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Find out where your dog is from doorbell camera clips with Gemini in Google Home

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by Bryan M. Wolfe (MakeUseOf)
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Outcome

After months of vague 'Animal Detected' alerts from his Nest Doorbell, MakeUseOf's Bryan M. Wolfe asked Google Home (with Gemini) 'Hey Google, where is the dog?'. It answered in plain English with a clip: she was near the mailbox and had been there for about five minutes, which told him she wasn't wearing her boundary collar. The feature is part of Google Home Premium, from $10 a month.

Agent

Gemini in Google Home

Prompt Recreated prompt

The source didn't share its exact prompt, so we wrote this from what it describes.

Run this task now, exactly as written below. Everything you need is here, so start straight away and only stop if something required is missing or a rule below tells you to.

Goal: Check my home cameras and tell me where my pet is right now and how long it's been there.

Fill in before running:
- Pet name and description: [NAME, BREED, COLOUR]
- Cameras to check: [DOORBELL / YARD / INDOOR]
- Areas the pet shouldn't be: [e.g. front yard, street]

Rules:
- Answer in one sentence with the location and how long, plus the clip.
- If the pet is somewhere it shouldn't be, say so first.
- If you're not sure it's my pet, say so rather than guessing.
- Check facts that can change (prices, opening hours, dates, availability, rules) against the official source, and tell me anything you couldn't verify.

Output: One sentence and the matching clip.

You'll know it worked when: I know where my pet is and whether I need to go get it.
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Our rewrite with extra checks. The poster didn't test it.

Run this task now, exactly as written below. Everything you need is here, so start straight away and only stop if something required is missing or a rule below tells you to.

Goal: Check my home cameras and tell me where my pet is right now and how long it's been there.

Fill in before running:
- Pet name and description: [NAME, BREED, COLOUR]
- Cameras to check: [DOORBELL / YARD / INDOOR]
- Areas the pet shouldn't be: [e.g. front yard, street]

Rules:
- Answer in one sentence with the location and how long, plus the clip.
- If the pet is somewhere it shouldn't be, say so first.
- If you're not sure it's my pet, say so rather than guessing.
- Check facts that can change (prices, opening hours, dates, availability, rules) against the official source, and tell me anything you couldn't verify.
- If you can't see the pet on any camera, list the last clip where you did.

Output: One sentence and the matching clip.

You'll know it worked when: I know where my pet is and whether I need to go get it.

Before you finish: re-read my goal and constraints, check your answer against each one, and list anything you assumed or couldn't confirm.

Source

https://www.makeuseof.com/i-asked-gemini-where-my-dog-was-and-it-instantly-found-her/

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