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During its I/O opening keynote yesterday, Google talked a lot about various new Gemini features. There’s Gemini Spark, Gemini Omni, Gemini 3.5 Flash, and so much more. However, out of all the Gemini things announced, the one that caught my attention the most is Gemini Daily Brief.
Daily Brief is being pitched as a “personalized morning digest that’s designed to be your first stop every day.” You can access Daily Brief right in the Gemini app, where it’ll remind you of upcoming flights, calendar appointments, recent purchases, and more.
All of this sounds great on paper, and if it works, it could be tremendously helpful. However, right from day one, Gemini Daily Brief has already lost my trust — and it’s all Google’s fault.
Are you looking forward to Gemini Daily Brief? 21 votes Yes, I think it sounds great. 29 % No, not after Daily Hub. 10 % I would be if it didn't require a paid subscription. 19 % I don't care about any of it. 43 %
Google tried this already, and it was a disaster
Joe Maring / Android Authority
If Daily Brief sounds familiar to you, that’s because Google released something very similar less than a year ago. When Google launched the Pixel 10 series last August, one of the big new software features on the phones was Daily Hub. The pitch behind Daily Hub was to be a central place to see reminders, calendar events, and other relevant info. In other words, it was essentially doing exactly what Google is attempting now with Gemini’s Daily Brief.
There was just one problem with Daily Hub — it was a complete disaster. What was wrong with Daily Hub? How much time do you have?
The idea behind Daily Hub was sound, but in practice, the feature proved completely worthless. Here are just a few examples of what it was like: Daily Hub showed the weather, but only a single temperature for that current time of day; no hourly forecast, daily forecast, or anything more in-depth.
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