How about making something we actually want, like a GMail app for mac.
What would that get you over just the chrome version?
IMAP, for one.
The Gemini app is now on Mac
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I just got it last week. Still a few quirks, but positive so far.
Do you have an option to not use it? Google forcefully updated my TV and the normal assistant is gone now
First thing I do after I purchase any smart TV - turn off network access, disable auto-updates (mine is a Sony). So, this way 1) it can collect whatever it wants but it can't phone back home and 2) I don't wake up one day and find myself on a learning curve I didn't sign up for (happened to me once, they completely re-did the UI, for worse!)
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#53Really hoping this will not strip off messages as it happens in iOS apps with long conversations over days.
Have been seeing that happen consistently where older chats have some messages missing in between
Re: The Gemini app is now on Mac
#54Earlier quoted context omitted.
Do you have an option to not use it? Google forcefully updated my TV and the normal assistant is gone now
First thing I do after I purchase any smart TV - turn off network access, disable auto-updates (mine is a Sony). So, this way 1) it can collect whatever it wants but it can't phone back home and 2) I don't wake up one day and find myself on a learning curve I didn't sign up for (happened to me once, they completely re-did the UI, for worse!)
How do you watch anything without network access?
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#55Re: The Gemini app is now on Mac
#56Earlier quoted context omitted.
First thing I do after I purchase any smart TV - turn off network access, disable auto-updates (mine is a Sony). So, this way 1) it can collect whatever it wants but it can't phone back home and 2) I don't wake up one day and find myself on a learning curve I didn't sign up for (happened to me once, they completely re-did the UI, for worse!)
How do you watch anything without network access?
Roku
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#57Any way to run this on Gemma 4 only? If there was a “local” mode, I would seriously think about installing this.
Out of curiosity, why not just try it with one of the many local managers like LM Studio or Ollama or oMLX, etc? The Gemini app is kind of terrible (apart from the models) but Gemma 4 runs great locally already.
I run lmstudio now and it’s more like a “chat” bot. Where as Gemini app is more like an agent.
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#58Earlier quoted context omitted.
First thing I do after I purchase any smart TV - turn off network access, disable auto-updates (mine is a Sony). So, this way 1) it can collect whatever it wants but it can't phone back home and 2) I don't wake up one day and find myself on a learning curve I didn't sign up for (happened to me once, they completely re-did the UI, for worse!)
How do you watch anything without network access?
I use Apple TV and give it network access instead, this way the TV doesn't have the chance to update. My Apple TV is set to update manually too. Of course, the assumption here is Apple TV doesn't phone home - and I'm no Apple fanboy, but I think this is as close as we get to online streaming with privacy.
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The best by far IMO. gemini-cli
At least as of about 6 weeks ago, Gemini cli was a buggy mess. I ended up hitting bugs every 30-60 minutes that required completely resetting (clearing the cache, logging out and in) and then if I resumed an old chat the bug was back. I saw a joke on Reddit: Anthropic doesn't let you use claude with 3rd party harnesses. Google doesn't even let you use Gemini with their own harness.
Gemini cli is literally the worse agentic cli tool that I've tried and Google won't let you use your credentials with any other.
It lacks obvious features that all the others have, crashes constantly, breaks so badly you lose work at least once a week, is seldom updated, and worse was recently crippled even further intentionally.
Google has had load issues forever. Their most recent solution has been to throttle CLI users to the point that it's almost useless. The only way to get decent service is to pay per query with the API now.
I cancelled my Ultra plan and went to ChatGPT. They still let you chose your preferred tool. Meanwhile, Googles forums and github are filled with wailing and gnashing of teeth, but Google customer service policy is the same as it was when they just did search: reproachful silence.
https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/discussions/2297...
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#60still on the latest pixel phone - gemini can't read basic things.
Pixel OCR and translation has been fantastic for me.