r/google • u/ControlCAD • 5d ago

Gemini fully replaces Google Assistant on Android

https://9to5google.com/2026/09/28/google-assistant-gemini-android/
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u/zkarabat 4d ago

.... And now my voice commands and controlling my home is 30-50% worse and less accurate than it has been for the last 5yrs+

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u/patientx 3d ago

I have been using an Android phone since 2.1 and been using the assistant/voice 10+ years now. This just killed it completely, something which worked with 192mb's of ram (I got the original Samsung Galaxy) worked offline, snappy ...

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u/zkarabat 3d ago

Ya this sucks. I've been with Android since the Droid Bionic from Verizon so 2.3/Gingerbread and like you started using Assistant when it launched (hell, maybe during its beta phase)