The author also criticizes Gemini Live's lack of expressiveness and inability to adjust the pitch, timbre, or tenor of its voices. The bot's responses were found to be generic, nonspecific, and sometimes incorrect. The author concludes that the text-based Gemini experience is currently more useful than Gemini Live, and questions the bot's utility, especially considering it's exclusive to Google's $20-per-month Google One AI Premium Plan.
Key takeaways:
- Gemini Live is Google's take on OpenAI’s Advanced Voice Mode, aiming to provide a more engaging chatbot experience with realistic voices and the freedom to interrupt the bot at any point.
- Despite being more free-flowing and natural-feeling than Google’s previous attempts at AI-powered voice interactions, Gemini Live still has issues with inconsistencies and introduces new problems.
- Gemini Live is capable of remembering things from earlier conversations in the same chat session, but struggles with queries about people, places and things, often providing inaccurate or hallucinatory responses.
- Despite its potential, Gemini Live currently lacks the expressiveness of Advanced Voice Mode and has several technical issues, leading to questions about its utility, especially considering it's exclusive to Google’s $20-per-month Google One AI Premium Plan.