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Google says it needs more time to upgrade Assistant to Gemini on most Android devices; Google previously planned to complete the transition by the end of 2025 (Mariella Moon/Engadget)
https://www.engadget.com/ai/google-assista

Google Assistant will stick around a bit longer than expected for some Android users
Google has announced that it needs a bit more time to make Gemini the new default digital helper for most of its users.

Android Auto: Gemini ersetzt den Google Assistant
Google ersetzt den Google Assistant durch den neuen KI-Assistenten Gemini. Erste Nutzer können die Funktion bereits verwenden.
https://www.hei…

Google launches CC, an experimental AI assistant that delivers a personalized daily "Your Day Ahead" briefing email based on users' emails and calendar (Robert Hart/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/news/845280/google-cc-morning-briefing-gemini…

Google wants its AI assistant CC to replace your morning scroll
Google’s AI agent CC is similar to OpenAI’s ChatGPT Pulse, delivering a personalized morning briefing based on your Gmail, Google Calendar, and Google Drive.

Google Assistant: Nur noch wenige Monate auf Smartphones
Google hat dem Google Assistant ein Ablaufdatum auf Smartphones verpasst. Ab März 2026 ist Schluss, danach gibt es nur noch Gemini.
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This is the big fear, right?
Google was accused in a lawsuit of using its Gemini AI assistant to unlawfully track the private communications of users of its Gmail, instant messaging and videoconference programs.
https://www.blo…

Things that Google Assistant (opted out of AI) has added to our grocery list recently:
★ hi (instead of hydrocortisone cream)
★ lunch (instead of lunch meat)
★ aqua 4 (instead of aquaphor)
All things that have been easily understood for ten years by Google Assistant but now, for mysterious reasons, is no longer working consistently

Google adds Gemini to Google TV, starting on TCL's new QM9K series TVs and expanding to Google TV Streamer 4K and other major TV brands later in 2025 (Andrew Liszewski/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/news/782500/google-gemini-ai-assistant-smart-tv-tcl

Gemini is coming to Google TV starting today
TCL’s QM9K series TVs will be the first to offer Gemini on Google TV, with more devices getting it later this year.

Google adds Gemini's Deep Search to Google Finance, which will also have prediction market data from Kalshi and Polymarket for event analysis, first in the US (Aamir Siddiqui/Android Authority)
https://www.androidauthority.com/google-finance…

Google Finance wants to become your smartest investing assistant with these new features
Google Finance is getting Deep Search as well as prediction markets data from Kalshi and Polymarket, alongside an international expansion.

Apple is nearing a deal with Google that would see the iPhone maker pay the tech giant roughly
$1 billion a year for a custom version of Google’s Gemini AI model
to power its overhaul of Siri.
The move is a big one for Apple,
which has traditionally relied on its own technology
but plans to use Google’s model as a temporary solution until its own AI becomes powerful enough,
including to power a slate of upcoming features for the voice assistant.
The…

Apple nears deal to pay Google $1B annually to power new Siri, report says | TechCrunch
Apple is turning to Google's technology to help revamp Siri and power a slate of upcoming features for the voice assistant.

Google Maps plans to replace Assistant with Gemini on Android and iOS, giving users a "hands-free, conversational driving experience", in the "coming weeks" (Abner Li/9to5Google)
https://9to5google.com/2025/11/05/google-maps-gemini-navigation/

Google Maps gets Gemini for conversational navigation & traffic reporting on Android, iOS
In Google Maps, Gemini already exists in place listings, and it’s now coming to the navigation experience on Android and iOS.

Google adds Gemini to Google TV, starting on TCL's new QM9K series TVs and expanding to Google TV Streamer 4K and other major TV brands later in 2025 (Andrew Liszewski/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/news/782500/google-gemini-ai-assistant-smart-tv-tcl

Gemini is coming to Google TV starting today
TCL’s QM9K series TVs will be the first to offer Gemini on Google TV, with more devices getting it later this year.

Google Home Speaker hands-on: the new $99 speaker is a similar size to the HomePod Mini, comes in four colors, and Gemini is a vastly improved assistant (Jennifer Pattison Tuohy/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/tech/788085/hands-on-google-home-speaker

Hands-on with the new Google Home Speaker coming next year
Hands-on with Google’s new $99 Home Speaker coming in Spring 2026.

Google unveils Gemini for Home, replacing Assistant on smart speakers with new voice options and improved conversational skills, and a redesigned Home app (Abner Li/9to5Google)
https://9to5google.com/2025/10/01/gemini-for-home-app-launch/

This is Gemini for Home and the redesigned Home app, rollout starts today 
Gemini for Home does more than just replace Google Assistant on smart speakers and displays. Featuring a rebuilt Home architecture...