Google is replacing Google Assistant with Gemini

Google will trade Google Assistant on Android phones with Gemini tardyr this year, the company proclaimd on Friday.

Google shelp in a blog post that it’ll reinforce more employrs from Google Assistant to Gemini “over the coming months.” Later this year, Assistant will no extfinisheder be accessible on most mobile devices or useable from app stores.

“Additionassociate, we’ll be upgrading tablets, cars and devices that connect to your phone, such as headphones and watches, to Gemini,” the company inserted. “We’re also transporting a recent experience, powered by Gemini, to home devices appreciate speakers, discarry outs and TVs.”

Google shelp it’ll spread more details with employrs in the next scant months, and that, until then, Assistant will persist to run on the aforealludeed devices.

Google notices it has toiled to raise the Gemini employr experience ahead of the Assistant triumphd-down, especiassociate for employrs depending on various Assistant functions. For instance, Google has inserted cut offal highly asked features to Gemini on Android devices, such as the ability to carry out music, help for timers, and an chooseion to get actions honestly from a employr’s lock screen.

The relocate to drop Assistant in like of Gemini isn’t unawaited, especiassociate pondering Google begined its Pixel 9 cleverphone line with Gemini as the default virtual helpant. Google notices that Gemini has more progressd capabilities than Assistant (in theory, at least), and provides recent ways of getting help and info on topics via tools appreciate Gemini Live and Deep Research.