Google twins will completely replace the most phones assistant this year

Google Gemini Assistant It will officially replace the classic Google Assistant of most phones later this year. Google has announced the change in a Blog post Friday and revealed that change will also cover devices such as tablets, headsets and watches using Google Assistant.

Many Android phones offer a choice between AI’s newer assistant Original, which has been on phones since 2016And Google says the ability to choose between the two will eventually be sunset when twins becomes a default mobile default assistant. Google Senior Director for Management of Gemini Products, Brian Marquardt, said that as devices make the change, the original Google Assistant will no longer be available as a download app.

“In the coming months, we are upgrading more users of Google Assistant mobile devices to Gemini; And later this year, classic Google Assistant will no longer be available on most mobile devices or available to new downloads in mobile app stores, “Marquardt said.

The blog post states that less powerful devices that do not meet the minimum twin power specifications will continue “right now” to use Google Assistant. These will probably be phones that work with Android 9 and early, along with devices that have less than 2 GB of memory.

Smart home devices such as speakers, displays and Google TV will also receive a “new experience”, powered by twins, but Google has not offered more details about what this will look like. Until then, these devices will continue to function as it is with Google AssistantS

The transition is not a surprise as Google made its AI twin assistant in the center of many of the company’s messages. This includes several new Gemini Demonstrations at the Mobile World Congress earlier this month and giving twins – not an assistant – a special focus of last year Google I/O.S

Google Assistant is otherwise a focal point for many of the company’s devices over the bigger part of the last decade. After debut in the short -term Google at A text application, the assistant became the default of Android phones available to iOS through a mobile app and a point of sale for various speakers for smart homes starting with Google Home for 2016S While many of these devices and services (with the exception of Allo) will continue to function, Google clarifies that twins with AI power will be the main way to use them.

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