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You can turn it off by disabling or uninstalling the app. Not trying to defend google here, but for clarity "whether your Gemini Apps Activity is on or off" refers to the app not following standard android procedure for killing background processes from how i understand it. So you actually have to fully disable it in the system settings, not just swipe it away.
Nope. It's a user space app not tied to services. You just uninstall the app.
It's only an issue if it comes pre installed via retailer or manufacter. This includes pixels.
Edit:
Fuck, I'm wrong, you’re right. I must have spot checked the Gemini fan club or something out of my end users. Still don't know how all our luddite inter-office mail couriers got it.
Looks like Google has added a Gemini options page to Android settings regardless of the app install, which is where my confusion on my own device came from.
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So... it's only an issue for any phone still pulling normal updates through Google Play.That would still be the majority buddy.
I have a stock pixel 6a. I just uninstalled the app a couple days ago. Nothing new popped up yet (And I'm pretty sure it was only installed because I tested it ages ago when it first came out)