Google has a habit of announcing the future with great confidence and then quietly clearing its throat a few months later.

Google’s work on adding more basic features that make Gemini a good phone assistant continues today with the ability to place calls and send messages without unlocking your device. Update 1/9/25: ...

Google is still intent on replacing Google Assistant with Gemini, but the change won't be happening quite as quickly as ...

Google isn’t quite ready to replace Assistant with Gemini on Android devices. The company said on Friday that it will “continue our work to upgrade Assistant users to Gemini on mobile devices into ...

Google will replace Google Assistant on Android phones with Gemini later this year, the company announced on Friday. Google said in a blog post that it’ll upgrade more users from Google Assistant to ...

The writing has been on the wall for a while, but the shift away from Google Assistant is now official. Google has announced that it will shift users to Gemini as the default AI assistant on their ...

An Android Authority teardown has uncovered a Google Phone feature dubbed Ask to Hold. This could allow Google Assistant to hold your phone call. It turns out the feature is available on the Pixel ...

Users have noticed a problem with using Google Assistant to activate Do Not Disturb mode. Activating Do Not Disturb with a voice prompt will cause the mode to ignore your profile settings, muting ...

Google Assistant is not long for this world. Google confirmed what many suspected last week, that it will transition everyone to Gemini in 2025. Assistant holdouts may find it hard to stay on Google’s ...

Google’s Android Auto platform is incredibly useful, but it relies heavily on voice commands to safely assist you on the road, and for the past few weeks, key voice commands for calls and texts have ...

Google’s shift from Assistant to Gemini on smartphones is delayed, meaning users can continue using Assistant while Google ...