Comment on On July 7, Gemini AI will access your WhatsApp and more. Learn how to disable it on Android.

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• chellomere@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  I’m rather confused. I don’t have any app called Gemini installed, but despite this “Hey Google” brings up Gemini. So I have no app to disable, and no way to turn off interaction with other apps. This is on a Samsung A55 in Europe, happily taking advice on how to proceed.

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  • Cethin@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    I found settings for it in my phone’s settings menu, so yeah, no standalone app you can disable or remove. They baked it into the OS.

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• FelixCress@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Exactly. It is an odd advice - disable something you had to install first just to disable?

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  • darkdemize@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    It installed itself as part of an update package.

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    • zecg@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      I was fully expecting that, but since enshittification recently intensified (Android 15’s bluetooth settings are a giant step back in usability), neither google play nor system in general nor anything from motorola has internet access on my phone, I send everything through RethinkVPN (from f-droid) and block all internet access except for apps that I explicitly allow. I’m just not updating anything except periodically Signal, IronFox and PipePipe.

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    • atrielienz@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      In the case of my fully updated pixel 9 pro XL, Gemini was installed from the factory. I uninstalled it and installed Google Assistant. It has not re-installed itself for me, and further, I would recommend that if you don’t use Gemini, you uninstall it.

      This may change once the July patch hits but. As of right now it’s not currently installed.

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      • darkdemize@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        In my case (Galaxy S21) I can only disable it, not uninstall.

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    • FelixCress@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Update of what?

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      • Clanket@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        It must be an Android update as that’s all I ever do, and I never installed Gemini. It was there, with permissions to access WhatsApp. I just remived all the permissions and disabled the app. We’ll see if any future updates turn it back on.

        Shhhhhneeeeeky bastards.

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      • darkdemize@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        Yes. It was bundled as part of either a system or security update.

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• VitabytesDev@feddit.nl ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  laughs in LineageOS

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