Google has a habit of announcing the future with great confidence and then quietly clearing its throat a few months later.

The transition from Google Assistant to Gemini is taking a little longer than Google hoped. The upgrade on Android phones is slipping into 2026.

Google has announced that it needs a bit more time to make Gemini the new default digital helper for most of its users.

On a support page, Google is hinting that the end of Google Assistant is nearing, with the Gemini takeover apparently completing in March 2026 when Assistant will no longer be accessible… at least on ...

Google Assistant is not long for this world. Google confirmed what many suspected last week, that it will transition everyone to Gemini in 2025. Assistant holdouts may find it hard to stay on Google’s ...

The writing was already on the wall, but now it’s official: The Google Assistant era is over. In a blog post Friday, Google announced plans for Google Assistant’s final phase-out, starting on mobile ...

Google Assistant is the most prevalent digital assistant behind Amazon's Alexa, but it can't tell you which of the products that work with it are the best. That's our job. “As long as you aren’t ...

Google Pixel phones offer seamless integration with Google Assistant, allowing for voice-activated text messaging and Google searches. There are multiple ways to activate Google Assistant on Pixel ...

Artificial intelligence (AI) is huge news right now, thanks to chatbots like ChatGPT — but did you know you can already access an AI on your Android phone? Google Assistant is Google’s AI-powered ...

Google’s shift from Assistant to Gemini on smartphones is delayed, meaning users can continue using Assistant while Google ...