Google Assistant will disappear from your phone next month

Google Assistant’s days person been numbered ever since Gemini arrived connected the scene, and its clip is now up. Google has announced that it will beryllium removing entree to Assistant connected Android phones and tablets, on pinch paired devices for illustration smartwatches aliases headphones, from September 4th.

The announcement came successful an email apparently sent to immoderate users, arsenic reported by 9to5Google and shared successful afloat connected Reddit. The Verge has asked Google for confirmation that the email is accurate, and will update this communicative erstwhile we person it.

“We will statesman removing entree to Google Assistant starting connected 4 September,” Google states successful the email, “and expect that this process whitethorn return a fewer weeks to scope everyone. Once readiness is removed, you will nary longer beryllium capable to usage aliases move backmost to Google Assistant connected your phone, tablet aliases paired devices.”

Google notes that if you’re successful a region wherever Gemini is available, and your instrumentality meets minimum requirements, you’ll now only person entree to the AI-enabled assistant. Paired devices including Wear OS smartwatches, headphones and earbuds, and cars moving Android Auto will besides suffer entree to Google Assistant, though cars moving Google built-in will clasp entree to Assistant for now. Today’s announcement doesn’t look to impact Google Home aliases Google TV devices, truthful Assistant will unrecorded connected successful a fewer places past September.

Google had previously planned to extremity entree to Assistant for “most mobile devices” immoderate clip successful 2025, but the shutdown was delayed to this year. It seems that the enactment of execution has now been lifted, and Assistant is conscionable a fewer weeks distant from taking its spot successful the Google Graveyard.