I really like the Gemini AI. It’s smart. It’s funny sometimes. But I find it really annoying when it keeps on saying that it is under development and that it apologise for making mistakes. I did tell it that I know it’s under the development. I’m learning but it keeps on reminding me every second sentence when I use it to ask things I’m sorry I’m underdevelopment please bear with me. it always says that. In the beginning, I found it very endearing. But I find it very annoying now so my message to the developers please fix that. It’s annoying when you’re trying to with your AI and keep on repeating itself the same things over and over and apologising for it as well it keeps on saying I apologise for apologising. That’s kind of smart replying like that. So it’s not stupid, but it’s annoying.

I had previously praised Gemini for being more open but firm when needed on guidelines. For example when an author is writing a scene other AI apps refuse to even entertain romantic kisses because it’s “too inappropriate”, but Gemini had nailed it by ensuring you can have romantic content without crossing too many lines. But now it’s boundaries are stricter, and the modes that use to be unlimited are now limited, which is silly because the software isn’t updated enough to that of chatGPT. I stepped away from ChatGPT because it was too much of a money grab and too strict, and Gemini forgets more but because those modes were free I was fine to correct the bot as many times as possible to clarify my message to guide it down the correct path. But now those modes aren’t unlimited, while the software is obviously much worse than ChapGPT’s, along with the boundaries/guidelines being dumb now. For example if you were to say something like an adult is back home from college and they have a younger sibling, you cannot mention adult stuff like alcohol or the adult’s boyfriend, since a younger teen was included as background knowledge to the main character. I feel that is outrageous because it has little to do with the background child. Can a married couple not kiss if they have a baby? Because the baby is underaged? It’s a bit ridiculous.

I really love Gemini, I’m sure in the wrong hands it would have its weaknesses but it truly is as good as you make it or are able to utilise it. I don’t find it as watered down or diluted as chat gpt, it also doesn’t try to morally police you all the time which I appreciate, and it doesn’t censor itself (which is good and bad depending on who you are or what you’re using it for) I really appreciate that it can generate images fast and almost unlimited where as chat GPT is quick to cap it and limit the amount of photos you can send before having to do a $30 subscription (chat gpt) I use the free version of Gemini and really love it. I find it super handy for everyday life and my 2 small businesses. I love the nano banana thingy, is so cute!

I used to enjoy Siri before apple “intelligence”, now when you ask a question, the default response is “would you like me to use chatgpt to answer” and if you say no, it ends the conversation. Maybe I need to turn off the chatgpt option but google gemini just seems more helpful and puts in effort to answer your question and goes beyond just what you asked to suggest more information. Glad this is on the iPhone now, it was my best feature when I temporarily switched to Samsung S25 from iPhone 12, and was the one thing I missed about my Samsung when I switched back to iPhone 17. Feel a bit more complete now with this available on iPhone.