{"id":15601,"date":"2025-03-14T19:52:12","date_gmt":"2025-03-14T18:52:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/plus.maciejpiasecki.info\/index.php\/2025\/03\/14\/we-knew-this-was-coming-google-assistant-is-dying-soon\/"},"modified":"2025-03-14T21:01:41","modified_gmt":"2025-03-14T20:01:41","slug":"we-knew-this-was-coming-google-assistant-is-dying-soon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/plus.maciejpiasecki.info\/index.php\/2025\/03\/14\/we-knew-this-was-coming-google-assistant-is-dying-soon\/","title":{"rendered":"We knew this was coming: Google Assistant is dying soon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Almost 10 years ago, Google introduced us to one of its most powerful and influential products, Google Assistant. It was one of the earlier signs that the company was poised to take the AI world by storm. Well, all storms break; Google just announced that Google Assistant will be replaced by Gemini.<br \/>\nThe writing was on the wall for more than two years. We all jumped to the logical conclusion that Google would replace Assistant with Bard when it came out. When Gemini landed on Android and started taking some of Assistant\u2019s features, we knew that this day was going to come.<br \/>\nGoogle Assistant will be replaced by Gemini soon<br \/>\nWell, it looks like Google Assistant won\u2019t see a 10th birthday, as the company announced that its days are numbered. What\u2019s the number? We don\u2019t know. What we do know is that, if you use Google Assistant in your daily life, then you\u2019ll see a major change within the next couple of months.<br \/>\nGoogle announced in a blog post that it will start moving Google Assistant users over to Gemini \u201cover the coming months\u201d. So, there\u2019s no telling when that will happen for you. Google I\/O is happening pretty soon, so there\u2019s no telling if we\u2019ll hear more about the transition during that event.<br \/>\nAlong with that announcement, Google also stated that, later this year, you\u2019ll no longer be able to access Google Assistant or download it from the Google Play Store. The company will also remove it from cars, and other devices that use it, and replace it with Gemini.<br \/>\nIt\u2019s been a good run<br \/>\nGoogle introduced Assistant with the first-generation Pixel phone back in 2016. Since then, it\u2019s been at the top of the voice assistant pecking order. It was able to beat out Siri, Alexa, and Bixby when it came to usability and access.<br \/>\nAs great as it is, it was no match for the march of progress. While \u00a0and Amazon are adding generative AI capabilities to their existing assistants, Google felt that it was proper to kill off Google Assistant for Gemini. While it\u2019s sad to see Assistant go, it makes for a more streamlined AI platform. It\u2019s a way of Google saying that Gemini can be your all-in-one solution for both desktop and mobile-based AI.<br \/>\nWe\u2019re all going to wake up that day and realize that we\u2019re all on Gemini. This will be for better or worse, but at least Google Assistant had a good run.<br \/>\nThe post We knew this was coming: Google Assistant is dying soon appeared first on Android Headlines.&#013;<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/plus.maciejpiasecki.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Google-Assistant-AH-jpg.jpg\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1500\">&#013;<br \/>\nSource: ndroidheadlines.com&#013;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Almost 10 years ago, Google introduced us to one of its most powerful and influential products, Google Assistant. 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