If you own a Fairphone (3-5), Pixel (4, 5, 7 or Nothing phone (1) or OnePlus (7 or 8), it's super easy to install /e/OS using this online installer. Most android apps work well out of the box, but all Google stuff has been stripped away and replaced with MicroG where necessary.

I'm never returning to Google anything.

Funny how I turned off any data sharing for google years ago but the inclusion of gemini somehow voids my previous decision.

Did you download this, or was it an automatic update?

Some people have said it was an automatic update, and it then changed their settings

"Not available for my account type"

Since I use workspace, I have to go to Admin Console -> Generative AI -> Gemini app -> Service status -> OFF for everyone

Admin Console -> Generative AI -> Gemini app -> Service status -> OFF for everyone

Not Pixel 6?

Pixel 6 is supported through community ports (6, 6 pro, 6a), but unfortunately it is not supported (yet?) by the online installer tool. So it's for people who are a bit more willing to get their hands dirty.

i use a oneplus 8t so I'm gonna save this comment. thank you very much. ive manually blocked most google services but I'd like to try a dedicated OS soon.

I've not seen this one. How does it manage to remove things without root?

Edit:nvm, answered my own question in the documentation. Uses shizuku which relies on adb

Do you lose pixel specific features?

The 'how' is to disable/remove the Gemini app, no reason to have that junk on the phone.

As long as it's based on software rather than hardware I think it's safe to assume it will be lost.

You can reinstall some things (such as the default camera app) from apks you find online, and apps such as Google Maps can be downloaded from the app store (which contains all apps from the play store). But by default it strips away everything that is installed on the phone by default and replaces it with a degoogled ecosystem, and I don't think it differentiates between different devices.

Gemini never gets installed automatically on GrapheneOS. Yet another reason to switch if you can

Any Google app that would have Gemini baked in has long since been disabled on my phone. I'm presuming it's bullshit isn't going to be able to access my Fossify Messages or Dialer or Gallery or every other app I've replaced and disabled, especially since I've also disabled the Assistant and Google Apps.

(If I'm wrong please correct me.)

My previous Motorola also has an e/OS/ spin. But sadly my current one does not.

Im not sure when the update came out but I've had two forced updates in the past 3-4 months for my Pixel 6. Im assuming thats when it changed. I am very meticulous about checking settings after updates but It looks like this was only online settings for your google account, not local to the phone, which is probably how I missed it.

It's a system app? I was able to uninstall it directly on my Pixel 8. Unless it's only a system app above that.

Went to turn it off.

Apparently I already did. Marvelous.

I updated my phone last week ad now I cant uninstall samsung pass whatever the fuck that is. God I am so sick of tis game of cat and mouse with modern tech.

I'm okay if it has access to everything, makes it easier to find the porn I was looking for.