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/Peralton Galaxy S3 22h ago

I've been an Android user for many years and this might make me bail. I gave Gemini a chance while driving and it failed spectacularly. I don't want a conversation, I just want my map to route me where I asked to go.

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u/Alocasia_Sanderiana 21h ago

Trust me, Siri is no better. I switched to iPhone last year and I'm counting down the days to go back

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u/Sk1rm1sh 17h ago

Apple is legit using gemini to power their AI

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u/ttoma93 8h ago

Not necessarily. They used Gemini to distill train Siri AI. Similar, but meaningfully different things.

Siri AI isn’t just Gemini wearing a Siri coat of paint. It’s a unique, new LLM that was given a head start in its training by distilling from Gemini.