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Makes it easy to get started with a presentation if you have an outline, but as soon as you want more control, you're better off using Google Slides. Gamma's feature that I used the most was image generation - you can select among a variety of models (Ideogram, Flux, DALL-E, but not Midjourney), and it shows 3 variations to choose from. Performance is slow and a little janky, even in Chrome. Prompts and settings are often not respected - e.g. you set it to "preserve text" and just generate slides, and it goes onto dumping an entire 3 paragraphs of text in one slide. You can't overlay text over images (e.g. for image attribution), and there's no precise positioning control, or grouping elements. No way to control table layout, e.g. to have two images slide-by-side in full bleed mode. I tried Gamma for a new presentation, but next time I need to make a presentation, I'll go back to Google Slides and generate images independently.

MyShell spreads itself too thin. There are only a limited number of characters to choose from, and without a voice calling feature, the experience feels flat and incomplete. The forced account sign-up adds another unnecessary barrier before you can even try it properly. The bigger issue is focus. MyShell tries to cover too many different types of AI instead of dedicating itself to building a strong companion experience. As a result, it doesn’t excel in the area that matters most. Compared with Character AI, which delivers depth, variety, and immersion, MyShell comes across as unfocused and underwhelming. Until it sharpens its direction and prioritises features users expect, it won’t stand out in the companion AI space.