Why does asking the assistant to look things up or do things use more energy than chatting?
Looking things up or doing tasks means reading your data first and then summarizing it, so it usually costs a bit more energy than a normal chat. The feature itself is free.
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The 24h Assistant can look up your own events, to-dos, spending, workouts and weight, and private album photos. It can also tick off to-dos, fix an entry you just logged, add an entry to a shared ledger, record a payment as paid, start a find-a-time poll, start a vote, and place a 24h call.
Screenshot comingAssistant chat looking things up for you
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When looking things up, the assistant first reads the relevant data and then puts together an answer, sometimes going back and forth several times. What it reads also counts toward AI usage, so it usually costs a bit more energy than a normal chat: a simple lookup is about 2-4 energy, and a two- or three-step task like arranging a group meal is about 4-8 energy.
Screenshot comingAssistant showing lookup results
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Energy is based on actual usage: 1,000 tokens = 1 energy. Tapping "Confirm" on a card costs nothing extra, and simple records that can be handled on your phone cost no energy. You can see what was used in the usage log under "Me → Energy & storage".
Screenshot comingUsage log on the Energy & storage page
These features are free and available on both the free plan and Pro; only the parts that use AI count toward energy.
The assistant never gives events imported from Google to the AI. Anything that affects other people (such as starting a vote or adding an entry to a shared ledger) is only done after you tap "Confirm".