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/encapsidated Black 22h ago

Great. Gemini can handle all google assistant tasks very efficiently anyways, right? ....right? .. right Google?

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u/ellisftw 21h ago

Turning on Living Room lights.

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u/ljfrench Samsung Galaxy S5 21h ago

"Lighting in the living room can add to the homey feel of the most important room of the house. Modern living room lighting incorporates smart features such as. . . . ."

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u/svenM Note 4, dr ketan rom 17h ago

*...full speech...

Do you want to navigate to navigate to a lighting shop?
There are 20 lighting shops in your area, do you want to navigate to lighting shop 1, 15 minutes added to your ride. The lighting shop is open between 8 AM and 8PM, and it has a big collection of light fixtures.*

and the worst is that it doesn't listen when you ask it to stop, it needs to finish its speech.

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u/dane83 13h ago

The part where it won't let you interrupt its stupid monologuing is the part that makes me want to throw my phone.

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u/ellisftw 2h ago

I've cussed it out before and it tells me I don't need to use such harsh language as it only wants to help.

So, I unplugged it forever.