Google has a habit of announcing the future with great confidence and then quietly clearing its throat a few months later.

Google is slowly going to mothball its mobile phone assistant as it pushes uptake of its AI chatbot, Gemini. In a move that will surprise no one, Google is going to phase out Assistant stating that it ...

The writing has been on the wall for a while, but the shift away from Google Assistant is now official. Google has announced that it will shift users to Gemini as the default AI assistant on their ...

Google’s work on adding more basic features that make Gemini a good phone assistant continues today with the ability to place calls and send messages without unlocking your device. Update 1/9/25: ...

Google will replace Google Assistant on Android phones with Gemini later this year, the company announced on Friday. Google said in a blog post that it’ll upgrade more users from Google Assistant to ...

Google has announced that it needs a bit more time to make Gemini the new default digital helper for most of its users.

In March, Computer Sweden reported that Google Assistant would be replaced by the AI tool Gemini in Android-based mobile ...

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Google’s shift from Assistant to Gemini on smartphones is delayed, meaning users can continue using Assistant while Google fine-tunes Gemini for a full mobile rollout. The post Google confirms Gemini ...