Google Assistant will stick round a bit longer than anticipated for some Android customers

Google wanted to remove Assistant from most Android telephones by the top of 2025 and change it with Gemini. However now the corporate has announced that it wants a bit extra time to make its AI assistant the brand new default digital helper for many of its customers. Google mentioned that it is adjusting its beforehand introduced timeline to “be sure [it delivers] a seamless transition” and that updates to transform Assistant to Gemini on Android units will proceed into the subsequent yr. The corporate additionally mentioned that it is sharing extra particulars within the “coming months,” so it is doable that the transition will go previous early 2026.

Assistant’s retirement was just about anticipated the second Google launched Gemini and began giving it Assistant’s capabilities, comparable to the flexibility to manage sensible units linked to your telephone. It launched the Pixel 9 Collection with Gemini because the default assistant again in 2024. The corporate has additionally been placing Gemini in all of its merchandise and beforehand mentioned that it plans to improve all “tablets, vehicles and units that hook up with your telephone, comparable to headphones and watches” with the AI-powered chatbot. Units do have to fulfill just a few minimal necessities to get the improve, nonetheless, and have to be operating Android 10 and include 2GB of RAM on the very least.