Thanks for the source. While this isn't Google, it's clear that
disabling continuous conversation by default is likely due somewhat to
computing cost, but that is an absolutely terrible choice on their
behalf. I think they will realize this eventuall...
I pay for the new Gemini Home premium functionality and never use it
because it is useless to me. Over 99% of my use cases are home
automation based commands, and the let's chat functionality doesn't
support these, neither will I ever say "let's chat...
1 - From whom did you hear this?2 - How much specifically?3 - It is
irrelevant that Google cites this as a significant cost. They should not
change use cases completely which they have. Even if they must, they
believe, hide a continuous conversation ...
If they are going to site costs, they need to absolutely unlock the
exact same use cases in the let's chat functionality that have existed
in continuous conversation mode for nearly a decade. This is not the
case currently.
To be clear, paying for it doesn't unlock continued conversation. "Let's
Chat" functionality is quite different, and your use cases may be quite
different, too. For example, it doesn't support Google home commands
whatsoever. It's a major problem.
