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You're not alone: This email from Google's Gemini team is concerning (www.androidauthority.com)
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Google’s Gemini team is apparently sending out emails about an upcoming change to how Gemini interacts with apps on Android devices. The email informs users that, come July 7, 2025, Gemini will be able to “help you use Phone, Messages, WhatsApp, and Utilities on your phone, whether your Gemini Apps Activity is on or off.” Naturally, this has raised some privacy concerns among those who’ve received the email and those using the AI assistant on their Android devices.

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[–] 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children)

My interpretation is that you can leave activity off i.e., your interactions are not saved. I may be wrong, but as I'm not interested in it for now, I'm not going to check either.

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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    Right. They have an opt-out for Gemini storing your in-app activity, which I believe is a requirement to get the assistant to be able to do things in the app. This seems to say you may be able to interact with some messaging apps even if you opt out (presumably they would have a rebuilt way to interact with those that doesn't store any of your data?).

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  • [–] 0 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    If this is the case, it's (apparently) good for privacy.

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  • [–] 9 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Less bad, maybe?

    Either way it's definitely a good example of why you should write good emails to your customers that explain things properly.

    If this is what they're saying I'm assuming they didn't want to be too clear about what info they're storing if you don't opt out and ended up making an email that sounds like a threat.

    Either way I won't be using Gemini as an assistant any time soon. Or any other voice assistant, for that matter.

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