Google is lastly transferring on from Google Assistant.
The corporate will likely be upgrading “extra” customers from Google Assistant to Gemini “over the approaching months,” in accordance with a weblog submit. The traditional Google Assistant “will now not be accessible on most cell units or accessible for brand spanking new downloads on cell app shops” in some unspecified time in the future “later this 12 months.”
“Moreover, we’ll be upgrading tablets, vehicles and units that hook up with your telephone, equivalent to headphones and watches, to Gemini,” Google says. “We’re additionally bringing a brand new expertise, powered by Gemini, to house units like audio system, shows and TVs.”
The corporate says it would share extra particulars “within the subsequent few months.” (I’d guess that Google will announce info round that new expertise at Google I/O in Might.) Within the meantime, “Google Assistant will proceed to function on these units,” in accordance with Google.
Google initially launched Google Assistant in 2016. Now, although, Gemini has grow to be the catch-all branding for a lot of of Google’s AI and assistant-like efforts, so it’s not too shocking that the corporate is formally retiring Google Assistant.