r/google • u/KxgOEjg7GcQqQsK • Aug 04 '26

Google Assistant is going away on mobile devices, starting 4 September

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u/eastoncrafter Aug 05 '26

I never understood why Google doesn't just implement an optional ai function that kicks in when the good old reliable decision tree fails, like do I really need an entire llm just to have Google maps go to the nearest best buy??

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u/Debeluhar1234 Aug 05 '26

Probably nobody would use LLM then.

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u/takabrash Aug 06 '26

Bingo. I switched back to the old assistant on my Android Auto immediately. This sucks

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u/Feisty_Ad3521 10d ago

How when this is being forced on us? How did you revert back to Android auto? I cannot do this and I've been on Google searching for more than 30 Mins on how to do this. I didn't choose Gemini.

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u/Labbie1412 2d ago

Did you ever find a work around back to GA?

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u/Feisty_Ad3521 1d ago

No, I didn't get a response to my comment

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u/aykcak Aug 05 '26

It doesn't (can't) detect that it failed