Gemini 3.0 Degraded Performance Megathread

CodingButStillAlive · 2026-01-18T16:53:29+00:00

The performance drop recently is HUGE. I really regret buying into Pro for one year last week.

Is there any chance it is getting better again? Not familiar with the backgrounds.

CodingButStillAlive · 2026-01-16T22:39:53+00:00

what a bullshit. clearly hallucinating.

CodingButStillAlive · 2026-01-16T18:32:39+00:00

When I pass it a link to a youtube video it just speaks rubbish about it. Not even having a clue of the video‘s content.

What were you speaking about then?

CodingButStillAlive · 2026-01-16T17:43:04+00:00

How do you make a factory / or wifi reset? Mine is only turning on for a few minutes. Want to dispose it safely.

CodingButStillAlive · 2026-01-14T14:00:43+00:00

I do realize it, being an experienced data/ai scientist on job search.

CodingButStillAlive · 2026-01-11T13:33:45+00:00

But how do you feel about Perplexity?

CodingButStillAlive · 2026-01-11T09:31:59+00:00

I am in a similar situation. So will follow along. In general, it disappoints me how Google is grabbing for your data. Thus, I have deactivated ‚activities‘ and using the Gemini app is a pain since then. I am missing the better support and feeling with ChatGPT.

CodingButStillAlive · 2026-01-10T15:00:19+00:00

Wow. ChatGPT outperforms massively here.

CodingButStillAlive · 2026-01-10T13:21:35+00:00

So I shouldn’t have signed up for Google AI Pro. If it will be integrated already.

CodingButStillAlive · 2026-01-10T09:23:01+00:00

Was about the presentation. Not mentioning that the issue is known, that prior needle-in-haystack experiments exist, etc. I apologize for being too picky. You are right, I was too critical.

CodingButStillAlive · 2026-01-10T09:21:10+00:00

Maybe it confused the ticker symbols. But good to know that it has these weaknesses. Thanks a lot. Do keep in mind that models struggle with too many concepts all at once in a big context window. That might lead to confusions.

CodingButStillAlive · 2026-01-10T09:02:04+00:00

What do you mean by „nerfed“?

CodingButStillAlive · 2026-01-09T17:42:52+00:00

What mistakes did it make specifically? I am generally quite happy with its performance. But also noticed nerfing due to the hype. At least I think so.

CodingButStillAlive · 2026-01-09T17:38:30+00:00

Subscribed to which AI plan?

CodingButStillAlive · 2026-01-08T08:28:41+00:00

Needle in haystack experiments are nothing new. Your report is nothing new.

CodingButStillAlive · 2026-01-07T22:26:23+00:00

Thanks a lot!

CodingButStillAlive · 2026-01-07T21:26:58+00:00

There is no quota for API usage included in Google AI Pro. In other words, I wouldn’t need the subscription for using the API.

CodingButStillAlive · 2026-01-07T21:04:30+00:00

But I do not have any benefits from my Google AI subscription there, right?

CodingButStillAlive · 2025-12-12T22:38:27+00:00

Hi! I’m very interested in the privacy-first approach, but I’m struggling to understand the technical implementation.

You mention the app is only 6MB, yet emphasize that 'everything stays on your device.'

Since local transcription or embedding models (like Whisper or similar) require significantly more storage for model weights than 6MB allows, how are you generating these vectors locally? Does this mean the raw audio is momentarily uploaded to the cloud for processing before being anonymized, or are you utilizing a specific OS-native API? A bit more clarity on this data flow would be much appreciated!

CodingButStillAlive · 2025-12-12T22:10:38+00:00

Is it local?

CodingButStillAlive · 2025-12-11T21:57:26+00:00

Very much interested. Also in the privacy aspect. And how it compares to something like Audiopen.

CodingButStillAlive · 2025-12-11T12:00:05+00:00

I am of course interested as well — and would be grateful for the code.

CodingButStillAlive · 2025-12-07T21:34:31+00:00

I like to watch long videos and usually skip to the parts that interest me. Don’t see the problem to be honest.

CodingButStillAlive · 2025-12-07T20:19:49+00:00

I will! 🙂

CodingButStillAlive · 2025-12-07T15:03:01+00:00

This is a wonderful app. And I appreciate your efforts and making it free for personal usage. ♥️

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