Gemini AI assistant is lastly getting assist for an extension that may enable it to carry out numerous smartphone duties. Dubbed the Utilities extension, it was first introduced on the Google I/O and it could possibly management first-party apps and features resembling alarm, timer, quantity management, digital camera, and extra. Nevertheless, the Mountain View-based tech big is rolling out the extension progressively and it’d take just a few weeks earlier than all Android gadget customers can see the potential.
Gemini Utilities Extension
Ever because the launch of Gemini as a synthetic intelligence (AI) assistant for Android gadgets, the chatbot has lacked some very essential capabilities out there with Google Assistant. As an example, it can not open apps, click on an image utilizing the cellphone’s digital camera, or set an alarm. To repair this challenge, Google introduced a brand new Utilities extension earlier this yr. In its assist pages, the tech big introduced that the extension is lastly being rolled out to customers.
Nevertheless, there are some limitations. The function is barely out there by way of the Gemini cell app on Android smartphones. For the function to work, customers should have set Gemini because the default digital assistant. Moreover, the Utilities extension solely works with prompts within the English language for now. Additionally, because the function is being progressively rolled out, some customers may need to attend for a while earlier than it turns into out there for them.
With this extension, Gemini AI assistant will be capable of handle a number of duties on the lock display as properly. A few of them embody setting and silencing alarms, setting and stopping timers, turning on or off the flashlight, Bluetooth, DND and Battery Saver mode, checking the gadget’s quantity and battery degree, turning off the gadget or restarting, and extra.
Google additionally revealed that the extension will let the AI assistant carry out a number of actions with a single immediate. It will possibly additionally open web sites, apps, and the settings menu. Additional, Gemini can even be capable of open the Digicam app and click on an image or seize a screenshot.
This extension can even give Gemini the power to manage media playback together with pause and play features in addition to transferring to the earlier or the following media. It will solely work with the native media participant, nonetheless, and will not work with apps resembling Spotify or Apple Music. And eventually, customers can even be capable of set alarms and timers with this function.
