Google is now turning Assistant into Gemini by default. When you download the Assistant Android app, you get Gemini instead, complete with a different app icon. You’ll have to manually switch back to ...

Back in March, Google said Gemini would replace Assistant on Android phones this year. That “upgrade” is now set for 2026. Google today shared an update on its plan to “upgrade the Assistant ...

Taylor worked with AP from 2018 to 2025, most recently as Google Editor. Google launched the Google Assistant in 2016. Since then, Google's first-gen virtual assistant has spread to pretty much every ...

Google is bringing generative AI capabilities to Assistant. The new experience will be called “Assistant with Bard.” It will roll out to early testers soon, followed by a public release in the coming ...

Imad was a senior reporter covering Google and internet culture. Hailing from Texas, Imad started his journalism career in 2013 and has amassed bylines with The New York Times, The Washington Post, ...

Beginning life on the Google Home and Pixel, the Assistant has proliferated practically every product you’ve used since it was unveiled in 2016. In all honesty, it hasn’t changed all that much since ...