In one of the most obvious decisions of recent years, Google has finally decided to end the Assistant project and focus only on Gemini; That implies a huge user migration and today, the company has explained how it intends to do it.
Google Assistant, also known as the Google assistant, was Apple’s company’s company’s response; A personal assistant who, using voice recognition and language processing, was able to understand and execute the user’s orders. In his day, together with Alexa and the aforementioned Siri, Google Assistant raised a future in which the interaction with our devices is more personal and not so dependent on the screens. Today, that dream is over.
Google has confirmed officially that Google Assistant will stop being accessible in mobiles from this year; Over the next months, Google will start an update process so that more users begin to use Gemini’s app as a personal assistant. This process will affect all mobiles that use Android, regardless of the brand; Therefore, in addition to the Pixel, Samsung, OnePlus or Xiaomi devices will also make the change.
Effectively, Gemini will become one of the pre -installed Google apps along with others such as Gmail, Chrome or YouTube; For its part, The Google Assistant app will no longer be available for download In the Play Store. Actually, Gemini is already able to replace the Google assistant, and it is even possible to start the assistant based on the same way; Google herself has confirmed that millions of people have already made this change, but there are still many millions that continue to use the usual assistant. Today’s announcement involves the start of a Mass migration of users and mobiles.
Google’s plan assumes that most Android smartphones will use Gemini as a personal assistant, although there will be exceptions for technical limitations. The smartphones that are still using Android 9 or previous versions, and that do not have at least 2 GB of RAM, will continue to use Assistant and it will continue to work. Therefore, Google Assistant will continue to work and will not dieat least not for the moment; However, it is expected that in the coming years the support will be reduced.
The measure does not affect only smartphones. In addition, Google has confirmed that you will also start updating Tablets, cars, smart watches, headphones and other devices that connect to the mobile, so that they begin to use Gemini. In fact, we have already seen an advance of these changes in Android Auto with Gemini, which is already in tests and whose launch is expected in the coming months.
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Finally, Google has announced its plans for smart home devices, including speakers, connected screens and televisionsthat right now they use Google Assistant to offer intelligent functions and voice control. Instead of simply replacing Assistant with Gemini, Google has announced the development of “a new experience” for these devices, based on Gemini, although it has not been able to give more details. Meanwhile, Assistant will continue to work on these devices, so we should not fear that our smart speaker stops working.
This announcement confirms that Gemini has become Google’s only bet for his intelligent future. At the same time, the company has confessed that Gemini was not born as a substitute for Assistant, but says he has worked to improve the quality of daily experience With Google Assistant functionssuch as music reproduction, timer configuration and more. The great advantage, says Google, is that Gemini’s capabilities go beyond what Assistant is capable of doing, including conversations with Gemini Live and work and research assistance.
