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THE COMPANION

SECTION 18

ISSUE 001

PROJECTIONproduct1-3yconfidence / medium

Live Multimodal Assistants Replace Search

Projection: Built-in computer use links perception to action in Gemini 3.5 Flash; Robotics-ER 1.6 adds spatial planning, tool calls, success detection, and instrument reading. A live assistant could reason over what a user shows and act. Replacing search remains unproven until evolving-scene evaluations establish reliability and control.

Why this idea is here

What the evidence establishes.

Google documents built-in computer use in Gemini 3.5 Flash and embodied planning, spatial reasoning, tool calls, success detection, and instrument reading in Robotics-ER 1.6. The live-assistant conclusion is a labeled projection.

Source ledger

Read the sources.

  1. S01
    Computer use in Gemini 3.5 Flash

    official model release / published 2026-06-24 / retrieved 2026-07-10

  2. S02
    Gemini Robotics-ER 1.6

    official research release / published 2026-04-14 / retrieved 2026-07-09

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