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Android Auto Gets Gemini

Kellen November 20, 2025 4

Google Gemini is rolling out today on Android Auto globally. It might take some time before you gain access from the rollout, but your Google Assistant is going away and your new in-car assistant is about to get a whole lot more powerful. This is big. A couple...

Gemini Starts Rolling Out to Google Home Speakers and Devices

Kellen October 28, 2025 6

After talking about the switch for months, Google is finally rolling out Gemini to Google Home and Nest devices as the replacement for Google Assistant. This change is happening in early access for now, so don't expect everything to work perfectly or for all...

Gemini Just Replaced Google Assistant on Your Home and Nest Devices

Kellen October 1, 2025 22

We started talking about this back in August, so this news shouldn't come as a surprise - Gemini is here to replace Google Assistant in the world of Google Home and Nest devices. The rollout will take some time, but the Gemini for Home moment has arrived. As a...

Gemini Coming to Replace Google Assistant on Google Home Devices

Tim August 20, 2025 20

Huge news this afternoon, on top of the Pixel 10 announcement and Android 16 QPR2 Beta 1 release, Google has confirmed that Gemini is coming to replace Google Assistant on the company's lineup of smart speakers and displays. Slated for early access release in...

Google Home Boss Admits That Google Assistant Sucks on Google Home

Kellen July 24, 2025 22

I don't know if any of you have stopped through the Google Home subreddit at any point over the past several years, but if you have, you know that it is not a positive space. In fact, most of the threads there are a mixture of complaints and calls for help as...

Here’s Gemini on Your Pixel Watch

Kellen July 16, 2025 6

As a part of the mini-July Pixel Feature Drop, Google announced that Gemini was replacing Google Assistant on Wear OS watches. That meant Gemini arriving as an update on all of the Pixel Watch models, as well as other eligible Wear OS devices. After starting...

Goodbye, Google Assistant: Gemini Arrives on Your Wear OS Watch

Kellen July 9, 2025

Google announced today that Gemini is now rolling out to Wear OS watches from several brands, so the end of Google Assistant is near. We knew this day was coming following an initial announcement of the switch back at Google I/O in May. Gemini on Wear OS: To...

Google’s New Gemini Assistant Can Takeover Your Phone

Kellen May 20, 2025 6

Google talked a lot about Gemini today, so much that they said the word "Gemini" more than "AI" during the I/O keynote. I can't say I'm surprised, as I noticed early on that CEO Sundar Pichai was choosing the word "Gemini" over AI as often as he could and...