I’m worried Google is going to ruin one of my favorite Android features with AI

Joe Maring / Android Authority AI is a big focus for Google right now. Perhaps you’ve noticed. It’s impossible to go on Google Search these days without seeing an “AI Overview” at the top of your search results. Google is repeatedly touting Gemini as the next great AI assistant, and Google’s recent Pixel 9a announcement also came with the news that Google’s Pixel Studio app can now generate AI images of people. Google wants to sprinkle in AI anywhere it can, and to some extent, I’m OK with this. I want to see Gemini continue to improve and become the Google Assistant replacement Google wants it to be. I’d love to learn more about Google’s ambitious Project Astra, and I’m curious to see how AI will further impact Android and Wear OS. However, for all of the beneficial uses of AI, not all of them are winners. We’ve seen ample AI features from Samsung and Apple that, while hyped to the high heavens, aren’t all that useful in the real world. Others, like notification summaries, can be d ... Read full article.