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Google Assistant will vanish from Android phones and connected devices in September
(www.engadget.com)
this post was submitted on 05 Aug 2026
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FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK
Assistant was awesome. The voice isn't as punchable as Gemini's options.
I took an online course sponsored by Google years ago, when AI was but a twinkle in tech bros' eyes, and one of the Gemini voices is 1000% the presenter of that course.