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.

    • GroundedGator@lemmy.worldEnglish
      11·
      8 months ago

      Gemini doesn’t work like Google assistant.

      It doesn’t seem to be able to actually take actions.

      Things I used to do with assistant that do not work with Gemini

      • play something
      • Play “song title”
      • Play artist

      I don’t know about other things like seeing timers or running routines, I shut off Gemini as soon as I realized it couldn’t handle my most used requests.

      • voxel@sopuli.xyzEnglish
        5·
        8 months ago

        well it IS able to call to assistant (this is the only way to interaft with the phone atm) but it seems like it reverse-hallucinates sometimes and forgets that assistant CAN in fact do these things

      • WIZARD POPE💫@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        8 months ago

        I know gemini does not. But what I gathered was to replace assistant with Mistral. Unless I misunderstood the comment.

        • le_saucisson_masquay@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
          3·
          8 months ago

          No i meant instead of Google ai there are better and open source alternative. It’s rare enough to have open source alternative better than a product companies invested hundreds of millions in.

          • WIZARD POPE💫@lemmy.worldEnglish
            2·
            8 months ago

            Well yes but the original comment states to uninstall the google stuff and get yourself open source ai. With the post itself being about assistant getting replaced I think it’s not an unreasonable assumption.