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  • Has anyone been asking for these features? It would appear not.

    But hey it let some product manager check the “we got some of that AI” box.

    by cmiles8
  • https://archive.ph/wip/BhUIH (queued)
    by kazinator
  • I think Samsung has the best amount of AI (once you turn off the Google crap). There are tons of things that work like magic. You don't even notice you are using AI.

    Even Bixby turned out to be uuseful. Although I have disabled the shortcut and generally don't use it much.

    by throwa356262
  • There are days when I suspect Google does not believe in doing user research.
    by auntienomen
  • I'm glad that my 9a has little enough RAM to be spared the worst of Google's on-device LLM features.
    by fsh
  • Not sure if I have a 10 or 11 but I disagree.

    Although I think these features were in whatever pixel I had before.

    Adding events to calendar is my most common use case.

    I also have AI look at the screen and do stuff. My biggest complaint here, it doesn't go far enough. If I take a picture of contact info, I want it to be added, I don't want to go through the extra step of downloading a contact card.

    I really want an OpenClaw-like AI for my phone.

    by whatsThisBtn4
  • Apple complete failure early on with Apple Intelligence was really the best business move ever. I’m so, so glad my device has no agentic stuff.

    They learned their mistake, didn’t double down, let the others spend their money and energy trying to figure out what that whole AI thing is about. Just a perfect timing

    by dgellow
  • Google is entrenched with career opportunists who are self serving, and are, excuse the lack of a better word, shitting out work to move stupid KPIs and continue the bureaucracy. A bloated Product org that advocates that something must be done, and is not focused.
    by 650

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