An era of Android is ending: Google Assistant gets its sunset timeline

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...

Google prepares to scrub Assistant in favor of Gemini from even more settings

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...

Samsung could reimagine Bixby on Galaxy S26 with a Gemini rival

by dbadmin | Nov 24, 2025 | Bixby, Google Gemini, News, Perplexity, Samsung, Samsung Bixby

Credit: Andy Walker / Android Authority TL;DR Samsung’s own virtual assistant Bixby may soon be powered by an AI chatbot. Samsung is rumored to have partnered with Perplexity, a Google DeepMind and OpenAI rival, for new Bixby capabilities. These features would be...

Do Galaxy Watch owners actually use Gemini? Survey reveals surprising results

by dbadmin | Nov 23, 2025 | Google, Google Gemini, News, Polls, Samsung, Samsung Galaxy Watch 8

Credit: Brady Snyder / Android Authority Smartwatches are the perfect use case for a voice assistant — the small screen makes touch-based navigation and typing cumbersome, and users also have lower expectations and needs for the tasks they can accomplish on the watch....

I tried using Gemini to track my expenses — it didn’t even come close

by dbadmin | Nov 23, 2025 | Features, Gmail, Google Gemini, google messages

Ever since AI made a hard landing in our lives, I wake up every day to a new way it could automate some random chore and make my life just a little less miserable and a lot easier. AI can do what it does best — analyze data and find patterns — and that basic system...

5 AI tools that can help you start and run an online business

by dbadmin | Nov 22, 2025 | AI, Google Gemini, Software lists

Credit: Mitja Rutnik / Android Authority Thanks to AI, starting an online business has never been easier. Technology can dramatically speed things up in more areas than you can imagine, and it also lowers the cost of both starting and running a business. However, you...