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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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[–] besselj@lemmy.ca 57 points 1 day ago (3 children)
[–] Akip@discuss.tchncs.de 31 points 1 day ago (2 children)
[–] MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 35 points 23 hours ago (4 children)

X is blocked on network level here, could you please copy&paste?

[–] Matty_r@programming.dev 45 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

GrapheneOS @GrapheneOS We're going to be moving forward under the expectation that future Pixel devices may not meet the requirements to run GrapheneOS (https://grapheneos.org/faq#future-devices ) and may not support using another OS. We've been in talks with a couple OEMs about making devices and what it would cost. 1:02 AM · Jun 13, 2025

[–] MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 11 points 23 hours ago
[–] cupcakezealot@piefed.blahaj.zone 8 points 23 hours ago

https://xcancel.com/GrapheneOS/status/1933177989480456365

GrapheneOS @GrapheneOS Jun 12 We're going to be moving forward under the expectation that future Pixel devices may not meet the requirements to run GrapheneOS (grapheneos.org/faq#future-de…) and may not support using another OS. We've been in talks with a couple OEMs about making devices and what it would cost.

Jun 12, 2025 · 3:02 PM UTC

[–] besselj@lemmy.ca 12 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

Long enough for GOS to port Android 16 or get their own OEM, I hope

[–] Akip@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 17 hours ago

i hope so too :/

[–] harcesz@szmer.info 7 points 1 day ago

Nervously chuckles "im in danger" while clicking through to the Graphene rom.

[–] kratoz29@lemm.ee 4 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

Why is this a Google Pixel only ROM? Anything special with the Google Pixel?

I even consider Chinese phones a better hardware dela than what Google does, and I know Google software (I mainly use AOSP ROMs, Pixel OS in this case) but if we are swapping right away the ROM of the Pixel and the hardware is subpar what's the deal with it?

[–] sic_semper_tyrannis@lemmy.today 5 points 17 hours ago

Pixel phones have an extra security chip in them called the Titan. Other manufacturers lack this.

https://www.androidauthority.com/titan-m2-google-3261547/