Google will replace Google Assistant on Android phones with Gemini later this year, the company announced on Friday.

Google is retiring "underutilized" features of its Assistant, including interpreter mode and daily updates.

Google Assistant was nice to have on Chromebooks, but a voice-first assistant is somewhat less critical on this form factor. Instead, quick access to a chatbot is more helpful to aid productive.

Google is officially replacing Assistant with Gemini - and there's only one way to keep it In an attempt to make AI the norm, Google is forcing you to move from Assistant to Gemini.

Google launched the Google Assistant in 2016. Since then, Google's first-gen virtual assistant has spread to pretty much every device type you can think of: phones, tablets, smartwatches, smart ...