>They are just focused on privacy

Is that why they rushed out introducing AI summaries etc in order to play catch-up and then backpedaled when they exploded in customers' faces/individuals concerned in false headlines threatened to sue?

I use Gemini on purpose all the time. It can start timers for me, add calendar entries without having to type it out, convert email to calendar or reminders etc. I'd use it even more if it had more access to other bits of my phone.