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Google Killing Assistant Support on Old, Outdated Wear OS Watches

Tim August 16, 2023 5

Have a Wear OS smartwatch that's still running Wear OS 2? We have bad news for you, as it's being reported that sometime soon, Google will be killing off Google Assistant for devices not running Wear OS 3+. As discovered by the good people at 9to5Google, a new...

How to Switch Your Power Button From Google Assistant to Power Menu

Kellen July 17, 2023 13

Every time I change to a new phone to start a review process, I realize that Android now does this thing that I immediately shake my fist at before switching it back to its originally intended action. I'm talking about the power button that Google (and Samsung...

Fossil Gen 6 Gets Google Assistant Back in Latest Update

Kellen June 21, 2023 5

The Google Assistant is making its return to a Wear OS watch this week after being pulled with the big Wear OS 3 update last year. The Fossil Gen 6 is up first with both a system update and a companion app update that brings back the missing Assistant. At...

Google Assistant Reminders Go Live in Google Tasks: How to Switch

Kellen June 1, 2023 8

This is going to sound wild when I say it, but Google announced in September of last year that Google Assistant reminders would move over to Google Tasks as the default app for them going forward. They said that change would happen "soon," so we figured within...

I Forgot About Pixel’s Squeeze for Assistant and Now I Miss It

Kellen March 10, 2023 21

The arrival of the Pixel 2 line-up in 2017 meant the introduction of Active Edge as a method for launching Google Assistant. We're talking about the squeezy sides that the Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL had that let you firmly grip your phone and fire up the Assistant...

PSA: That Google Assistant, Calendar Reminders Migration is Happening Soon

Tim February 17, 2023 10

Last year, Google announced that Google Assistant and Google Calendar reminders were headed to a new home inside of Google Tasks via a migration. Well, that hasn't changed, with Google providing a timeline of what users can expect. There are three different...

Google Assistant Driving Mode is Going Away

Kellen October 8, 2022 34

When Google announced that Android Auto for phones was going away, we weren't exactly that upset because more cars than ever had Android Auto baked in and Google was also giving us a replacement that worked through Google Assistant. Called Google Assistant...

Your Google Assistant, Calendar Reminders are Migrating to Google Tasks

Tim September 20, 2022 6

On Android, there is no shortage of ways one can remind oneself to do something. For example, you can ask Google Assistant to set a reminder or you can plug a reminder into Google Calendar. It can get a bit messy, so in order to tidy up this flow, Google has...