Google has begun to roll out its Gemini replace for Google Messages customers on eligible Pixel and different Android gadgets, however the pleasure has been dampened for customers residing inside the European Union (EU). In what seemingly factors to problems surrounding the EU’s new Digital Markets Act (DMA), Google has excluded all 27 member states from the preliminary rollout of Gemini within the Messages app.
Introduced final month, Gemini guarantees a brand new degree of performance for the Messages app. To entry it, customers should not solely be enrolled within the Google Messages beta program but additionally meet a number of extra standards. These embody having Wealthy Communication Companies (RCS) enabled, utilizing a private Google Account (meant for these 18 and over), setting their language to English (or French in Canada), and proudly owning a supported system just like the Pixel 6 or newer, Samsung Galaxy S22 and newer telephones, or Samsung foldable telephones. If certified, you’ll be able to take a look at this information on methods to begin a chat with Gemini in Google Messages.
EU customers who meet these necessities will certainly be dissatisfied with this transfer barring them from making an attempt out Gemini in Messages solely primarily based on their location. Nonetheless, it’s nonetheless unclear if this omission is short-term whereas Google navigates the complexities of the DMA or indicators a bigger potential concern in the case of Google’s product rollouts inside the EU.
Curiously, a number of different nations throughout Europe have been included on the preliminary listing of over 165 supported nations, amongst them Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, Israel, Serbia, Turkey and Ukraine. A notable miss is the UK, which left the EU in 2020.
For now, EU residents haven’t any selection however to attend for official communication from Google concerning the lacking Gemini help in Messages. I’m undecided why it wasn’t talked about within the preliminary rollout, however we will likely be following carefully and replace this text in case of any information, so keep tuned.
