Google, Gemini and Spotify

Google Gemini Is Getting More Assistant-Like With Spotify Integration
Google is rolling out a new Spotify extension for its Gemini chatbot/assistant, allowing users to control their music playback using natural language commands. This integration marks the second third-party extension for Gemini, following the recent addition of WhatsApp.
Google Assistant is getting a big Gemini upgrade for your smart home — here’s what to expect
Earlier this year Google announced that Google Assistant would be getting some improvements, all thanks to the Gemini AI. The idea is that Assistant will be a lot more conversational, so the user feels less like they’re talking to a robot and more like there could be a real person on the other end of the line.
Google’s connecting Spotify to its Gemini AI assistant
Spotify is getting support for Google’s Gemini Extensions, which will allow users to search for and play music using the generative AI assistant with natural language requests. The extension was first spotted in the code of the Google app in June, and now it’s rolling out to compatible Android devices, as reported by 9to5Google.
Google could soon give Gemini a much-needed cleanup (APK teardown)
Gemini has a couple of menus you can access, forcing users to remember the correct menu to click. This could soon be fixed with a cleanup.
Android 16 could make Gemini the ultimate assistant
Even back when Gemini was simply called Bard, we had the notion that Google Assistant was on life support. Now that Google has massaged Gemini into Android’s very core, we know that it will sunset Assistant sooner or later. Well, Android 16 might make Gemini much more of an assistant than Google Assistant.
How to use Google Gemini on your phone
While Google Assistant is going to be around for a while, the future of Google-powered digital assistants now seems to be Gemini. Gemini comes preinstalled if you buy a Google Pixel 9 phone, and you can install the Android app on older Pixels and non-Pixel handsets. There’s also now an app for the iPhone .
How Gemini will ‘improve’ Google Assistant for speakers, displays
Back in August with the Google TV Streamer and new Nest Learning Thermostat, Google revealed that Assistant is being upgraded with
Android 16 could give Gemini the power over apps Assistant never got
Google is working on a new API for Android 16 that lets system apps perform actions on behalf of users inside applications. This new API is guarded by a permission that’ll be granted to the default assistant app, ie. Gemini on new Android devices.
Google might tidy up Gemini menus soon
Google has fleshed out the Gemini app as a gateway to most of the AI capabilities the company has developed in the last two years, going as far as giving users an option to replace Assistant with Gemini.
Google Gemini's newest trick is to help you become a better chess player
The 2024 FIDE World Chess Championship kicks off today, Monday, November 25, with Google as its key title sponsor. The tech giant, which has used chess as a proving ground for its
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Spotify users can ask Gemini AI to find and play their favorite music now
Thanks to a new team-up between Spotify and Google, you can request songs by title, artist, album, genre, or playlist. Here's how to get started.