This means:

  • Downloading or updating the Assistant app now gives you Gemini instead.
  • You can switch back to Assistant in the Gemini app settings.
  • This might be Google’s first step towards replacing Assistant completely with Gemini.
  • Some users are unaware of the switch and see two Gemini apps on their phones.

Overall, this may suggest Google is phasing out Assistant and transitioning users to the newer Gemini AI technology.

  • ArugulaZ
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    171 year ago

    Is this gonna be one of those tech bandwagon things that Google fails at so consistently? You know, like Google phones, Google Plus, Google Pay, Google Stadia, Google Your Poodle, etc.

    • *Tagger*
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      201 year ago

      Google phones are some of the most popular in the marketplace (and their os is the most popular in the world) and Google pay works absolutely fine - I use it everyday, albeit with the new name of wallet.

    • MrScottyTay
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      161 year ago

      Google pay and google phones are failures?

      Both are THE standard for their respective industries, what you on about?

      • @cornshark
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        -21 year ago

        I thought they just shut down Google Pay yesterday?

        • @then_three_more
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          41 year ago

          No they didn’t. It’s just rebranded again.

          Google wallet became android pay which became Google pay which became Google wallet.

        • MrScottyTay
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          41 year ago

          I still pay with Google pay on my phone for contactless, did it literally just now. I think they just rebranded instead. Google Wallet I think it is now

        • @Womble
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          101 year ago

          You know that android is more popular than iphones pretty much everywhere apart from the US right?