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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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[–] mrodri89@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 hour ago

Well I guess I’m glad I moved over to apple. But I guess the enshitification of all our phones is coming soon.

[–] RampantParanoia2365@lemmy.world 4 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

This has got to be a prank.

[–] JacksonLamb@lemmy.world 4 points 8 hours ago

Every new stupid implementation of AI feels like a prank.

[–] vane@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

So it's still Your device not Gemini device. I'll wait couple of years.

[–] LoganNineFingers@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 hours ago (2 children)

Maybe this gives me a false sense of security but I bought the adguard pro on social stack (I think...). I just turn all of the connections off on gemini, meta and Bixby. Like this

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