It’s time to say goodbye to Google Assistant as Gemini takes over

What you need to know

  • Google announced that it will be upgrading Google Assistant with Gemini “in the coming months.”
  • By the end of this year, people will not be able to download Google Assistant from app stores as it will be discontinued.
  • Google has not mentioned any details as to when this upgrade will begin and which devices will start seeing the change first.

Google Assistant is running on borrowed time as the tech giant announced today (Mar. 14) that it will slowly start replacing Google Assistant with Gemini. Google Assistant has been around since 2016, and we’ve all gotten used to saying “Hey Google” for a better part of a decade now. However, this switch is something that has been on the cards for several months now. Recent rumors even indicated a new wake word in the works, so it feels like we did see this coming.

In a Keyword post, the company stated that they will be upgrading Google Assistant with Gemini, “offering a new kind of help only possible with the power of AI.” The upgrade is said to take personalization to a whole new level since Gemini will be able to interact with other apps on the phone to understand the user’s choices better.

Gemini Live on the Samsung Galaxy S25.

(Image credit: Brady Snyder / Android Central)

Google says that millions of users have switched from using Google Assistant to Gemini. That said, no longer having to choose between Gemini and Assistant could be a step in the right direction, especially as Google has been working to improve Gemini’s capabilities and bring over Assistant features.

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