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Google Home Devices Get First Taste of Gemini in Place of Assistant

Kellen December 13, 2024 3

We are inching closer to the day that Google Assistant is fully retired and Gemini takes its place as the assistant-like service on our devices. Google is already heavily pushing Gemini on phones and now it appears to be testing the waters for your Google Home...

When Gemini Comes to Pixel Buds Your “Hey Google” Will Change

Kellen September 25, 2024 8

As Google moves everyone over to Gemini as the on-device Assistant, we're continuing to learn about changes and the bumps in the road we made incur. In an email going out to Pixel Buds owners today, Google has tried to explain what's about to happen when you...

Google’s Pixel Buds Lose Ability to Automatically Read Unread Notifications

Kellen September 20, 2024 7

Your Google Pixel Buds are losing a feature this week, although Google is making it sound like you wanted this to happen. In a Google Assistant support post, Google announced that Google Assistant spoken notifications through the Pixel Buds will no longer...

Google is Upgrading Google Assistant on Nest Speakers and Displays

Kellen August 6, 2024 12

With the focus from Google on Gemini and all things AI in recent years, there have been questions surrounding Google Assistant and what its future holds. Will Google eventually replace Assistant with Gemini in all devices? Probably, yeah. Will that happen...

Pixel Owners Seem Mostly Unimpressed, Annoyed With Gemini

Tim March 7, 2024 33

It's about two months since Google renamed Bard as Gemini and launched it as an alternative to use on your smartphone versus Google Assistant. At launch, there was a healthy list of things Gemini couldn't do that Assistant still can, and from what we can...

Gemini No Longer Requires You to Click the Send Button

Kellen February 12, 2024 9

When Google pushed out Gemini to Android last week as a potential future replacement for Google Assistant, we all jumped onto it to see if it could be worth switching to. While Google was upfront about the fact that it lacked many Assistant features, there was...

Can Gemini Do All of Your Google Assistant Tasks? Not Yet, Here’s a List

Kellen February 9, 2024 26

The big news in the Android space yesterday was without a doubt the announcement for Google's Bard and it's switch to Gemini with a simultaneous launch of an Android app alongside it. That app could replace Google Assistant on your phone to do both AI and...

Assistant Driving Mode in Google Maps is Shutting Down

Kellen February 1, 2024 6

Hey guys, Google is about to end another service that was sort-of a part of Google Assistant. I know, shocking. Google Assistant Driving Mode from within Google Maps will go away in February. Oh, we're in February! This feature will disappear this month,...