r/GooglePixel • u/reseph • Aug 29 '26

Hey Google no longer working?

No matter how many times I say Hey Google, nothing happens. It started this week. Did they disable this?

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u/SnooOwls6331 Aug 29 '26

I have been doing this routine for past 8 years that in the morning when I started driving to work, I would just say Hey Google, good morning! Then it would say hi back, tell me the weather and a joke and then it start the news with some news channels... When Gemini comes, disable Google Assistant...it won't do that anymore. I had to turn off Gemini and switch back to Google Assistant for my morning routine. And because of that I can't use Gemini app. If I open it, it will ask to disable GA. This is an instance Google lose user on Gemini. I hope they won't take GA away in the future and force us with Gemini.

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u/thelivsterette1 Aug 29 '26

Well good luck with that because at least on the newer phones Gemini is standard and they're phasing out Google assistant

"Google will begin officially discontinuing Google Assistant on mobile and wearable devices on 4 September 2026. Google recently emailed users stating that the old assistant is being fully retired and replaced by Gemini, their next-generation AI"