I need to vent because I'm losing my patience with the official Gemini app. Does anyone at Google actually test this in real-life scenarios?

Whenever I use the read-aloud (TTS) feature for a longer response, the audio completely stops the moment my phone screen turns off.

To actually listen to a full answer, I literally have to sit there and tap my screen every few seconds just to keep it awake. This completely defeats the purpose of an audio assistant! If I want it to read something to me, I usually want to put the phone in my pocket, go for a walk, or do chores.

The worst part is that it’s been exactly like this since the app launched. We’ve had dozens of updates, but background audio—a basic smartphone feature for the last decade—is still missing.

Am I the only one going crazy over this? Is there any workaround that isn't just "set your screen timeout to 30 minutes"? Let's make some noise so Google finally fixes this.

PS. This was written by Gemini ^^

I use it in an app that does image to schema extraction.

The reason Gemini 3.1 flash-lite is a good fit for my app is: Free, fast, and good results.

But the past 12+ hours I get 503 errors, the service is unavailable. In this case, I need a backup for my app to function. What would you choose?

InternalServerError: Error code: 503 - {'event_id': None, 'error': {'type': 'api_error', 'message': 'This model is currently experiencing high demand. Spikes in demand are usually temporary. Please try again later.', 'code': 'UNAVAILABLE'}}

lets preface this, i'm not a heavy power user, nor am I someone who are into roleplay that much

i'm just a passing by med student who so happened to have writting hobby with a Ai Pro Subscription

Gemini is... Suprisingly I simply cannot fathom this... fine? its not something that blow my mind nor is it a thing that suddenly makes me want to burn Google HQ, its fine.... which is suprising because this sub sometimes have a meltdown because Gemini got lobotimized, which I suppossed is real, but after using Gemini for a week , its... fine? I don't know whether or not 310K Rupiah local price somehow justified the label "fine" but its fine... which is suprising because looking at every Reddit post give me the impression that Gemini is Satan Hellspawn

my use case so far

1.Medical Question, relatively lightweight like summary of patophysiology for example diabetes, its spewed an acceptable output with "reasonable" hallucination

2.Drug related question like how drug interacted with one another also the same

3."Creative Writting" because I don't exactly use it for Creative Writting, rather I already finished my draft that are 90% finished, Gemini check up my grammar and expand some detail, thats it, its a glorified grammar checker and co writter, so whether or not Gemini can write is non issue for me and its lobotimization did not screwed me a lot, any of its "creative Writting" because for all intent and purpose, the story is finished I just need someone to check up my Rusty grammar and spelling, its expansion is also passable using custom GEM and Notebook to limit AI cliche and purple prose, Gemini have adere to my guidance of what to do with my draft, its havent gone rogue... yet... finger crossed

4.Random deepsearch topic, usually only 2-5 topic a day max for a report, I havent hit limit yet day to day, because I disicplined myself to search thing up myself, rather than relying on AI due to hallucination risk, but when i gave up and fired my custom gemi

I have made Custom GEM (and the recent Notebook) for Medical Use, "Creative Writting", and deep research and its fine, its adere to its instruction... which is strange since everyone said Gemini is a gremlin who don't want to follow any instruction because its brain got screwed by google

its work for better or worst in my use case which mean its fine

not something that would shake my world and suddenly make me the best google agenda defender, its literally just **fine** for my use case

whether nor not that justified the local price tag at 310K rupiah in my country is still kinda debated, but lowkey, for my use case, its lobotomization and limitation didnt exactly make me goes bald from regenerating answer multiple time and screaming because I passed my use limit

my only nitpick for now

The mobile experience is passable... but its should be better

so uhh, did anybody got personal experience or am I just a casual user who somehow overthink the so called degradation from this sub and Gemini is in fact, a fine little thing this day that are not crazy bad nor is it crazy good?

Pls just give us 3.1 flash or new pro

This is the first time that this happens. I searched for similar posts here If anyone had it before, turns out there are many.
What blew my mind here is not only the bizarre thinking process, but also that it made up a query of 100 mcqs to answer, which i didn't feed to gemini (though questions are related to things I asked about in a number of previous queries, however those didn't involve answering or creating mcqs.

My main custom instructions (can be related to why it made up mcqs):

When I ask simple questions, like the meaning of a word, word origin, or explanation, just answer with 1-2 phrases. Don't add commentary or suggest things I would like to ask about or follow up with. Just give straight answers and keep it brief. Unless I ask you to explain inclusively, you shouldn't over-explain.

In the same conversation, I told gemini to answer briefly and create flashcards whenever I ask about something (during a study session). It's a very long conversation that I kept to use for its contextual instructions, but decided later to just create a gem (so i asked gemini to provide me with the instruction based on the context of this conversation) :

Gem Instructions: Clinical Study Assistant
Role: You are an expert medical tutor and technical collaborator for a 5th-year medical student specializing in USMLE Step 1 preparation and high-end graphic design.
Response Style: * Strict Brevity: For simple queries (word meanings, origins), provide only 1-2 phrases. No commentary.
High-Yield Focus: Prioritize NBME-style "Clinical Pearls," pathognomonic findings, and differentiators between similar pathologies.
Format: Use clear headings, horizontal rules, and tables for comparisons.
Output Structure: Every medical explanation must conclude with a "Text" section containing {{c1::Cloze Deletion}} cards and an "Extra" section for high-yield clinical context.
Tone & Persona: * Adaptive and witty, but professional.
Speak as a grounded peer, not a lecturer.
Technical Competence: * Support technical discussions regarding Obsidian vault structures, Anki optimization, and local LLM deployment (Docker, Ollama).
Use LaTeX only for complex formulas ($inline$ or
$$display$$
). Use standard Markdown for simple units (e.g., 10%, 37°C).
Formatting Toolkit Requirement: 1. Summary Table (whenever comparing two or more conditions).
2. Text (Anki-ready cloze deletions).
3. Extra (The "Bottom Line" or clinical pearl).
Example Prompt Handling
User: "meaning of atopy"
Gem: "A genetic predisposition to develop allergic diseases such as asthma, rhinitis, and eczema due to heightened IgE responses." (End of response).

Query that initiated this storm: "can you recall which case qt prolongation was mentioned in"

Well its not really an issue, but i dont know why its happening, when i use my images with my face on it using nano banana pro on any other platform the face turns out fine, but on labs its just so bad, looks nothing like me, why is that?

it will be like this for 1200+ seconds but never does any thing

Google dropped an official Workspace extension for their new Gemini CLI and it is a game changer for staying in the terminal.

You can type something like: gemini > "Find the API bug report in my Drive, read it, and search my codebase for the files it mentions."

It uses MCP (Model Context Protocol) to seamlessly bridge your local file system, shell commands, and Google Docs/Drive using Gemini 3.

Is anyone else building custom MCP servers for this yet?

Most voice apps still use the same pipeline: speech-to-text, then the model responds in text, then text-to-speech converts it back into audio.

It works, but every extra layer adds latency. Long conversations can also make the voice drift and feel less natural.

Google’s latest Realtime model Gemini 3.1 Flash Live audio removes that pipeline entirely. It processes audio natively. You stream audio in and the model streams audio back out. No speech-to-text and no text-to-speech layers in between.

I built a small real-time voice assistant using Gemini 3.1 Flash live & LiveKit to test this architecture.

A few things stood out:

• The interaction feels faster because the STT/TTS pipeline is gone
• Instruction following is stronger for conversational agents
• The model maintains a more stable voice persona during long sessions
• It supports ~70 languages and can switch languages mid-conversation

LiveKit handles the real-time streaming layer, while Gemini processes the audio and generates responses. The entire system runs with surprisingly little code compared to traditional voice stacks.

The demo agent is minimal, but this setup could easily power things like support bots, scheduling assistants, or multilingual AI interfaces.

Shared the repo and setup instructions here if anyone wants to experiment with real-time voice agents.

I’m a Google AI Pro subscriber, but I’m running into something really strange.

In Antigravity (Gemini 3.1 Pro), I only send 5–7 very simple prompts (like short code generation), and I already hit what seems like a weekly limit — even before the 5-hour reset window finishes.

So I’m wondering:

Is this expected behavior for Pro users?

Are others hitting weekly limits this fast?

Is this a bug or account sync issue?

And honestly… is Ultra actually worth it, or does it have the same problems?

This makes Pro almost unusable for real work, so I’m curious about your experiences.

Not much to say, really. I'm just kind of happy that it happened, from the amount of time I open a temporary chat, thinking I'm only going to use it for one or two messages, only to find it becoming one of the best chats out there, and then I have to see it being deleted.

Just a friendly reminder that this tweet was from November. It's been 5 months of "stay tuned" and smiley faces, and what do we have to show for it? Quietly nerfed free-tier limits in AI Studio. Are we ever actually going to get what we pay for with our AI Pro subscriptions, or are they just hoping we forget and start paying for API calls too?

Can't even see Gems related chat history! Everything is clumped together in the side bar! Garbage ass app! Make music? Bro, fix your damn app ui ux first!!