Google is officially replacing Assistant with Gemini - and there's only one way to keep it

Samuel Boivin/NurPhoto via Getty Images After just nine years, Google is moving Assistant to the graveyard. Last fall, Google announced it was officially replacing Assistant, the default Android assistant on your phone, with Gemini. You still had the option to use Assistant, but now that option is ending and users must move to Gemini. Also: Google Gemini just made two of its best features available for free In a recent blog post, Google announced it's officially winding down Assistant. "Later this year," the post read, "the classic Google Assistant will no longer be accessible on most mobile devices or available for new downloads on mobile app stores." This change means users with routines and reminders with Assistant will need to create new ones with Gemini. Also: Here's why you should ignore 99% of AI tools - and which four I use every day It's not just phones making the upgrade. Google added that Gemini is also coming to tablets, cars, devices that connect to your phone, like ... Read full article.