Google’s new Gemini assistant is here, but it still confuses 5 AM with 5 PM

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00:00Google's new Gemini Assistant is here, but it still confuses 5AM with 5PM.

00:06Gemini has landed on a handful of smart speakers, and Google says it's going great.

00:11Two weeks post-rollout, the company quoted a user, Gemini made my Google Home actually

00:16useful.

00:18Top complaints include Gemini misreading basic commands, like confusing 5PM alarms for 5AM,

00:24and mishandling smart devices.

00:26Awkward, given that understand me and turn on the lights are a voice assistant's core

00:31duties.

00:32Gemini is the flashy centerpiece of Google's Gemini for Home overhaul, which infuses AI

00:37across the Google Home ecosystem.

00:40The Home app adds an Ask Home chatbot, while Nest cameras offer daily AI-generated summaries.

00:45Getting Gemini isn't simple.

00:48You can't simply update your speaker, you must join an early access program, separate

00:52from public preview.

00:54Even the Verge doesn't have it yet, and Reddit threads suggest most users are still

00:58waiting.

00:59Google says the full rollout won't happen until next spring, possibly alongside a new

01:04Google Home speaker.

01:06When it does arrive, Gemini promises to be more conversational and context-aware.

01:11In theory, you could say, hey Google, lock up, adjust lights, and warm the house.

01:15And it'll work.

01:17In reality, early testers say chaining commands together is hit or miss, or just miss.

01:22Google Home's product lead admitted large language models are creative, but struggle

01:27with consistent task repetition.

01:29Gemini might tell you a bedtime story, but don't count on it to set your alarm correctly.