by dbadmin | Jan 27, 2026 | Google, Google Assistant, News
TL;DR Google has filed a preliminary class action settlement agreeing to pay $68M in an Assistant privacy suit. Plaintiffs alleged that they were targeted with ads based on conversations that Assistant was never supposed to be listening to. Despite its willingness to...
by dbadmin | Dec 19, 2025 | Google, Google Assistant, Google Gemini, News
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...
by dbadmin | Dec 5, 2025 | Google, Google Assistant, Google Gemini, News
TL;DR Gemini for Home’s official list of supported devices only covers first-party Google Home and Nest hardware. Users are seeing Gemini replace Google Assistant on speaker and display models from Insignia and Lenovo. The new models gaining Gemini support were...
by dbadmin | Nov 24, 2025 | Android, Google Assistant, Google Gemini, News
Credit: C. Scott Brown / Android Authority TL;DR Google has quietly confirmed a timeline for Google Assistant’s retirement. Introduced in 2016, the Google Assistant will likely breathe its last just before its 10th birthday. According to a banner on Google’s support...
by dbadmin | Nov 24, 2025 | Authority Insights, Google, Google Assistant, Google Gemini, News
Credit: Joe Maring / Android Authority TL;DR Google continues to replace the Google Assistant brand with Gemini across more parts of the Android UI. The “Hey Google” setup flow now mentions Gemini instead of Google Assistant. The “Hey Google & Voice Match” screen...
by dbadmin | Nov 10, 2025 | google account, Google Assistant, Google Gemini, Google TV Streamer, News
Credit: C. Scott Brown / Android Authority TL;DR An update is starting to roll out for the Google TV Streamer. The update replaces Google Assistant with Gemini. The release is happening over the next few weeks. Last week, Google began the process of removing the...
