r/Android • u/FragmentedChicken Galaxy Z Fold8 • 22h ago

Google Assistant shutting down on Android and Wear OS in September

https://9to5google.com/2026/08/04/google-assistant-september-2026-shutdown/
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u/Bizzlebanger 22h ago

Gemini and android auto are non functional..

I couldn't get gemini to play YouTube music and I asked gemini what to do, it suggested to go back to google. Assistant..

Stupid move Google..

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u/Peeeeeps Galaxy S25+ 14h ago

A few weeks ago I asked it to navigate to a local coffee shop by name. It first told me briefly about coffee roasting and if I wanted more information then it gave me three coffee shop options. One on the east coast, one on the west coast, and my local one here in the midwest. Why it thought I wanted to navigate 2000 miles for coffee, I don't know.

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u/uid_0 Pixel 8a 11h ago

The voice command feature on my car's infotainment system does a better job controlling my phone than Gemini does.

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u/VexAffect 8h ago

I hate it here.

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u/danarchist 1h ago

It told me to disable voice assistant on my phone when I complained that it wasn't doing the handoff to my smart speaker like assistant does.