Your Android Phones Aren’t ‘Google’ Anymore, They’re All ‘Gemini’
Your Android Phones Aren’t ‘Google’ Anymore, They’re All ‘Gemini’
You may soon be able to activate the Android assistant with 'Hey Gemini,' potentially signaling the end for 'Hey Google.'
I hope for a Linux phone to pop up and become widespread someday. Maybe if Android emulation on Linux improves so people can at the very least use Android apps while running Linux a phone like that might become a possibility in the future.
One would think the fact that Android is Linux should jumpstart that somewhat. But here we are.
Nah, the kernel isn't that important for apps - you can replace the kernel and update the massive Android framework to work with the new one relatively easily (you will need some Linux compatibility for native code that does syscalls on its own, but that's pretty much it - even WSL1 could do that).
It's all the APIs and system apps provided by Google that have no reasonable alternative in AOSP that are the problem for compatibility. Look how incomplete projects like MicroG (an open-source implementation of Google Play Services) are, and their only goal is to provide Android compatibility for unofficial ROMs without installing the proper Google services.
I'm hoping for a really good translation layer. Like WINE, but for APKs.
it is a possibility now. i had waydroid running on a pinephone running postmarketos. pinephone is horribly slow. im planning on replacing the screen on my last phone (why i switched) and putting postmarketos on my fairphone, to give it a fair shake on decent hardware.
Never spoke to my phone and never will. I have hands for a reason.
I used to work in home automation, and we didn't do any voice activated shit (or cloud based at all if we could avoid it). When customers would ask for it, I would point out that the most commonly spoken word to a voice recognition device is "Cancel." Even when it works, it's just a switch you flip with a special phrase. People want Jarvis, but they end up with a glorified Clapper.
If you ever want to try a privacy respecting alternative, look up FUTO Keyboard and their voice-to-text service.
What about GOS?
Thanks for reminding me that I wanted to disable Gemini. done.
I have 2 things to say about this.
Either…
Done for the time being…
Or
At least it says it’s done.
If my phone starts AI-ing at me, I'll have to shoot it.
your android phone...
Nope. Not mine.
That's fine by me. I've always found the trigger word to be awkward, since this doesn't flow off the tongue.