I'm being serious with this comment.

[obviouslynotbanana@lemmy.world]

I'm being serious with this comment. In no way have I felt like Google has forced Gemini on me. I barely notice it exists. Can anyone give me examples?

[ignorrinradd@lemmy.world]

My job uses the Google suite and it feels like it’s gotten a bit excessive recently. Just this week I have gotten multiple popups on my work email and in Docs and Sheets. It has been present in Chat for a few months.

[atrielienz@lemmy.world]

They "remind me every time I use assistant on my phone with an on screen message. But that's about it and though I find it annoying I don't feel forced.

[wise_pancake@lemmy.ca]

They’ve stuffed it into every page in Google cloud and workspace.

I tried it in sheets one time and it literally made up fake data for my analysis. Never trusting that again.

[priapus@sh.itjust.works]

Same here tbh. I havea university google suite account and I've never noticed it there. I also use Google messages, and there was a button for it by default, but it was easily disabled.

[dditty@lemm.ee]

It "messaged" me in Google Messages today introducing itself and how it could summarize text messages on my phone for me

[obviouslynotbanana@lemmy.world]

Ah, I don't use most of Google's services, though I do use an Android device. I think my most used service is Drive. I haven't seen it on there.

[obviouslynotbanana@lemmy.world]

Interesting. I don't use Gmail (unless I have to) or the Google office suite. Makes sense.

[darkassassin07@lemmy.ca]

Gemini 'messaged' me in google messages introducing itself a couple months ago. Just appeared like a normal text conversation with any other contact, but as soon as you click on it you're presented with a wall of T&Cs.

Deleted the 'conversation' and it's stayed gone; though there's an option for it in settings.

The only other place I've see it is an on-screen reminder every time I use Google Assistant. (usually just triggering home automatons)

[original_reader@lemm.ee]

That's why.

I don't use Google messages, don't use the Google Assistant... am barely aware that Gemini exists.

[pineapplepizza@lemm.ee]

My power button on my phone now opens Gemini... Every damn time it's bumped.
Press to wake the phone? Oh hello Gemini

[ibuthyr@lemmy.wtf]

Same here.

[wreckingball4good@lemm.ee]

I accidentally clicked on their stupid popup one time and then got emails over and over welcoming me to Gemini. I don't even have Google assistant installed.

[obviouslynotbanana@lemmy.world]

Well that is annoying, but doesn't sound like the expected behaviour of the power button. A long press, maybe, but just pressing it shouldn't do that.

[a_wild_mimic_appears@lemmy.dbzer0.com]

for months, every time i used google assistant to set a timer, and every few days without asking, i got push messages to use gemini instead of assistant on my phone. there is no way to disable those messages - they only go away if you have at least once activated gemini. btw, assistant functions like the timer DO NOT WORK if you use gemini; it's really great service to push your costumers to install a feature to take away a feature that is used daily.

[obviouslynotbanana@lemmy.world]

I actually did test that now, it works!