Aaaand it's Niantic all over again.
this post was submitted on 22 Jun 2026
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It's easy to imagine scenarios where something like this could be useful. Sometimes very, very useful. "Hey Google, I spent the last 20 minutes speaking to a police officer, be sure to keep and transcribe all that."
But no one's going to trust it (no one should trust it) because it's offered by a big tech company. "Of course this new service is designed to be used against us," we correctly assume.
Google: sorry, we work for the police, so that audio was not recorded.
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They have been doing this with Nest for years. Lots of reports of people saying something random and suddenly getting ads. Say no secrets!
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Creepy but this would be very helpful. Hopefully it's on device instead of the cloud.
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I hope this is exclusive to newer models and leaves my 8 pro alone.. fuck Google
The pixel line has had dedicated AI chip/functionality for several generations
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I need a lot of tshirts with writing, that i do not consent to picture, audio capture, capture of biometrics from me and so on. Maybe here in Europe it may help a little.
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"For Pixel Phones". So it's a hardware thing... for now.
Just switched from Pixel 8 Pro to iPhone. Looking like that was a good decision even though iOS is a shitshow to use in comparison.