Google Assistant to shut down soon, Gemini ready to take control of your phone
Google has officially confirmed that its classic Google Assistant will be retiring later this year, and Gemini will take up the mantle of default assistant app on Android. In a release about replacing Google Assistant with Gemini, Brian Marquardt, Senior Director, Product Management, Gemini app wrote, “When we launched Google Assistant in 2016, natural language processing and voice recognition technology unlocked a more natural way to get help from Google. Google Assistant is not going for everyone: Google also announced that the Google Assistant will continue to be available for devices running Android 9 or earlier, and lacking at least 2GB of RAM. However, users still had the option to switch back to Google Assistant if they didn't like Gemini, but Google is now fully committed to the AI chatbot and willing to take the leap of faith.















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