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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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[–] copdeb@crazypeople.online 1 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

Do you have any good material to degoogle Android??

[–] commander@lemmy.world 5 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

Just saw there's a sort of large Lemmy degoogle community

https://lemmy.world/c/degoogle@lemmy.ml

Personally I think it's a good start to just replace Google applications. Organic Maps over Google Maps. Proton Mail/Drive/VPN/Calendar over Google stuff. Firefox and forks over Chrome. Duckduckgo over Google search. After that you can maybe find an old old Google Pixel phone and then start flashing ROMs off XDA forums as practice before you try a newer more expensive phone

[–] copdeb@crazypeople.online 1 points 3 hours ago

Ok!!! Thanks. I've done all that, so I Think I'm degoogling. It's Hard to avoid Android in my country, you risk to be out of communication Networks