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When it comes to choosing the best AI chatbot<\/a>, the winner will depend on who you ask. Some people swear by Gemini and ChatGPT, but others prefer Claude. While I use both Gemini and Claude for everyday tasks, I prefer Claude for its high-quality responses and effectiveness for certain tasks, such as generating recipes.<\/p>\n That\u2019s why I\u2019m usually happy whenever I see Google take inspiration from Anthropic\u2019s chatbot. However, a recent change to Gemini saw the AI tool adopt one of the most frustrating features of Claude \u2014 rather than learning from the many improvements it could make.<\/p>\n Do you prefer using Gemini or Claude?<\/p>\n 236 votes<\/p>\n Gemini.<\/p>\n 47%<\/p>\n Claude.<\/p>\n 40%<\/p>\n I use another AI tool (let us know in the comments).<\/p>\n 3%<\/p>\n I don’t use AI.<\/p>\n 9%<\/p>\n Gemini could learn a lot from Claude<\/p>\n Brady Snyder \/ Android Authority<\/p>\n In theory, Gemini should be the more proficient chatbot. It\u2019s multimodal, meaning it can generate responses in a variety of formats, including images and videos. As a Google product, it also benefits from the company\u2019s dominance in free apps and its status as the primary developer of Android. It also has unique features like Gemini Live<\/a>, which allows you to hold audio conversations with the chatbot or use your phone\u2019s camera to show it a live video feed and ask it questions about what you\u2019re currently recording.<\/p>\n And yet, when it comes to anything mildly important, I turn to Claude instead. In my experience, Anthropic\u2019s AI tool just delivers higher-quality responses. It also hallucinates a lot less.<\/p>\n For example, when I tried both AI tools for generating visuals of the next four weeks of Pok\u00e9mon Go, Claude worked better overall. It made one mistake when it placed a date on the wrong day of the week (it said an event was on a Friday, even though the date was a Saturday). But at least the rest of the information was correct.<\/p>\n With Gemini, I asked it to generate an image of the events. On every attempt, it made significant mistakes. The first time around was the most accurate, though there were mistakes about when certain events ended. But every time since, when I asked it to generate a visual, it either completely makes up events or pulls events from last year. Pointing out the mistake doesn\u2019t fix this either; it will just generate another made-up schedule. It eventually gives up and just sends a text list of events, which defeats the point of the entire exercise.<\/p>\n I frequently run into issues with Gemini hallucinations with other tasks, and the chatbot is often confidently incorrect. If you point out the error, it may argue back until it eventually admits its mistake. When I tested both chatbots for pulling data from a spreadsheet of my income for the year, Claude was the only one that arrived at the correct total. Gemini underestimated the total, but swore by its calculations.<\/p>\n Megan Ellis \/ Android Authority<\/p>\n Even though Claude is not multimodal, its interactive visuals give it a lot of functionality \u2014 including features that Gemini doesn\u2019t have. For example, if you ask the chatbot to generate recipes<\/a>, it creates an interactive card that you can use. This card also includes timers, and you can use it to switch the app to a focused cooking mode.<\/p>\n Other visual content includes sports scores and weather, as well as custom visuals. For example, you can get the chatbot to generate a calendar view of certain events (which is what I did with my Pok\u00e9mon Go events prompt). It can also create custom charts and timelines.<\/p>\n Claude\u2019s integrations still beat Gemini<\/p>\n Megan Ellis \/ Android Authority<\/p>\n Another thing that I\u2019d hoped that Gemini would introduce is more integrations. As one of the biggest AI tools out there, I had expected more third-party apps to work with the chatbot. However, it\u2019s still deeply embedded in the Google ecosystem, creating a bit of a walled garden. There\u2019s pretty deep integration with tools like Gmail<\/a>, Google Docs, and Google Keep. But I\u2019ve moved away from Google apps in favor of tools that better suit me, so I don\u2019t benefit very much from any of that.<\/p>\n When it comes to third-party integrations, currently, my Google Account allows me to integrate with Canva and Verify AI. But neither really interests me. Claude, on the other hand, supports plenty of third-party integrations, including on its free plan. These integrations also have nuanced permissions, unlike the blanket on\/off toggle that Gemini requires when working with other services.<\/p>\n Gemini integrates mostly with Google apps, but Claude supports a wide variety of third-party app integrations.<\/p>\n For example, when I used Claude and Gemini to help me plan my day, Claude proved to be the better tool. Not only could I connect Claude to Asana with read-only permissions, but it also did a better job of accessing my shared Google Calendar events. Meanwhile, Gemini could only pull events from my main account\u2019s calendar, which wasn\u2019t helpful since I don\u2019t use it for my work or meetings.<\/p>\n Claude\u2019s mobile app also has a few tricks up its sleeve that Gemini doesn\u2019t. I can create set reminders using Claude, and it adds them to my preferred tasks app. Gemini, however, only allows me to create these reminders with Google Tasks and Google Calendar.<\/p>\n Google decided to copy the worst part of Claude<\/p>\n Mitja Rutnik \/ Android Authority<\/p>\n As much as I\u2019ve sung the AI\u2019s praises, Claude has drawbacks<\/a>. The most noticeable is its brutal limits in comparison to other AI tools. When I use Claude during peak hours, I easily use up my free five-hour limit within a few prompts. This means that I have to plan when I use the tool for important tasks.<\/p>\n Gemini has always had limits, but it recently\u00a0drew inspiration from Anthropic and changed how it implements them<\/a>. Specifically, Gemini changed from a prompt limit to a compute-based limit. It also introduced a five-hour limit, including for paid users.<\/p>\n The change resulted in users running into their limit within one or two prompts \u2014 a similar issue that occurred when Anthropic introduced its peak-time limits. Google did eventually fix issues<\/a> causing limits to exhaust more quickly than they should, but the five-hour window remains.<\/p>\n It\u2019s this five-hour window that annoys me the most, since it results in disjointed workflows. It\u2019s the big reason I haven\u2019t adopted Claude as my main chatbot. I never run into my weekly limit, but I frequently hit the five-hour limit.<\/p>\n The strict five-hour limits are the worst part of Claude, and something that Google has taken inspiration from.<\/p>\n With Gemini, the change feels even more disruptive. It technically has more generous limits than Claude, but you also have to take into account the mistakes that Gemini makes. Your limit isn\u2019t used when the chatbot encounters an error \u2014 but when it generates incorrect content, it still counts. So those multiple incorrect Pok\u00e9mon Go images I tried to generate pushed up my own limit to around 33%, even though I didn\u2019t have a graphic I could actually use.<\/p>\n This limit also loomed over me when I was using Gemini Canvas. I was using the tool to create a mini app. However, the tool\u2019s first output was a spreadsheet rather than an interactive web app. I then had to use a follow-up prompt to turn the output into something that was actually responsive.<\/p>\n To Google\u2019s credit, at least it\u2019s easy to check your limits, even if you\u2019re on a free plan. You simply open Gemini, tap the hamburger menu to open the side menu, tap the settings cog, then tap \u201cUsage limits.\u201d I wish Claude would introduce something similar for free users. Currently, you can\u2019t check your usage and are simply greeted by a pop-up once you\u2019ve used your five-hour allocation.<\/p>\n Gemini\u2019s new limits also feel less justified than those in Claude. While limits help manage demand, Google is a much larger company with significantly more resources than Anthropic. But there\u2019s also the fact that Google is pushing Gemini into every service it can. Even Google Search is becoming increasingly generative and agentic.<\/p>\n At the same time, users can\u2019t disable features such as AI Overviews (which do not count towards your account limits). AI Mode does count towards limits, and Google has pushed the tool through multiple shortcuts and UI flows. It also consistently prompts users to use its AI features in tools like Google Photos.<\/p>\n Don\u2019t want to miss the best from Android Authority?<\/p>\n![\"The](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Gemini-Neural-Expressive-7-scaled.jpg\"\/ "\\"Gemini")
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