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Is Gemini going to kill the Play Store and Android apps?

Ilia Temelkov · 2024-05-16T07:38:38-05:00

It might not have been a surprise, but the Gemini AI chatbot was the star of the show at Google’s annual developer conference this week. The quick summary is that the company plans to integrate AI into every product it offers to consumers. This will turn Gemini into a specialized digital assistant with access to many of Google’s services, like Gmail, Calendar and Search. Among the demos Google showed at I/O were mundane things like adding the products of a recipe to a shopping list in Keep, planning the return of a product and creating the itinerary for a complete family vacation. As impressive as this may look, it raises questions about the future of apps, at least in the shape we know them today. If tasks like planning a vacation, returning a product to its seller, and going through emails, schedules or lengthy PDF documents require only a quick conversation with a chatbot, would we even need the apps? If we stop needing apps, what will happen with the Play Store? Do you think chatbots will bring the end of the app era? What apps could never be replaced by a chatbot? Would you prefer a conversational interface for your smartphone instead of the current screen-centric approach?

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Ilia Temelkov

• Published: May 16, 2024, 7:38 AM

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shade9208

• 1mo ago

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I kinda hope Gemini replaces most of the Play store apps. I'm sick of the ads, the re- directs and the open too-bad-for-you theft of our data. Gemini gets smarter the more you use it and only shares data with its founder. Not hundreds of third party partners. And no ads. And no redirects. And also functions very well with search and even offers suggestions to improve said search. I'll take that any day.