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- When you install Gemini for Android, you must replace Google Assistant with it.
- If you stop using Gemini and go back to Assistant, the Gemini app resets.
- That means, for now, it is impossible to use the Gemini app and Assistant on Android.
Today, Google made a slew of changes to its AI services. Bard is now Gemini, Duet AI is also Gemini, and there’s a new Gemini app for Android. The most controversial news, though, is that once you install Gemini, it replaces Google Assistant on your Android phone. This means long-pressing the power button, saying “Hey Google,” or swiping in from the lower corners of the display activates Gemini, not Assistant.
Thankfully, Google allows you to roll back this change and continue to use Assistant as normal. However, we were under the impression that you could then still go on using the Gemini app by manually launching it as you would any other app. Now that we actually have Gemini on a phone, though, we can see that is not the case.