"Since then, I've begun to use the Gemini app for something seemingly simple, but annoyingly fiddly: updating my Google Calendar. If we're going to reach AGI or Superintelligence anytime soon, the machines are going to have to sort out the mess that is digital calendars. My first effort with Gemini was hopeful. Here's how it went down: I'm in a bocce league that plays Thursday evenings in San Carlos, and my great friend Dave organizes our team. He recently sent around match dates."
"Usually, Dave would painstakingly input every match into his calendar and invite all of us by entering our email addresses into each event. He recently got a fancy new tech job, so he doesn't have time for this. Instead, he sent us a web link instructing us to "just subscribe to a URL for our bocce calendar." He then went into a rather in-depth explanation, "for the less tech-savvy among you, which might be all of you given all the boomer @yahoo addresses"
Downloaded Google's Gemini app to an iPhone primarily for image-generation features, then began using it to update a Google Calendar. A bocce league organizer shared match dates via a subscribe-URL and provided detailed instructions for less tech-savvy members. To avoid the subscription steps, screenshots of the bocce calendar were uploaded to Gemini and a simple instruction requested the events be added to the Google Calendar. The app linked to the calendar, processed the screenshots, and added all events in about 25 seconds. Manual checks confirmed times, dates, and locations were accurate, demonstrating fast calendar automation.
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