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Google Gemini AI Aims to Enhance Daily Life: Google is aiming to make its Gemini artificial intelligence assistant a part of an individual’s life. The upcoming Gemini extensions will serve that goal.
The extensions integrate Gemini with various Google services, and there are at least six new extensions on the horizon.
Gemini’s extensions are similar to extensions used by Chrome and other web browsers in that they are designed to improve and streamline tasks while engaged with the platform.
Gemini already offers extensions linking a half dozen first-party services, including Google Flights, Hotels, Maps, Workspace, YouTube, and YouTube Music.
These integrations enable Gemini to access real-time personal data and incorporate it into the user’s requests.
That might mean getting info on an upcoming trip from Google Flights or working out how far a store is from your friend’s home.
The anticipated new extensions further the array of utilities available through Gemini. Among the most noteworthy unannounced extensions is Google Home.
Gemini replaces Google Assistant by giving the AI direct control over smart home devices without having to ask Google Assistant first.
That’s a subtle but important shortening of the time between a request to turn on the lights and the switch responding.
How far the extension goes isn’t clear, according to the code, but it’s a definite step toward Gemini becoming the default voice assistant over Google Assistant.
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All of the current and future Gemini extensions fit with Google’s blitz of Gemini upgrades this year.
The hurried schedule reflects not only how quickly Google is embedding Gemini throughout its ecosystem but also how the company feels pressure to match or beat its rivals in the same game.
Google wants consumers to view Gemini as the more efficient and versatile option compared to Amazon and Apple products.