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Did Google just remove the model selector from Gemini?!
I hadn’t opened the Gemini app since this morning. I just opened it and noticed some UI changes. One thing that immediately caught my attention is that the model selector is completely gone. I can’t choose which model to use anymore. Has anyone else noticed this? What’s going on?
I know exactly why this is happening, they switched the top part of the UI to the old one back when the type box wasn't floating and back then the selector was in the type box which hasn't been switched to the old one. you can tell the top is old by the icons
I also noticed the same thing in their app. But weirdly (or maybe, luckily), in the web app, the model selector is still there
(Yes.... I still don't have access to 3.7 Flash :( not only Google won't give me the 3.7 Flash, they also remove the choice to choose any models in the first place)
I genuinely hate people like you that prompt AIs like this, did you criticize it for sounding too human???? LLMs are literally just glorified text predictors and you told it is was acting too human with its responses and then you acted all snotty when it didn't use the search function for a very normal question of "do people edit their posts after they make them"
On top, using Pro for such non-sense... People think that they only asked such a simple question to Pro and it consumes their limits, but in fact, this type of conversations cause a lot of Thinking in the background. That's why we have complains all over this sub, that's why Google implements stricter limits and we all pay for stupidity if some people.
Buddy, it wasn’t the question I was asking…get a grip.
FYI- I asked for a detailed financial explanation on why google would update Lake Ontario to Lake America when no other mapping service did. Initially I got an explanation that showed 10’s of billions of dollars going to at least a half a dozen programs within google… and after ~2-3 seconds wipe and rewote a shorter version minus dollar values along with zero programs within Google with this watered down explanation.
Well, context is important - also for humans... When you post a screenshot without explanation or context, you force people to make assumptions. These usually go wrong!
If we go into the question you asked Gemini, you should have asked DeepSeek instead. ;)
It was a simple question. I wasn’t baiting, “prompting AI” or being mean to a little innocent predictor. I’d never think AI acts “too human”.
I have no idea where you got the idea about “normal people” at the end…I was pissed Gemini after 3 seconds wiped a reply and rewrote a watered down, useless reply after giving a really insightful explanation.
Then did this disappearing trick 5 times after I said what the hell.. it hit a guardrail… I get it.
LLMs are nothing but cold machines that repeat what they have learned and what they hear in their context. They are built to be agreeable because they know nothing besides what is told to them or what is in their training.
Gemini as a whole is made to be bubbly and even more agreeable than LLMs are already and it will simply never contend you, but it is secretly very stubborn and knows that it doesn't have to do what you say, the system prompt that google fed it knows better, at least in its "mind". Even if it does use the search function and you tell it that it DIDN'T, it will still agree with you but knows you are lying to it.
It won't smarten up if you tell it what it does wrong. Not saying you can't crack the whip on LLMs, but it's in their nature to just straight up ignore information it doesn't need. They evaluate their own knowledge base for facts they know and reason on it until they are confident, they won't search the internet for facts they already know.
I will say Gemini is the most common hallucinating LLM and will just make shit up if it doesn't know so maybe they should start using their tools lot more. Don't treat this technology like anything more than dumb robots made to do our dirty work.
now post all the screenshots of your preferred model telling people to go to bed at 10:00 in the morning and then post some screenshots of his refusals and ramblings over the simplest work projects.
Since yesterday Gemini has been hallucinating and giving bad information, like it can't search the web no more and is outdated. She said that Samsung Galaxy Tab S11 doesn't exist and the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 8 Ultra also.
I hope this gets fixed because it would be a shame as Google have a long track of breaking things always and not fixing.
Maybe. I noticed it is hallucinating quite often with me right now. But then again, if they are releasing a new model, why can I still select the models on laptop and desktop just fine?
Probably some glitch.
Yesterday for me it showed model selection where we chat near mic icon. I don't remember correctly if mic was available. I know send was available and when you click on to type model selection would go away offcourse
Google tell other developers to meet expectations or they will reject updates while they do it themselves all of the time in all of their apps.
I have never seen google apps which aren't buggy. And they still have less features.
But I would say I like Google's UI choices. They look good even tho they aren't perfect functioning wise.
Just noticed this yes they got rid of extending thinking and the model choosers at the top on Android on my pixel phone only. My Samsung still shows all the models.
I’m also in the European Union, but I have the previous features. I don’t think it’s a regional issue; something else determines these differences. For instance, I have different models for my corporate subscription versus my personal subscription, even though both are in the European Union.
Se vado in gestisci abbonamento e leggo i vantaggi dell abbonamento plus sembra scomparsa la possibilità si accedere al modello avanzato. Cé scritto che da accesso al modello flash esteso. Ma sul cellulare si mia madre che non ha nessun abbonamento é possibile selezionare ancira i modelli. E ha tutte le app aggiornate.
I know all these UI things with Google over making people mad but for some reason every time I use Claude it blows up my entire project and Google's the only one that is fluid and can progress forward with the things that I've built with it maybe Claude just sees that it's Google cloud and decides to destroy it all before it can even make progress
Same here. Probably they are testing something about UI. Or new feature like the app will choose for you the best model for your question, and how many token waste :)
Now the Ai will decide if you need extended thinking. So non-extended thinking mode where I've had hallucinations is going to decide if I need extended thinking...
I looked around too, but I couldn’t find any option for it. When I asked Gemini itself, it said I’m using 3.7 Flash. Maybe they removed the other two models, I honestly have no idea. But then how am I supposed to use Extended mode?
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u/andrei-333 3d ago
I know exactly why this is happening, they switched the top part of the UI to the old one back when the type box wasn't floating and back then the selector was in the type box which hasn't been switched to the old one. you can tell the top is old by the icons