Back in March, Google said Gemini would replace Assistant on Android phones this year. That “upgrade” is now set for 2026.

Google’s shift from Assistant to Gemini on smartphones is delayed, meaning users can continue using Assistant while Google ...

While Google initially planned to replace Assistant with Gemini on most mobile devices by late 2025, that transition has been ...

Google postpones Gemini’s full Android rollout to 2026, keeping Google Assistant active during the extended transition period ...

Google isn’t quite ready to replace Assistant with Gemini on Android devices. The company said on Friday that it will “continue our work to upgrade Assistant users to Gemini on mobile devices into ...

Google has delayed its plan to replace Google Assistant with Gemini on Android, confirming the full transition will now take place in 2026.

Google is slowing down its plans to replace Google Assistant with Gemini on mobile devices. Back in March, the company s ...

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Google has spent much of this year porting its Gemini chatbot to other platforms outside of Android. It arrived on Wear OS smartwatches this summer; it's coming to Android Auto this fall; but now it's ...

Instead, Google has decided to stretch the transition all the way into 2026, giving Assistant a longer-than-expected ...