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Say Goodbye to Google Assistant—Gemini Is Moving In

Tom's Guide · 1h

Gemini to kill off Google Assistant on most Android phones — here's what you need to know

Gemini, Google ’s generative AI assistant and rival to ChatGPT, has become integral to high-end Android phones over the past year, gradually superseding the more basic Google Assistant. Now Google has outlined plans to sunset its original smart assistant entirely, starting with Android phones.

Android Police · 1h

Google Assistant is dying, and Gemini's holding the knife in this week's news

Google dropped a bit of a bombshell on Friday afternoon: Gemini will be replacing Google Assistant on most Android phones this year. Even bigger, the classic Google Assistant "will no longer be accessible on most mobile devices" by the end of the year, and you won't be able to download a new copy of the app after that point.

Google Is Retiring Assistant on Android, Will Be Replaced by Gemini This Year

Google Assistant is officially dead; it will stop working on most Android devices and will be replaced by Gemini later this year.

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Chromecast with Google TV's Android 14 update gives users a few problems

Other users chimed in, stating the Android 14 update for the Chromecast with Google TV caused severe problems with external storage. Another report said the same and that their device "won't recognize" their storage drive. Aside from these problems, one user claims, after updating, their Chromecast remote isn't working as it did previously.

Mashable on MSN · 3d

Google tracks Android users before they open apps, report says

Leith posits that the reason for this is due to the sign-in process on Android devices. Once you sign in with your Google account, you’re automatically signed into every Google app that comes preinstalled on the device from the Google Play Store to Gmail, and thus, the apps.

Ars Technica · 5d

DOJ: Google must sell Chrome, Android could be next

"Google’s illegal conduct has created an economic goliath, one that wreaks havoc over the marketplace to ensure that—no matter what occurs—Google always wins," the DOJ filing says. To that end, the government maintains that Chrome must go if the playing field is to be made level again.

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Turns out, Google hasn’t forgotten about Android desktop mode

Android 16 could make your Android device more like Windows and other desktop OSs. The Latest Tech News, Delivered to Your ...

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Google is bringing a lot more Android games to PCs

Ahead of the Game Developers Conference next week, Google is announcing that all mobile Android games will be available by ...

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A major browser just brought an extension store to Android before Google Chrome

While we're still waiting for Google Chrome to support extensions on Android, its competitor just launched a full-fledged ...

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Google Calendar has a new permissions system in the works for Android

Google Calendar may introduce its own permission system, separate from Android's centralized calendar access. This new system ...

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Android’s Find My Device app can now show you where people are, too

In the app on Android, you can tap the new People tab to show the locations of any contacts that are sharing their location ...

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Google’s Android Beta 16 includes support for Auracast

The new Android beta build adds Auracast support with Samsung Galaxy One UI 7 devices, Android 15 and Pixel 9 devices.The ...

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Here’s the One Feature I’m Excited About in the Latest Android 16 Beta Update

One feature I’m particularly excited about with Android 16 is broadcast audio support through Auracast. I experienced a ...

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Google Play Store gets a smarter way to handle third-party apps

Google is taking the stress out of sideloading apps on Android phones with a new feature rolling out to Google Play Store.

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