I replaced Google Keep with Gemini; it's been a game changer for my notes - Android Police
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Many of my friends compliment me, saying I have mastered note-taking. While this feels good, my Google Keep setup deserves more credit for making me look like an expert.
However, even with a great setup, you can't make good notes forever. The key to taking good notes is tweaking your setup based on your circumstances. I do this when the time is right.
I did it twice by mid-year, and it paid off. But nothing is as big as the change I made a couple of days ago; it changed everything about how I take and access my notes.
It's not a fascinating story about discovering a hidden feature only experts can use. The change is available for everyone, and you may not even know it. I only needed the intent, and Google Gemini handled the rest. Here's what I did.
I replaced Google Keep with Gemini, and it has been a game changer for my notes.
Google hasn't turned Keep into something terrible, and I've never had any issues creating or accessing notes in the app. I haven't fully quit the app yet because it hasn't lost its charm.
However, I use Keep only for noting grocery items I need to pick up for the week. I engage with the app less than I ever did, and it's not its fault. I just found a better way to take most of my notes.
Previously, when I chatted with Gemini to do research, I made quick notes in Google Keep using the @Google Keep connector. That's why most of my Google Keep notes are from Gemini conversations.
This was the easiest way to save information as notes on Google Keep, as I didn't need to open the app to create or access my notes. But I don't need to follow this trick anymore.
While chatting with Gemini, I can save information as Gemini notes without switching apps. All I need to do is write the right prompt in Gemini, and it saves my notes.
While my Gemini…
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