Correct, it's not faster. Now it's slower to the point you aren't sure if it's ever going to work, then it comes back with some error.

Sure, it stopped being quite a stupid as before but it's not the nirvana they were promising, checks notes, 3+ years ago.

So it doesn't have the same issues as old Siri, just new issues.

so responses like "I've turned on the lights", but you're still standing in the dark. That's my anecdotal level of interactions with any Gemini model.

I use Siri to control my smarthome and it's still a horrible experience so yes, the joke still works

Yes: with Siri AI when I say "Siri, good evening" it says "Good evening!" instead of setting my "Good Evening" Apple Home scene which is what it previously did. (This is a suggested scene name in Apple Home.)

It's still unbelievably limited and lackluster

Gemini backed Siri sucks too though. The frequency in which it just.. does nothing, is crazy. Joke still works.

I wonder if they use Gemini how can the promise "Private for all" be fulfilled? Local model like gemma4?

Gemini can be pretty bad on my Pixel phone and Nest speakers.