have Gemini replace its legacy Assistant on Android devices last year<\/a>, but this process has been delayed as Google has been developing separate Gemini experiences for different device types. There\u2019s now a Gemini for Home assistant on connected speakers, as well as a new Gemini for Google TV for devices like the Google TV streamer. \u201cWe are committed to providing a smooth transition and are confident that Gemini will offer you an even more capable and helpful assistant experience,\u201d Google said in the email.<\/p>\nFor Android users still using the old Google Assistant, the mobile app will be removed after September 4, leaving Gemini as \u201cthe assistant experience\u201d on Android. However, Google said in the email that the Assistant retirement process may take a few weeks to complete. \u201cOnce availability is removed, you will no longer be able to use or switch back to Google Assistant on your phone, tablet, or paired devices,\u201d the company explained.<\/p>\n
The legacy Google Assistant will also be retired on Wear OS smartwatches, headphones, and Android Auto after September 4. However, cars with Google built-in, which run the company\u2019s automotive operating system directly without the need for a connected phone, will keep access to the Google Assistant beyond September 4, 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The legacy Google Assistant will soon be retired for good as the company\u2019s new Gemini chatbot is now…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":621602,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[74],"tags":[821,6849,18,10842,11671,19,17,82,3451],"class_list":["post-621601","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-android","tag-android-auto","tag-eire","tag-google-assistant","tag-google-gemini","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-technology","tag-wear-os"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/117042532117103709","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/621601","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=621601"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/621601\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/621602"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=621601"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=621601"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=621601"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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