Every time Google dinged Apple during its Pixel 9 launch event

[Sameer Samat, the president of the Android ecosystem at Google] mentioned that “Gemini is available around the world right now, far beyond English speakers and a single market.” That final clarification seems to be a direct shot at Apple Intelligence, which isn’t widely rolled out yet and will only be available to English speakers in the US once it launches this fall.

Weird to see them bragging that you can get hallucinogenic, incorrect, and sometimes dangerous answers to your questions in over 200 countries. Google's own employees had little faith in Gemini (or Bard as it was called at the time) when Google rushed its half-baked AI out the door, leading to glue on pizza, telling people to jump off bridges, etc. Considering how terrible Gemini and Google AI answers have been, I appreciate Apple’s cautious approach. Samat’s comments come across as avoidant and out-of-touch.

As an aside, hardware events like this from Google and others often feel very unsurprising. When announcing new devices, I’d hope that their brand-new Pixels can outperform the iPhone I’ve had for 11 months. If not, what are we even doing here?