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Google has replaced the Google Assistant app on Android with Gemini by default (www.androidauthority.com)

submitted 8 months ago by Squire1039@lemm.ee to c/technology@lemmy.world

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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.

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[–] alansuspect@aussie.zone 10 points 8 months ago (1 children)

What if I don't use Assistant? Does it still have access to other parts of my phone?

[–] Squire1039@lemm.ee 9 points 8 months ago

It looks like you can switch the assistant to the old one, and then turn that one off.

But just like Microsoft, Google is going to use this technology everywhere. If in the future (or now, if it is already available to you), you use features to describe images, summarize data, create texts, you probably will be using some form of Gemini.