Summary
- Google is to retire its Google Assistant mobile feature and replace it with AI and assistant-like offering Gemini, over the next few months.
- The roll-out will start with smartphones, expanding to include tablets, cars and devices that connect to phones, such as headphones and watches.
- Home devices will also be upgraded to the new experience, though Google has not confirmed if this includes smart speakers.
- Google said devices will be upgraded over the air, but users will not have both assistants running simultaneously.
- Google Assistant launched in 2016, and was the company’s virtual assistant with advanced conversational capabilities.
By Jay Peters
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