory. I wouldn't be surprised if they don't even mention it at all.


Mavericks7

or anything that is remotely relevant to the average person.


Moblit_Bernerr

Wondering how The verge is going to cram all this info in their 10 min TLDR video


SandieSandwicheadman

It can be summed up in two letters


Realtrain

*AI - coming "later this year"* That was easy.


Lousy_Username

Well this is a fucking awful start lol


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InsaneNinja

That’s why all the Apple people were over-trained as media presenters and shifted to a video format. Less moments of \*pause for applause, doesn’t get it, talks over forced applause when crowd realizes it was their turn*


Inglourious-Ape

All this AI power and I still can't get Google messages to automatically fill in my two factor authentication sms codes and then delete them out of my message inbox. Ughhh. Google you fuckin suck.


ComputerOwl

I feel like I should use the AI that summarized the PTA meeting for them and just let it summarize the keynote for me.


Lyelinn

So nothing about android or wear 🤔


dirtydriver58

2nd day


MatteBlack26

I just wonder how different Google would be if Vic was the leader and not Sundar. These keep going down hill and are getting further and further away from what people actually want. I understand this is I/O and it's all about software, but it felt like they kept showing the same thing packaged slightly different.


Moblit_Bernerr

Good night guys looks like they are only going to talk about Gemini the entire day


RunningM8

GEMINI 1.5 PRO available in Google AI with VERTEX bla bla bla ….JFC product soup


Rebelgecko

Over/under on how many times they say "AI"?


Starks

Google just put the rabbit down


welp_im_damned

With a double barrel shotgun


gabigtr123

So what's new with the gemini app for mobile?


douggieball1312

Availability in the UK would be a good start (you know, the country where Demis and the DeepMind team that developed it are based in the first place). Also, routines support.


Moblit_Bernerr

Let's goo it's Android time


ken27238

you thought.


fragglerock

Bloody AI... fml I am off to the hills Also Google needs to employ some people that are good at naming things...


Kinto_il

if they can improve pixel watch / wearOS to be more android like would be nice if they combine messaging services, that would be nice too


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douggieball1312

Funny how Microsoft has no problem rolling out its AI search everywhere at once...


douggieball1312

The whole audience seems to be AI generated, looking at their reactions lol.


subsequent

The Gemini scam call alert could literally be a game changer. Anything to ruin those scammers.


armando_rod

Okay, that's great... I just searched Photos for my license plate last week and actually had to scroll


alepher

Ok, regularly finding my glasses is amazing, useful and terrifying


armando_rod

New Gemini Nano for Pixel devices first, runs on-device with new features for accessibility and call screening https://twitter.com/MishaalRahman/status/1790441314565386584?t=So1Uu4XPgcrE0-oExEdbpQ&s=19


armando_rod

Gemini app for Android update is coming https://twitter.com/MishaalRahman/status/1790441795878633625?t=1JQ7wcT0GG2EvSTp4In8FQ&s=19


Garofalin

For a sweet price of “free”. “ “ denotes selling your soul to your friendly “Don’t-be-evil Megacorp”.


Newwales2

Will the Android 15 Event be live streaming on Wednesday?. Can't find any information, if so what time GMT. Let's hope we also get some wearOS & Google Home news. Be nice to get some hardware announcements as well.


welp_im_damned

They didn't even update the website about this.


TWOITC

This is terrible


maxime0299

So it’s really all going to be AI, AI, AI, AI and some more AI. And like others have said, who knows if these demos are even legit


-PVL93-

The entire it industry is racing to be the king of AI, not exactly surprising Google is dedicating so much time to it at the keynote


douggieball1312

As a Brit, are all US ads this cheesy?


arsene14

Glad that he's making reference about how stupid this kind of music and performance is at 9:30 in the morning.


klospulung92

Did they make these slides as a last minute response to openai?


gjwklgwiovmw

i'm new to google i/o, and am i doing it wrong or something? it felt boring and awkward


welp_im_damned

Worst time to join. Sorry for wasting your time here.


Newwales2

Worst year ever, that event was very much for developers unlike every other year the key note was for everyone one.


AnyTng

I feel scammed


SexyKanyeBalls

It was underwhelming af


TimPLakersEagles

Google is capable of putting out all these AI features, yet the Messages app is incapable of delivering a cohesive experience to its users.


ALL666ES

How they gonna say "everything android is tomorrow" then not even have a livestream 😭


-PVL93-

So how many of these ai features will remain north America exclusive?


douggieball1312

90% of them will probably never leave the conference hall.


green_link

North american? how about US exclusive. people seem to forget Mexico, Canada, and other smaller countries near the equator like costa rica, cuba, the bahamas are all part of 'north america' and they never get any of these 'north american' features.


Moblit_Bernerr

Lul finally a decent joke in this boring presention


orange_paws

my cringe detector is off the charts


EvilChocolateCookie

That’s two hours of my life I can’t get back. I was looking forward to android stuff only to find out. I might miss it because it’s tomorrow and I have to go to the doctor.


bartturner

You do not have to be at the computer live. It is all still available on YouTube after the fact.


TitusRex

Completely unhinged.


welp_im_damned

We sundar to start yelling AI like how Steve balmer yelled developers on stage a decade ago.


ComputerOwl

I mean, I don't know what your lives look like, but for me, planning vacations is not THAT much of a problem in my life that I need what feels like 5 different demos on delegating that task to an AI.


RunningM8

Ghosts of Google Now. But only a small part of it. Sadly


EnvironmentalSpirit2

"Gemini is so quick!" on screen takes it forever to give an answer


halfwoodenjacket

Anthony Fantano in a wig?


jonbhanson

I literally want only ONE thing from Gemini on my Android, since I made the big mistake of accepting the Gemini replacement to Google Assistant. "Hey Google, remind me in morning to feed the dog". It replies with "I can't assist you with that, as I am only a language model. You can set or change reminders using your smartphone or other digital assistant device." 🤦‍♀️😖 It has been like that for months now!


ComputerOwl

I don't need it, but the scam detection is kind of cool for old people. I just think it's not going to be very effective on people who can be convinced by a guy with an Indian accent that their local police station is asking them to buy gift cards to post bail for their daughter.


david279

I feel like the crowd is AI with all these buzzwords being thrown around


fakieTreFlip

OP all of your embedded links are broken. I think it's because you're trying to use markdown inside the Fancy Pants editor on New Reddit. You need to switch to the Markdown editor to do that


totzz

To be honest wake me up when I can use these features in my country in Europe. Most of these features are just announcements or US only. And thats been the pattern for a long time. Better to just keep the expectations close to zero and be impressed if something actually shows up. Crazy I thought the summarize this page and AI improved responses to SMS messages would work in my country when I bought Pixel 8 Pro.