Still using Google Assistant? Gemini’s new Utilities extension might convin

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• Gemini’s new Utilities extension lets you control your phone with voice commands. You can now set alarms, open apps, take screenshots, and more within Gemini, even while your phone is locked.
• The extension is rolling out widely to Gemini users on Android following a limited rollout last month.
• Utilities also plugs into the Pixel Screenshots app for Pixel users.

Gemini has evolved well as an AI digital assistant, but there are still some situations in which users miss Google Assistant on their phones. You’d particularly miss Google Assistant if you relied on it a lot for various phone tasks, like managing alarms and times, opening apps, controlling media playback, etc. Google began rolling out a Utilities Gemini extension last month that would help Gemini do such tasks without relying on Google Assistant, and now the extension is rolling out widely to many users.

Artem Russakovskii on X (previously known as Twitter) spotted that the Utilities extension is now live in Gemini. You can spot the new extension in the Gemini app for Android by clicking on the profile picture in the top right corner and tapping Extensions.




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