Google unveiled its Pixel 9 lineup at the Made by Google event on Tuesday with plenty of new AI features that are powered by the company’s Gemini AI model. Google demonstrated the new features via live demos and things got a little awkward for the company when a live demo of a new Gemini feature didn’t go as planned despite two attempts and “demo spirits” eventually went through in the company’s favor on the third try.
During the keynote, Google’s Dave Citron attempted to show off a new Gemini integration with the Calendar app. Citron first tested the feature via the Galaxy S24 Ultra for the first couple of attempts and then eventually switched his device to get Gemini working as expected.
“If I come across this Sabrina Carpenter concert poster, I just open Gemini and ask around, check my calendar and see if I’m free when she comes to San Francisco this year. Gemini pulls relevant content from the image, connects to my calendar and gives me the information I’m looking for,” Citron explained as he tried to demo Gemini’s integration with the calendar app.
“Let’s see if the demo spirit is with us today,” Citron said hopefully as Gemini took its time before returning an error message. The Google executive tried again, but got the same result.
Netizens react to Gemini demo failure:
Social media users were immediately reminded of another epic live demo fail when Elon Musk’s Tesla Cybertruck demo didn’t go as planned. In a 2019 demonstration of the Cybertruck’s bulletproof glass, Musk asked the company’s chief designer Franz von Holzhausen to throw large steel balls at the windows, and in an epic fail, the windows cracked, leaving the Tesla CEO red-faced.
One user, while drawing a parallel to Elon Musk’s 2019 crash, responded to Gemini’s live demo video with a video of the 2019 Cybertruck.
Meanwhile, another user claimed that Google could blame the outage on another issue, such as Elon Musk’s excuse for the DDoS attack during the livestream with former US President Donald Trump. They wrote: “Well, they can always blame Elon and claim they suffered an imaginary DDoS attack.”
Another user linked the Gemini demo glitch to an issue Apple faced during the iPhone X unveiling years ago. They wrote: “Google’s Gemini live demo failed twice. 💀 This reminds me of when Face ID refused to work on the iPhone X.”
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