Any experiences with a self-hosted assistant like the modern Google Assistant? Looking for something LLM-powered that is smarter than older assistants that would just try to call 3rd party tools directly and miss or misunderstand requests half of the time.

I’d like integration with a mobile app to use it from the phone and while driving. I see Home Assistant has an Android Auto integration. Has anyone used this, or another similar option? Any blatant limitations?

  • artyom@piefed.socialEnglish
    43·
    29 days ago

    Everything I’ve read says Gemini is like 10x worse than Google Assistant.

    • surewhynotlem@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      33 minutes ago

      It’s gotten better. Which is to say, it’s almost feature compatible with the old assistant. But you can also give it context. So for example, if you say “remind me X”, you can get it to automatically remind you tomorrow with an alert at 9am, unless you specify a different time. And it’s ok if you screw up the phrasing a bit.

      But DIY is infinitely better. If you have the resources.

      • NarrativeBear@lemmy.worldEnglish
        41·
        29 days ago

        Gemini is a hot pile of garbage.

        When I ask Gemini for directions it starts to give me a definition, as opposed to opening maps and showing me the way. If I ask to turn off the lights I get a conversation and I end up walking to the light switch myself.