Google may soon phase out Assant, making Gemini the only option | Technology News

Google is preparing to remove Google Assant, the voice-enabled digital assant, in favour of AI-powered Gemini. For more than a year, Google allowed users who preferred the older virtual assant via a simple toggle.
But now, those days are numbered as Google is actively working on removing the “Digital assants from Google” option from the Assant and Gemini settings page. According to a new report Android Authority, the latest version of Gemini for Android has a new line of code which confirms users will soon lose the option to switch from Gemini to Google Assant in the near future.
In recent months, the tech giant has brought several features that were once exclusive to Assant over to Gemini. This means the AI-powered assant can do everything Google Assant was capable of and more.
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The report suggests that Google is working on a new processing animation for Gemini when it is working on your queries. Also, when you send a long message to Gemini, the full text is displayed in the chat user interface. But in the coming days, Google may add buttons that let users expand or collapse their long queries, which is pretty similar to the button on the web version of Gemini. We may also see a “Jump to bottom” button, which, as the name suggests, takes you to the bottom of the conversation.
Google is also planning to give Gemini a visual makeover with a new Instagram-like scrollable feed of prompts, a welcome message and shortcuts to tools like Create Image and Deep Research.
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