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Google’s Gemini team is apparently sending out emails about an upcoming change to how Gemini interacts with apps on Android devices. The email informs users that, come July 7, 2025, Gemini will be able to “help you use Phone, Messages, WhatsApp, and Utilities on your phone, whether your Gemini Apps Activity is on or off.” Naturally, this has raised some privacy concerns among those who’ve received the email and those using the AI assistant on their Android devices.

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[-] Squizzy@lemmy.world 7 points 2 weeks ago

How, its baked in? Gemini isnt installed on my phone but its there. Like the circle to search.

[-] r00ty@kbin.life 16 points 2 weeks ago

Gemini is an app, I disabled that. I also shut off the key press and there's some other places you can turn off some of the automatic AI features, and also there's a setting to disable the "online" AI in general.

But that's why in another comment I said, I am still not sure I turned it all off (or even if it is possible to).

[-] priapus@piefed.social 2 points 2 weeks ago

You can remove most apps using ADB. Universal Android Debloater is helpful for this, just make sure you read the comments for each app so you dont remove something you need.

[-] Squizzy@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

Have you a link? This sounds like I would need root?

this post was submitted on 25 Jun 2025
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