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- Android users can no longer access Google Assistant Driving Mode.
- The feature has gone missing in the Google app and on Maps.
- It’s unclear if this is a mistake or intentional removal.
Update, April 25, 2025 (02:28 PM ET): Google giveth, and Google taketh away, and this time we are definitely in the latter territory. While it was not immediately clear whether or not the disappearance of the Assistant Driving Mode from Maps was just a momentary hiccup, Google has now confirmed its intentions. Speaking to 9to5Google, the company explicitly acknowledges that this removal was deliberate.
Unsurprisingly, this is a consequence of Google’s wind-down of Assistant as it pushes Gemini to replace it across its device ecosystem.