The app just became available in the App Store today, coincident with the start of Google I/O. It's definitely there, and it definitely requires this location thing be turned on and be active even when you're not using the app. No thank you. Mary
Sent from my iPhone > On May 17, 2017, at 5:29 PM, M. Taylor <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hello Mary, > > This is interesting. > > Is this app actually called Google Assistant? Or are you referring to Google > Now. > > I checked the app a week ago and it was not there. > > Funny about the location services condition. > > On my Samsun Galaxy phone, I have location services turned off and I can use > the Google assistant just fine. > > Mark > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > Mary Otten > Sent: Wednesday, May 17, 2017 4:09 PM > To: [email protected]; [email protected]; > [email protected] > Subject: Google assistant comes to the iPhone > > They much touted Google Assistant is now available in the Apple App Store. I > downloaded it and opened it, and in order to work at all, you need to give it > permission to access location even when you're not using it. This is so it > can make a so-called private map of where you have been and where you are > when you're using it. So I wonder how much of a toll that is going to take on > Battery Life. And do I really trust Google that t it's private? Given that > they sell data? I was looking forward to certain aspects of Google assistant. > But it seems to be totally crippled unless you give them permission. I don't > see why he couldn't do other things that are not location dependent. > Mary > > > Sent from my iPhone > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: > [email protected]. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at > [email protected] > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/viphone. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: > [email protected]. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at > [email protected] > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/viphone. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: [email protected]. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at [email protected] The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
