The Google Assistant Android app is now Gemini by default
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Google is now changing Assistant to Gemini by default when you download the Assistant app from the Play Store or update it.

This means:

  • Downloading or updating the Assistant app now gives you Gemini instead.
  • You can switch back to Assistant in the Gemini app settings.
  • This might be Google’s first step towards replacing Assistant completely with Gemini.
  • Some users are unaware of the switch and see two Gemini apps on their phones.

Overall, this may suggest Google is phasing out Assistant and transitioning users to the newer Gemini AI technology.

  • 0x2d@lemmy.mlEnglish
    412·
    9 months ago

    yay, more nonsense added to stock android (degoogle now)

    • hornedfiend@sopuli.xyzEnglish
      16·
      9 months ago

      After being on Graphene for the past 2 years,I decided to reinstall with no google at all,since my bank app now works without any google services dependencies.

      hooray for me,I’m finally free and can profit from multiuser installed sandboxed services in another user profile if needed.

      Glad to be out of this downward spiral.

      • TurtleTourPartyEnglish
        1·
        9 months ago

        Since GrapheneOS added eSIM support withput google I’m tempted to try to remove Play Services from my installation. How do you find out which apps require Play Services?

    • xorollo@lemmy.worldEnglish
      102·
      9 months ago

      I need a degoogle wiki to all me through all the things I can do to degoogle and what conveniences I might loose and potential workarounds for them. E.g. I spent a few hours getting rid of chrome, but then found out that if I want to use maps from my home screen, I can’t use the search bar and I need another button on my homescreen. Also, apparently I use the images tab on Google often, and ddg doesn’t have an images filter.

      So anyway, without good replacements for my typical workflow, I end up just adding inconvenience and still falling back on the old workflows when I can’t figure out how to get what I need degoogled.

    • soulfirethewolf@lemdro.idEnglish
      6·
      9 months ago

      I can’t wait for home assistant assist to be good enough to replace Gemini as a assistant. Without the need for an llm

      • eodur@lemmy.worldEnglish
        31·
        9 months ago

        I’ve already replaced It with Home Assistant. Wake words are still shaky, but everything else is at least as good if you’re willing to configure it. At least for my use cases.

        • shiftymccool@lemm.eeEnglish
          1·
          9 months ago

          Are you able to control phone functions with assist? I don’t use it mainly because I set voice timers a lot and wasn’t able to find a way to do it with assist.

          • eodur@lemmy.worldEnglish
            1·
            9 months ago

            What phone functions are you interested in? In theory if you can control it from HA you can control it from Assist. Sometimes it requires a bit more elbow grease though. I don’t use timers much, so I haven’t tried that. I don’t see why you couldn’t create a custom sentence and intent for it though.