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Google’s Pet Memory forgot who my cats are
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TL;DR
- Google's Pet Memory feature for Gemini for Home aims to allow Nest cameras to recognize individual pets.
- The feature failed to distinguish between the reviewer's three cats, consistently misidentifying them.
- The AI did not offer a training process or a way to correct mistakes, relying solely on user-provided names and breeds.
- Attempts to automate pet feeding based on individual cat recognition resulted in overfeeding due to misidentification and the inability to limit automation frequency.
- The Home Brief feature also provided inaccurate information regarding pet activity.
- Pet Memory requires the Google Home Advanced Plan at $20/month and only works on indoor Nest cameras.
- The reviewer concluded that individual pet recognition is still too unreliable to be useful, and continuous recording is more valuable for now.