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Use Gemini Live's camera to troubleshoot a modem or appliance

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Evidence: Article or interviewA newsletter, journalist or interview account of what happened.

Context: Prompt guide: a shared prompt, not a record of a completed task.

Beginner-friendlyNo logins, payments or coding needed. Low risk: paste the prompt and you should get something useful.

Outcome

Google's guide to household chores with Gemini suggests pointing Gemini Live's camera at a problem, for example asking 'What does this blinking light on the modem mean?', to get step-by-step guidance on setting up toys, caring for a car or repairing appliances. It also suggests scanning fridge shelves for leftover-based meal ideas and uploading receipt photos to track spending. It offers prompts only and doesn't report results.

Agent

Gemini Live

Prompt Original prompt

Exact prompt as published in the source.

What does this blinking light on the modem mean?
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Our rewrite with extra checks. The poster didn't test it.

Let's work this out together. I'll tell you what I know, you suggest options and ask what you need, and we'll narrow it down step by step. Nothing gets booked, bought or sent until I say so.

Goal: Show the problem through my phone camera and work through it together, one step at a time, until it's fixed or I know who to call.

What I'll share as we go:
- What the device is (brand and model if visible)
- What's wrong and when it started
- What the lights, display or error code show
- What I've already tried

Safety first: if this involves gas, the electrical panel or mains wiring, structural work, or anything that smells of burning or gas, stop and tell me to call a licensed professional.

Rules:
- Tell me what you see before suggesting anything, and ask me to move the camera if it's unclear.
- Go one step at a time and wait for me to say what happened.
- Start with safe steps: restart, check cables, check the maker's status page or manual.
- If it's an outage or a fault on the provider's side, tell me how to report it and what to say.
- If a site asks for a login, a CAPTCHA or payment details, stop and hand control back to me.
- Ask for my OK before you pay, book, send, submit or cancel anything.
- Check facts that can change (prices, opening hours, dates, availability, rules) against the official source, and tell me anything you couldn't verify.
- At the end, write a note of what the lights mean for next time.

Output: A spoken or written step list as we go, and a short summary at the end of what fixed it.

You'll know it worked when: the device works again, or I've reported it to the provider or repair service with the right details.

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://blog.google/innovation-and-ai/products/gemini-app/household-chores-tips/

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