After a week of full-time use, Google's Astra has no opinions on anything
lucasmeijer · x · 2026-09-12
After a week of full-time usage, the author finds Google's Astra strikingly opinion-free: it simply follows wherever the user steers it. They're unsure whether to like or hate that quality.
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