TL;DR
- Back in March, Google announced that it would move Assistant users on mobile devices to Gemini, no longer giving them the option to stick with Assistant by the end of 2025.
- Google is now relaxing the deadline, and instead says that transition will continue as we move into 2026.
Right now, Google Home users are starting to experience the transition to Gemini, but for all our mobile devices, the ball got rolling on the big Gemini switch months and months ago. Back in March, Google announced its plans to replace Assistant on nearly all Android phones with Gemini by the end of 2025. With the year now rapidly drawing to a close, Google’s got an update on those plans for us.
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