Google Gemini for Android was seemingly just the starting point. Over the last year, the AI model Google has been working on diligently has slowly begun to replace Google Assistant.

Google is officially replacing Assistant with Gemini - and there's only one way to keep it In an attempt to make AI the norm, Google is forcing you to move from Assistant to Gemini.

Now, though, Gemini has become the catch-all branding for many of Google’s AI and assistant-like efforts, so it’s not too surprising that the company is officially retiring Google Assistant.

Google is teasing some "major improvements" for Assistant and Home while acknowledging recent shortcomings.

Unlike previous iterations of Google Assistant, Gemini is designed to act without being prompted.

Google removed the ability to press the Pixel Buds and make Assistant read notifications. Instead, users now have to ask Google Assistant.

Google has renamed several voices in its new Gemini-Assistant for Nest devices as it prepares major updates and expands advanced AI features this fall.