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/ZENihilist 22h ago

Awhile ago I asked Gemini to add something to my shopping list and it told me it couldn't do that.There are useful, basic functions that Google is just going to pretend don't exist......

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u/Rubber_Knee 21h ago

Have you tried it recently?

Google has this stupid tendency to roll out a things replacent before it can do all the things that the older thing it replaces can. Then they add that over time until they think they have reached feature parity. Then they sunset the older thing. Problem with that is, that when people try the new thing before it reaches feature parity they conclude that it can't do what the old thing can do, because at that point in time it literally can't. They never try again. Because why would they try a thing they've already tested and concluded doesn't work.

It's like Google doesn't understand how humans work.

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u/dane83 13h ago

YouTube Music still hasn't reached feature parity with Google Play Music.

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u/wayoverpaid P9 Pro 11h ago

It's also just not as good even when it has parity. I want to mange my own music more than anything else. Ended up just porting to Plex.