Google plans to kill Assistant on your phone on September 4
Assistant will disappear, leaving only Gemini for voice control in the coming weeks. https://arstechnica.com/ai/2026/08/google-plans-to-kill-assistant-on-your-phone-on-september-4/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social
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@arstechnica Now if they'd make it easier to kill both of those, many users would be quite happy.
@arstechnica Guess I won't use any voice commands with google anymore
I won't have AI foisted on me
@arstechnica My Pixel 3 watch has featured Gemini since day one. I find it useful.