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I had the Pixel 9's Gemini Live make my grocery list for a week. Here's how it went

It won't be replacing a person yet, but it's not too far off.

But while it's fun to experiment and chat with an AI model, many of us have wondered how this could actually be useful in our daily lives, so I sought to use it to solve one of my biggest pain points in any given week: making a grocery list. (Image credit: Nicholas Sutrich / Android Central)Instead of giving me actual recipes — you know, a breakdown of items I need with measurable amounts, followed by preparation or cooking steps — I more or less got a slightly more detailed version of the previous response. (Image credit: Derrek Lee / Android Central)I'm primarily concerned with the fact that it can't seem to remember important things like allergens just two steps after it specifically asked me about them.

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