Google Assistant will be retired for phones this year

Google's officially retiring Assistant
Google's officially retiring its Assistant tool, instead migrating users to its AI-powered Gemini.
The Google Assistant era is over; Gemini is coming to your phone whether you like it or not
Google has finally revealed its plans for the end of Google Assistant: Android phones will have to move to Gemini before the end of the year.
Google is officially dumping Assistant for Gemini
Google initially launched Google Assistant in 2016. Now, though, Gemini has become the catch-all branding for many of Google’s AI and assistant-like efforts, so it’s not too surprising that the company is officially retiring Google Assistant. Update, March 14th: Added details from 9to5Google.
Google Gemini to Replace Google Assistant Within a Year
Google will only make the switch if you have a device that can run Gemini with more than 2 GB of RAM and Android 10 or later.
It's official: Google Assistant will be retired for phones this year, with Gemini taking over
It's been clear for some time that Gemini is the future of AI assistants as far as Google is concerned, and now it's official: Google Assistant is going to be disappearing from smartphones before the end of the year.
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