Gemini: Now Google Gemini can talk through WhatsApp and Phone app, it will work even if the feature is turned off..

Google is soon going to allow its AI assistant Gemini to interact with many apps on Android phones, even if users have turned off this feature. On Tuesday, some Android users were sent an email from Google, informing them of this change. This change will automatically come into effect from July 7. The language of this email has created a lot of confusion among users because Google has told that users can turn off this feature, but did not tell how to turn it off.

Users shared screenshots of the email on social media.

Tipster CID shared screenshots of this email on social media platform X (formerly Twitter). Apart from this, many other users also shared similar screenshots, which were first noticed by Android Authority. The title of the email was, "We've made it easier for Gemini to interact with your device." It was said that Google is updating the way to interact with some apps of Android devices through its AI assistant Gemini. These apps are Phone Apps, Messages, WhatsApp, and Utilities.

The biggest concern: Will work even if the feature is turned off
The most worrying thing in the email is that Google wrote, "Gemini will be able to interact with these apps whether your Gemini Apps Activity is on or off." That is, even if the user has turned off Gemini Apps Activity, Gemini will still be able to interact with these apps.

What is Gemini Apps Activity?

Gemini Apps is the new name of Google Gemini's extensions. Through this, users allow the AI ​​assistant to work in some first-party and third-party apps. Till now, users could go to the settings of the Gemini app and decide which apps will connect to Gemini and which will not, but after this new update, this option may be limited.

Questions raised on data and privacy
The way things are written in this email from Google, it seems that users will not have the right to choose whether Gemini accesses data from these apps or not. Although Google Assistant also has the ability to interact with apps, the risk with AI models is higher because it is not clear how the data will be processed, stored and used.

Contradictions in the email
At the end of the email, Google said "If you do not want to use these features, you can turn them off by going to the Apps Settings page." But this creates confusion for two reasons. Earlier Google said that it would not matter if this feature is "on or off". For now, access can be turned off from the Apps page only by going to the Gemini app, but the email says that the new feature will work despite this.
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