Google lays off hundreds in Assistant, hardware, engineering teams::undefined

    • rhymepurple@lemmy.mlEnglish
      21·
      1 year ago

      Calls made from speakers and Smart Displays will not show up with a caller ID unless you’re using Duo.

      Is it possible to use Duo still? Google knows it discontinued/merged Duo with Google Meet nearly 18 months ago, right?

    • darganon@lemmy.worldEnglish
      9·
      1 year ago

      The commute to work on smart screens going away is a headscratcher. How complicated could it be?

    • stealth_cookies@lemmy.caEnglish
      9·
      1 year ago

      I just don’t get how all of these “Smart” devices continue to get stupider. Why are they removing existing features or making them worse to use?

      It’s gotten to the point where I’m currently working on a project to roll my own dumb smart display and speakers with a RPi, Magic Mirror, and a DAC/amp hat.

      • The Pantser@lemmy.worldEnglish
        6·
        1 year ago

        Take a look at home assistant to power the speech part of the display. They have done a lot the last year and even have wake words working.

        • stealth_cookies@lemmy.caEnglish
          2·
          1 year ago

          I’m not going to bother with speech on it as I don’t really like talking to my devices. How assistant is definitely in consideration for the screen though if I don’t get magic mirror working to my liking.

    • ChapulinColorado@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      Using your voice to send an email, video or audio message. You can still make calls and send text messages.

      You could never make calls. I remember trying to find my phone by asking Google to call it and it just saying “calling xyz”. Never rang, not while I was using a Google voice number, not on Google Fi, not on T-Mobile/mint.

      Also, didn’t see anything about asking the assistant on the living room something and the device in the bedroom answering and vice-versa. Not sure how something so simple could be messed up. We kind of gave up on using it due to that, it isn’t even good enough to Google a question any longer.

      • shalafi@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        1 year ago

        Seems like mine magically started working one day for calling. Don’t need or want that function though.

  • supersquirrel@sopuli.xyzEnglish
    34·
    1 year ago

    How cool would it be if all the smart people working at massive tech companies like google actually were working in places where their efforts could improve the world instead of being swallowed up by the dumb dysfunctional politics of a too-big-to-fail company that hoovers up interesting ideas through acquisitions and unceremoniously strangles them.

    • kameecoding@lemmy.worldEnglish
      4·
      1 year ago

      I have read during the last layoffs that those employees got snatched up by small and mid sized companies

  • Skullgrid@lemmy.worldEnglish
    14·
    1 year ago

    Jesus fucking Christ stop flooding the goddamn job market with geniuses. I can’t even hold down a job because I can’t solve shit fast enough, I don’t need to fight people better than me for basic ass jobs to feed my family

    • GreyBeard@lemmy.oneEnglish
      9·
      1 year ago

      I’ve spent most of my life thinking I wasn’t good enough to be a Google engineer, but as I got older, I realized that they aren’t smarter, they just had a better resume. I don’t doubt that some of them are way smarter than me, but most of them are just smart, or at least domain smart.

      • Skullgrid@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        1 year ago

        they aren’t smarter, they just had a better resume.

        I kinda worded it badly, but my main gripe is how difficult it’s getting to get jobs, so this is the only part that matters.

  • sorghum@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    3·
    1 year ago

    Anyone got a self hostable smart display and smart speaker setup? If I can build the devices myself, even better.